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As the 15th century drew to a close the state of much of Europe's coinage was quite poor because of repeated debasement induced by the costs of continual warfare, and by the incessant centuries-long loss of silver and gold in indirect one-sided trades importing spices and porcelain and silk and other fine cloths and exotic goods from India, Indonesia and the Far East.
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I don't even remember who wrote it but it was one of those 15th or 16th century poets.
The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture that was rediscovered in the late 15th century ; for centuries it epitomized the ideals of Classical Antiquity for Europeans, from the Renaissance through the 19th century.
Others suggest the alphabet was developed in central Egypt during the 15th century BC for or by Semitic workers, but only one of these early writings has been deciphered and their exact nature remains open to interpretation.
An alphabetic cuneiform script with 30 signs including three which indicate the following vowel was invented in Ugarit before the 15th century BC.
The Hittites smelted rather brittle iron from the 15th century BC and the new metal was introduced in Greece.
Kingdom of Portugal's explorers and settlers, founded trading posts and forts along the coast of Africa since the 15th century, and reached the Angolan coast in the 16th century.
The Anatolian beyliks were in turn absorbed into the rising Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.
Grace O ' Malley's Castle Kildamhnait Castle is a 15th century tower house associated with the O ' Malley Clan, who were once a ruling family of Achill.
Late 14th and 15th century pottery from central Arizona, widely traded in the region, has colors and designs which may derive from earlier ware by both Ancestral Pueblo and Mogollon peoples.
St. Dominic of Silos enthroned as abbot ( Hispano-Flemish Gothic 15th century )
In the 15th century, the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg compiled the Zij-i-Sultani, in which he catalogued 1, 019 stars.
A long series of cultural development culminated in the expansion of the Inca civilization and Inca Empire in the central Andes during the 15th century.
Cam., also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli, ( 1386 – October 20, 1439 ) was an Italian monk and theologian, who was a prime supporter of the papal cause in the 15th century.
This was an order that had been founded by Giovanni Scarpa at the end of the 15th century.
The European acceptance of the numerals was accelerated by the invention of the printing press, and they became widely known during the 15th century.
Another very concrete example describes an aesthetically pleasing human face whose proportions can be described by very few bits of information, drawing inspiration from less detailed 15th century proportion studies by Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer.
The Ark carried into the Temple from the early 15th century Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Early plate in Italy, and elsewhere in the 13th – 15th century were made of iron.
Plate armour became cheaper than mail by the 15th century as it required much less labour and labour had become much more expensive after the Black Death, though it did require larger furnaces to produce larger blooms.
In the early 15th century, advances in weaponry allowed infantry to defeat armoured knights on the battlefield.
If during the 14 – 15th centuries armour seldom weighed more than 15 kg, then by the late 16th century it weighed 25 kg.
The first ships protected by iron armour were Kobuksons built in the early 15th century.
The first ships protected by iron armour were Kobuksons built in the early 15th century.
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In the Age of Exploration, from the 15th century to the 17th century, European cartographers both copied earlier maps ( some of which had been passed down for centuries ) and drew their own based on explorers ' observations and new surveying techniques.
By the 15th century, its authority in the Spanish Jewish community was such that Joseph ibn Shem-Tov drew from it arguments in his attacks against Maimonides, and even representatives of non-mystical Jewish thought began to assert its sacredness and invoke its authority in the decision of some ritual questions.
Artists from the late 15th century drew the ruins in the Forum, antiquaries copied inscriptions in the 16th century, and a tentative excavation was begun in the late 18th century.
For the pips, it appears that Smith drew mainly on the 15th Italian Sola Busca Tarot ; the 3 of Swords, for example, clearly shows the congruity between the two decks.
On the 15th episode of Motto Ojamajo Doremi, Hesebe drew a henohenomoheji on a piece of paper with red crayon when he was meant to draw a portrait of his mother.
From the 15th century he drew other inspirations.
Trade and commerce in cities like Bruges in the 15th century and Antwerp in the 16th increased cultural exchange between Italy and the Low Countries, however in art, and especially architecture, late Gothic influences remained present until the arrival of Baroque even as painters increasingly drew on Italian models.
The 15th Gyalwa Karmapa drew a map describing the place Kenting Tai Situpa reborn.
It was based on the old Reichswehr 15th Infantry Regiment and drew its initial recruits from Thuringia.
