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  1. Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) in a 15th-century reconstruction by Nicolaus Germanus. In 1154, the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi created a description of the world and a world map , the Tabula Rogeriana , at the court of King Roger II of Sicily , [33] [34] but still Africa was only partially known to either Christians, Genoese and Venetians, or the Arab seamen, and its southern extent ...

  2. 1497-98 - John and Sebastian Cabot explore east coast of North America for England. They kidnap three Micmac men. 1497 - Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot, 1450–98), a Venetian in English service, during a voyage underwritten by Bristol merchants, claims Newfoundland for England on June 24, laying the basis for English claims to Canada and ...

  3. The Somonyng of Everyman ( The Summoning of Everyman ), usually referred to simply as Everyman, is a late 15th-century morality play by an anonymous English author, printed circa 1530. It is possibly a translation of the Dutch play Elckerlijc (Everyman). Like John Bunyan 's 1678 Christian novel The Pilgrim's Progress, Everyman uses allegorical ...

  4. Crusade of Varna. Battle of Varna. Categories: 15th-century Christianity. 15th-century conflicts. Crusades. 15th century in religion.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 14th_century14th century - Wikipedia

    14th century. Tamerlane the Conqueror, the founder of the Timurid Empire. The 14th century lasted from 1 January 1301 (represented by the Roman numerals MCCCI) to 31 December 1400 (MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed the death of more than 45 million lives from political and natural disasters in both Europe and the Mongol Empire.

  6. Catherine of Lancaster. Catherine of Valois. Catherine of York. Cecily of York. Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk. Joan Chaworth. Elizabeth Cheney (1422–1473) Alice Cherleton, Baroness Cherleton. Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence.

  7. Ancient Greece usually encompasses Greek antiquity, as well as part of the region's late prehistory (Late Bronze Age). It lasted from c. 1200 BC – c. 600 AD and can be subdivided into the following periods: Greek Dark Ages (or Iron Age, Homeric Age), 1100–800 BC. Archaic period, 800–490 BC.