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- Zoe (empress) (1927 bytes)
9: ...[[Constantine IX]] Monomachus (reigned [[1042]]-[[1055]]) who outlived her by four years. Zoe died in [[... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
2: ...mperor|Byzantine Empress]] from [[January 11]], [[1055]] to [[August 31]], [[1056]]. She was the daught...
4: ...on a pretext of conspiracy was confined in a [[monastery]].
8: ...r the throne between various noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]]. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...rojects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsk...
23: ..., and summoned all the notables, civil and ecclesiastical, to her presence. So swiftly and noiselessly ...
25: ...hat in her sometimes seemed irresolution and procrastination, was, most often, a wise suspense of judgm...
29: ...d to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the bound...
39: ... of Kunersdorf|Kunersdorf]] (August 12, 1759) at last brought Frederick to the verge of ruin. From that... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with f...
9: ...liot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
11: ...ohannes-Ostern (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Ostern]] ("Easter according to John"). The two works together for...
56: ...'And: The Feast is in Full Procession (И: Празднес... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Turkmenistan]], and has a coastline on the [[Caspian Sea]]. Kazakhstan is also a ...
32: | [[Astana]]
72: ...s was characterized by a constant search for new pasture to support the livestock-based economy. The Ka...
74: ...[[1730s]] and [[1740s]]. Major parts of the northeast and central Kazakh territories were incorporated ...
76: ...ed by a specially created Migration Department (Переселе... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
80: [[bg:Памук]] - California (63989 bytes)
63: Dance = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] |
89: ...d on the [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]] of the [[United States]]. California is the thi...
93: ...daries of the [[Sea of Cortez]] and the Pacific coast were only partially explored and California was s...
98: ...ds, tribes, tribelets, and on the resource-rich coasts large chiefdoms, such as the Chumash, Pomo and S...
100: The first [[European]] to explore parts of the coast was the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] [[Juãn ... - Politics (7193 bytes)
18: ...hies have existed in one form or another for the past 5000 years of human history.
25: ...asses no longer existed and every person was the master of his own fate.
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67: [[bg:Политика...
105: [[uk:Політика... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small> - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...type|stereotypical]] pirate with [[cutlass]] and masted [[sailing ship]], today most pirates get about ...
4: ...ted by pirates, the advent of the United States Coast Guard has nearly eradicated piracy in American wa...
46: ... when not in battlestations, the ship's [[quartermaster]] usually had the real authority.
50: Pirates readily accepted outcasts from traditional societies, perhaps easily recog...
56: ...in areas such as [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]] (the [[South China Sea]]), parts of [[Sout... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ... by right of conquest by winning the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066 in what has become known as the [[N...
25: ...ve prompted Harold to respond immediately and in haste rather than await reinforcements in [[London]].
27: ...nla, which later became known as the [[Battle of Hastings]]. This took place on [[October 14]], [[1066]...
31: ...aid waste to deny his enemies its resources. The last serious resistance came with the [[Revolt of the ...
34: ...]. He also ordered the building of a number of [[castle]]s, among them the [[Tower of London]]. His con... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...his holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]].)
4: ...aps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
6: ...[pagan]] [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of thi...
8: ==Date of Easter==
11: ..."padding-right: 1.5em;"align=center|'''Dates for Easter Sunday, 2000-2020''' - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
2: ...Lunar crater)|Hipparchus lunar crater]] and the [[asteroid]] [[4000 Hipparchus]].
4: ...east 14 books, only his commentary on the popular astronomical poem by [[Aratus]] has been preserved by...
14: ...of his life are not known, but Ptolemy attributes astronomical observations to him from [[147 BC]] to [...
22: ...mic observer, and many regard him as the greatest astronomer of ancient times, although [[Cicero]] gave...
28: ...s, and later published by [[Otto Neugebauer]] in "Astronomical Cuneiform Texts" (3 vol.s; Princeton and... - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
1: ...Lunar crater)|Hipparchus lunar crater]] and the [[asteroid]] [[4000 Hipparchus]].
3: ...east 14 books, only his commentary on the popular astronomical poem by [[Aratus]] has been preserved by...
13: ...of his life are not known, but Ptolemy attributes astronomical observations to him from [[147 BC]] to [...
21: ...mic observer, and many regard him as the greatest astronomer of ancient times, although [[Cicero]] gave...
27: ...s, and later published by [[Otto Neugebauer]] in "Astronomical Cuneiform Texts" (3 vol.s; Princeton and... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
67: ...]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Приднест...
119: | 1 autonomous oblast
120: ...h Autonomous Oblast]] (Jevrejskaja avtonomnaja Oblast'/Еврейск...
135: ... (Komi-Permjackija/Коми-Пермяцки... - Energy (16265 bytes)
1: ...w much [[heat]] it can produce or absorb. In the past, energy was discussed in terms of easily [[observ...
21: ...]] (Btu) which has various values in the range of 1055 J, and the [[horsepower]]-hour (2.6845 MJ).
103: In contrast to [[kinetic energy]], which is the energy of a [...
119: ...energy can be "stored" as gravitational energy, elastic energy, chemical energy, rest mass energy or el... - Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
22: At least 60 [[genera]] of pterosaurs have been found, rang...
34: ...ke typical reptiles, pterosaurs had a keeled [[breastbone]] that was developed for the attachment of fl...
38: ...terosaurs were unique among reptiles in that at least some of them were covered with [[hair]], similar ...
42: There has been considerable debate in the past about whether pterosaurs moved about on the groun...
62: .... They appeared in the late Triassic period, and lasted until the late Jurassic. - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ...onetary reforms of [[Roman Emperor Anastasius I|Anastasius I]] in [[498]], which used the Greek numberi...
5: ==Constantinian dynasty==
10: ===Non-dynastic===
13: ==Valentinian-Theodosian dynasty==
20: ==Dynasty of Leo== - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...e Firebird)]]'' {{lang|ru|Жар-Птица}} . For some, these...
27: Stravinsky's taste in literature was wide and reflected his constan...
47: ...the classical music of [[Mozart]] and [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] and their contemporaries. This "[...
63: ...entation, harmonic ingenuity, and a deft ear for masterful orchestration. Indeed, these characteristic...
73: ...g. These passages are notable not only for this pastiche-quality but also for their length: Stravinsky... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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36: ...n Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Se...
42: ...rg is administrative center of the [[Leningrad Oblast]] (while being a separate region) and the [[North...
48: ...ral details including long, straight boulevards, vast spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought-iro...
50: ...o]] (60° [[latitude|N]]), causes twilight to last all night in May, June and July. This celebrated...
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