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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - Rose (15436 bytes)
23: ...e [[deciduous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[Asia]]) are [[evergreen]] or nearly so.
29: ...(both the two species cited grow naturally on [[coast]]al [[dune|sand dunes]]). Despite the presence of...
65: ...ent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet [[scent]]. A few cultivars, ...
74: ... [[Iran|Persia]] to [[Europe]] sometime between [[1254]] and [[1276]]. Summer Damasks (crosses between G...
110: ...refer to the [[House_of_Lancaster|red rose of Lancaster]], and the [[House of York|white rose of York]]... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: '''Marco Polo''' ([[15 September]][[1254]] - [[8 January]] [[1324]]) was a [[Venice|Veneti...
5: ...lso ''Maffio'') were prosperous merchants in the East trade. The two merchants set out to [[Asia]] in [...
13: ... [[Khan]], Marco Polo became acquainted with the vast regions of China and with numerous achievements o...
18: ...his travels in the then-unknown parts of the Far East. His book, ''Il Milione'' ("The Million"; known i...
25: ...] traders; trade between the Middle East and Far East was flourishing and travellers are often happy to... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
13: ... successes were putting strong pressure on the [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[Byzantine Empire]].
15: A turning point in western attitudes towards the east came in the year [[1009]], when the [[Fatimids|Fa...
21: ...olic]] Western church and the [[Greek Orthodox]] Eastern church, [[Alexius I]] expected some help from ...
23: ...onquista'' as the molding force in the [[Castile|Castilian]] character, with its sense that the highest...
25: ...ds in [[Majorca]] and [[Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Catalonia from Muslim raids. Much e... - 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> - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...hy [[lagoon]] along the [[Adriatic Sea]] in northeast [[Italy]]. The saltwater lagoon stretches along t...
6: ...ntine power waned, however, an increasingly anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of au...
8: ..., opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...], and became a major power-broker in the [[Near East]]. By the standards of the time, Venice's steward...
16: ... resign the office and retire into [[monastery|monastic]] seclusion when they were felt to have been di... - Thomas Aquinas (12692 bytes)
3: ...theology|theologian]] in the [[scholasticism|scholastic]] tradition. He gave birth to the [[Thomism|Th...
7: ... abbot of the original [[Benedictine]] [[Abbey|monastery]] at [[Monte Cassino]], and the family intende...
9: ... brothers and brought back to his parents at the castle of San Giovanni, where he was held a captive fo...
11: ...r he remained with the famous philosopher of scholasticism, presumably teaching. This long association ...
14: In [[1252]] Aquinas went to Paris for the master's degree, but met with some difficulty owing to... - 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== - Copenhagen (8004 bytes)
8: ...Hanseatic League]] as the Germans took notice. In 1254, it received its charter as a city under Bishop J...
22: Copenhagen is located on the eastern shore of the island of [[Zealand|Zealand ''(Sj...
24: ...t of the [[�resund]] region, which consists of Eastern Zealand and Western [[Scania]] (in [[Sweden]])...
31: ...e pedestrian network has been developed over the last 40 years through the work of one man, the Danish ...
34: ...wn dish. Also, Copenhagen is known for the great tasting hotdog stands found throughout the city.
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