However, an 11th place finish in 1988 – 89 tested the patience of the club's supporters and as 1989 drew to a close, United's form was so bad ( they occupied 15th place in the league on Christmas Day ) that there were continued calls from the fans for Alex Ferguson to be sacked.
Revealed to be the earliest group to be found in Cambodia after their earliest arrival in the Khmer Empire era and the following biggest immigration in 15th century, they once drew with the Cantonese speakers as the largest speaker group in 1860s.
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If you use a fiscal year, a year ending on the last day of any month other than December, your return is due on or before the 15th day of the 4th month after the close of your tax year.
Fiscal year taxpayers have until the last day of the first month following the close of the fiscal year ( farmers until the 15th day of the 2d month ).
However, if their United States income is not subject to the withholding of tax on wages, their returns are due June 15, 1962, if they use a calendar year, or the 15th day of the 6th month after the close of their fiscal year.
If you are a nonresident alien and a resident of Puerto Rico, your return is also due June 15, 1962, or the 15th day of the 6th month after the close of your fiscal year.
If A taxpayer dies, the executor, administrator, or legal representative must file the final return for the decedent on or before the 15th day of the 4th month following the close of the deceased taxpayer's normal tax year.
Returns of estates or trusts are due on or before the 15th day of the 4th month after the close of the tax year.
Lithuania however needed a close alliance with Poland when, at the end of the 15th century, the growing power of the Grand Duchy of Moscow threatened some of Lithuania's Rus ' principalities and sparked the Muscovite – Lithuanian Wars and later the Livonian War.
At the close of the 15th century, under the Turkish domination, there were only ten suffragan sees, which gradually grew less and finally disappeared.
By the middle of the 15th century Po-ni had entered into a close relationship with the Muslim kingdom of Malacca.
At the close of the 15th century the weaving establishments ( mainly broadcloth ) of Leiden were very important, and after the expulsion of the Spaniards Leiden cloth, Leiden baize and Leiden camlet were familiar terms.
Tottenham finished 15th in the Premiership and despite the expensive acquisition of Jürgen Klinsmann, Ilie Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Popescu in the 1994 close season, Ardiles was sacked in October 1994 with Tottenham languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League.
According to Gunderam ( the tutor of Cranach's children ) Cranach demonstrated his talents as a painter before the close of the 15th century.
As part of Ohio's 5th congressional district and Ohio's 15th congressional district it had been represented by Republicans for almost seventy years until the 2008 election, when Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, won a close, disputed contest against Steve Stivers.
At Hilgay, the Cut-off Channel passes very close to the river, with Snowre Hall, a 15th century building containing some of the earliest domestic brickwork in England on its northern bank.
The episode was notable for being Black Jack's first televised appearance and for bringing an unofficial close to the Princess Knight saga ( although how Pukko ended up in 15th Century Europe is anyone's guess ).
The Hungarians undertook many crusades against the heretics in Bosnia, but towards the close of the 15th century, the conquest of that country by the Turks put an end to their persecution.
The defences were originally equipped with around 300 firing positions for archers, including 164 arrow slits, although 64 of the slits close to the ground level have since been blocked in to prevent them being exploited by attackers, either in the early 15th century or during the Civil War.
The university is close to the Leicester Castle complex, and the 15th century Magazine Gateway and the campus contains listed buildings, including Trinity House, rebuilt in 1901 and containing part of the original 14th century building.
The medieval Esteve Pharmacy, located in Llívia, a Catalan enclave close to Puigcerdà, is also now a museum dating back to the 15th century, keeping albarellos from the 16th and 17th centuries, old prescription books and antique drugs.
The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar, close to the autumnal equinox.
For instance, in the Highlands, the valiha and more subdued vocal styles are emblematic of the Merina, the predominantly Austronesian ethnic group that has inhabited the area since at least the 15th century, whereas among the southern Bara people, who trace their ancestry back to the African mainland, their a cappella vocal traditions bear close resemblance to the polyharmonic singing style common to South Africa.
In 1989, Wallace won the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship, with crew chief Barry Dodson, by finishing 15th at the Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, to beating out close friend and fierce rival Dale Earnhardt who won the race, by twelve points.
Many of the novels have the quality of " English village " murder mysteries, in which we see at close hand the everyday material life ( and the intellectual and spiritual life ) of various classes of people and observe the tensions within and between them ; but here, the " everyday " is of the 15th century, carefully researched.
Since the 15th century, Vologda was a political exile destination and was even known as " Siberia close to the capital ".
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