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  1. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    9: ...in Britain may have been remembered for centuries afterward. Yet the obscurity surrounding the histori...
    35: ...hat after the [[Norman Conquest]] of Britain in [[1066]] there was renewed interest in the Arthurian Leg...
    43: ...d [[Isolde]]. In the late prose romances the love affair between Arthur's champion, Lancelot, and the ...
    47: ...ounts Arthur was said to be mortally wounded, but after the battle he was taken away to [[Avalon]] (so...
    64: ...om the hand in the water, and named it Excalibur, after his original sword. The first appearance of th...
  2. Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
    7: ... accession to the [[England|English]] throne in [[1066]]. She was the favorite sister of King [[Henry I ...
    20: ...overned her husband's estates in his absences and after his death.
    24: ...n Stephen seize the English throne, but died soon after.
  3. California (63989 bytes)
    89: ...t [[Economy of California|economy]] in the world (after the rest of the U.S., [[Japan]], [[Germany]], ...
    101: ...ly dissolved and abandoned. For a quarter century after the achievement of Mexican independence in 182...
    109: ...tant upper California numbered around 4,000. But after gold was discovered, the population burgeoned ...
    113: ...ental Railroad|first transcontinental railroad]]. After this rail link was established, hundreds of th...
    128: ...urs. Superior Court judges serve six-year terms, after which they may run for re-election. Unlike th...
  4. Comet (30542 bytes)
    9: ...away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affected by the solar wind than dust is, and follows...
    11: ...cords the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Museum, scene 1}}
    21: ...l cause them to permanently exit the solar system after one pass by the Sun. On the other extreme, the...
    25: ...as discovered in [[1869]] but became unobservable after [[1908]] due to perturbations by Jupiter, and ...
    29: ...erers. Later, periodic comets were usually named after their discoverers, but comets that had appeare...
  5. Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
    8: ...d 150 years later in the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] leadership and i...
    13: ... had ruled for over 320 years, with one male heir after the next taking the throne (the oldest continu...
    17: ... month of bombardment from the French cannons and after being promised reinforcements which never arri...
    29: ...r England, and David was forced to flee to France after being defeated by King Edward and [[Edward Bal...
    38: ... completely destroyed in the [[Battle of Sluys]]. After this, England was able to dominate the [[Engli...
  6. Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
    4: ...Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, persons, or property in a place outside the jur...
    12: ...irates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents. After the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pu...
    14: ...cy in 67 BC (the ''[[Lex Gabinia]]''), and Pompey after three months of naval warfare managed to suppr...
    24: ...ed the sea for their [[hit-and-run tactics]] - a safe place to retreat to if the battle turned against...
    27: ...rse in 844. Vikings even attacked coasts of North Africa and Italy. They also plundered all the coasts...
  7. French language (40201 bytes)
    3: ...l]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gab...
    4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
    19: ...mance languages]] in terms of number of speakers, after [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese ...
    37: ...alects in the north of France which were the most affected by the Frankish invasions, like [[Picard l...
    52: ... [[Norman conquest|conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]], the [[Normans]] took their [[Norman language|l...
  8. Jury (14851 bytes)
    12: ...disclosed, in others it may be discussed but only after the trial has ended.
    18: ...ncept can also be traced to [[Normandy]] before [[1066]], when a jury of nobles was established to decid...
    22: A common method for drafting jurors is to draw them at random from elector...
    28: ...osecuting attorneys exclude jurors who might show affinity to the defendant.
    34: ...ough their deliberations. If this is not possible after an extended period of deliberations, jurisdict...
  9. Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
    2: ...in [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], and commemorates the events leading up to the ...
    5: ...eted in 1077, 11 years after the famous battle of 1066. The borders of the tapestry are filled with myt...
    7: ...ok by the name of Palaeographia Britannicus. Soon afterward, the people of Bayeux, who were fighting f...
    15: ...ven warrior at 19. He prevailed in the battle of 1066 and captured the crown at 38. William knew littl...
    22: ...rength. French knights move in and kill Harold. After their leader dies, the English flee. The Norm...
  10. William I of England (8753 bytes)
    7: ...conquest by winning the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest...
    9: ...ng [[plate armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
    23: ...ng [[Edward the Confessor]] of England (January [[1066]]), William claimed the throne of England, assert...
    25: ...[[Pevensey]] in [[Sussex]] on [[September 28]], [[1066]] and assembled a prefabricated wooden castle nea...
    27: ... Hastings]]. This took place on [[October 14]], [[1066]]. According to some accounts, perhaps based on a...
  11. Viking (18085 bytes)
    4: ...[Scandinavia]]n term for the [[Northmen|Norse]] seafaring [[warrior]]s who raided the coasts of Scand...
    64: ...ity (circa [[800]]–[[1071]]) it would enjoy after the initial wave of Muslim conquests in the mi...
    68: ...ly for the later part of the Viking Age, and only after the end of the Viking Age did the separate kin...
    73: After decades of trade and settlement, [[Christianit...
    78: ... the Vikings built settlements and were skilled craftsmen and traders.
  12. Viking Age (10637 bytes)
    2: ...ts of [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]], northern [[Africa]], and even reached [[North America]].
    4: ... of England attempted by [[Harald H岤r夥]] in [[1066]].
    8: ...r impunity. The region now known as [[Normandy]], after its Norse raiders, was profoundly disrupted du...
    10: ...ch language and culture into [[England]] in 1066, after the [[Norman Conquest]] of England.
    25: ... family reign. The Viking presence dwindled until 1066 when the Danes lost their final battle with the E...

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