Search results for "17th century" - New World Encyclopedia
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- - September 29, 1996) was a twentieth–century Japanese author who wrote ... of a Portuguese missionary in early 17th century Japan who becomes an apostate ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- Saint Patrick (fifth century C.E.) was a Christian missionary involved ... Patrick was born during the fifth century when Britain was undergoing ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 00:49, 23 December 2022
- major centre. The empire in the nineteenth century is often referred to as ... increased in power during the nineteenth century. The Sultan is chosen by ...23 KB (3,525 words) - 07:17, 15 April 2024
- By the late nineteenth century, Spain was left with only a few scattered ... | district_ord= 17th | before=Laurin D. Woodworth | after= James Monroe ...21 KB (3,197 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2023
- of architecture. Begun in the twelfth century, the cathedral established ... sculptures from the middle of the twelfth century, and the magnificent twelfth ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
- reliefs and paintings from Armenian Highlands (7th century BC ... in the 14th century or earlier. By the 17th century, such cymbals were used ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- monarchy that would engulf the seventeenth century. The Protestant Catholic ... holiday, and also involved bonfires. The 17th of November was the anniversary ...11 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 22 September 2022
- of British history, from the mid-fifth century to the Norman Conquest of ... Cotton, and Humfrey Wanley. In the 17th century a tradition of Old English ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- Qin Dynasty starting as early as the third century B.C.E. Throughout the subsequent ... conquered Yinchuan in the early thirteenth century. After the Mongols departed ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- fan; Hiôgi), originating in the sixth century, were fans held by aristocrats ... Variations of this folding fan were then taken China in the ninth ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- Russian Far East during the late nineteenth century. A separate ethnic ... The Joseon Dynasty of Korea declined during the nineteenth century ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhism in the sixteenth century. Oirat scholar Zaya Pandita ... The Qing (or Manchu) conquered China in the mid-17th century and sought ...17 KB (2,618 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- Gian Pietro Bellori, a seventeenth-century biographer of artists of ... [[Image:17th century Central Tibeten thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- in the Derbent area dates from the eighth century B.C.E. The site was intermittently ... Persian Safavid dynasty. By the early 17th century the Safavid Shah Abbas ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish painter who is often ... and exquisitely dressed in the best of 17th century elegance. Their happy ...28 KB (4,301 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- scholarly attention until the twentieth century but has since been the focus ... (Kealy, 10). This manuscript dates circa second century C.E. ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- half of the island. In the eighteenth century, the Li rebelled against ... Officials Temple in the late nineteenth century coincides with a time when ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- of reborn Tulkus. Between the seventeenth century and 1959, the Dalai Lama ... hiding until the latter part of the twentieth century. [[Image:Potala ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- British philosopher John Locke in the 17th century. Locke argued that the ... Locke (1632-1704), writing in the late 17th century in his An Essay Concerning ...34 KB (4,921 words) - 18:30, 13 February 2024
- | Session = 17th | Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/233 ... of Indian artwork from the late twelfth century C.E. surround the building ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
