The early modern era is said to have been between the years 1500 and 1800. It's held to have begun during the Late Renaissance period and ended about the time industrialization changed the face of the world. It was an amazing time of scientific...

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Covering the transition from the medieval to the modern epoch, from around 1500 to 1800, in central and southeastern Europe, Neumann’s history offers new information, interpretations and analysis of ‘so-called peripheral regions’. The study also emphasizes the role of geography in the understanding of history and, with the aid of new maps, shows how ‘cultural corridors’ facilitated the movement of people, books and ideas between Western and Eastern Europe during the period.

One of the first things that may strike visitors when they enter the exhibition To Rome and Back, Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800 is that many of the show’s paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, prints, and textiles were not, in fact, produced in Rome. While the city was an important center of patronage and artistic production for much of the period covered by the show, it also exerted a powerful influence on artists working far beyond the city’s limits, throughout Europe and beyond.

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American Wheat Beer is an example of the youthfulness of the American brewing scene. As a brewing ingredient, the history of wheat extends all the way back to the beginning of agriculture. Mostly it has

Museiintendenten misstänkte att porträttet var en modern förfalskning. Det visade sig vara korrekt – på mer än ett sätt.

This is based on World History: Patterns of Interaction Textbook's for the following section: Chapter 21 Absolute Monarchs in Europe 1500-1800 Section 2: The Reign of Louis XIV its guided notes that students fill in as they go through the power point. The PowerPoint is sold separately and is called: World History: Chapter 21, Section 2 The Reign of Louis XIV PowerPoint

Latin America normally gets only a few pages, at the most, in the standard histories of the trombone. It probably deserves more. Records document a significant amount of trombone activity in colonial Latin America from the late Middle Ages through...

'The Invention of the Light Bulb: Davy, Swan, and Edison'. The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy.

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With Matthew Heberger. This is a version of a post from the blog “Pacific Institute Insights“ How much water is there in America’s rivers, and where is it? Perhaps unsurprisingly, people have little sense of how their local water resources compare in size to other water resources. “Is that a big river? A little river?”…

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I try to challenge myself with new sewing techniques each time I delve into a project: I have this perception that continually challenging m...

The Long Road #70 70s postcard from Croatia / Hrvatska, former Yugoslavia / Jugoslavija; Split / Spalato, featuring OPEL Rekord A + B + Kapitän, ŠKODA Octavia, INNOCENTI A40, VW Type 3 Hatchback / Typ 3 Fließheck + Type 3 Notchback / Typ 3 Stufenheck + Beetle / Käfer / Buba (x2) + Transporter Mk1, FIAT 1300/1500 + 600 + 1800 + 125, MERCEDES-BENZ W120 "Ponton" (x2), FORD Taunus P3 "Badewanne" + Taunus P5 Turnier, LLOYD 600/Alexander, IMV 1600 and others