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- Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...f Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1186]] to 1190. She was the eldest daughter of [[Amalric I of Je...
5: ...er become closer with Agnes and inherit her political supporters.
7: ...errat]], the newly created [[count of Jaffa and Ascalon]]. In autumn [[1176]] they were married. Willi...
9: ...p's advances. Affronted, Philip left Jerusalem to campaign in [[Antioch]]. Additionally, the [[Ibelin]...
11: ...l]] wrote a romantic passage in which Baldwin was captured and imprisoned in 1179 by [[Saladin]]. Acco... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
5: ...erhaps as young as 11. On their wedding night the castle of [[Kerak]] was attacked by the forces of [[...
7: ...ms when she was a child and he was a slave in the castle. And when Saladin received these gifts he was...
9: ...IV, Isabella's mother and the baronial party took care to remind the court party of Isabella's rights.
11: ...ld die, the question of succession would be adjudicated by the kings of [[England]], [[France]], and [...
15: ...he midst of Saladin's invasion of the kingdom and capture of everything except the stronghold of [[Tyr... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ople]], the [[Albigensian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crus...
6: == Historical background ==
7: ...ry, combined with the relative stabilization of local European borders after the Christianization of t...
9: ...ose who were killed in battle. Even today Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstine...
11: ...o marshal public opinion in their favor, people became personally engaged in a dramatic religious cont... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: '''Phoenix''' is the [[capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metro...
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. (inc...
13: Phoenix is called ''Hoodzo'' (lit. 'the place is hot') in [[Nav...
46: ...35 miles (217 km) of canals. Their disappearance ca. 1450 A.D. remains a mystery. Prolonged drought ...
49: ...]], he and others from Wickenburg had dug a short canal from the Salt River and founded a small farmin... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Konya (2390 bytes)
1: ...s a population of 742 690 (in 2000) and it is the capital of [[Konya Province|Konya]] [[Provinces of T...
5: ...97]]) and [[Frederick Barbarossa]] ([[May 18]], [[1190]]).
7: ...aptured by Mongols as well. The city remained the capital of the Turkish puppet-ruler under the Mongol...
9: ...] and, in [[1453]], Konya was made the provincial capital of the Ottoman Province of Karamanid.
11: ...t and founder of [[The Whirling Dervishes]], is located there and therefore Konya is one of the holy c... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...tate under the King of Sicily. The medi涡l Order can be said to have come to an end following its eje...
5: ...rno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild t...
7: ...epulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem bu...
9: ...e [[Krak des Chevaliers]], and [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The propert...
15: ...s well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]]. - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...tional hero in modern [[Mongolia]] for his historical role in giving a common [[identity]] to [[Mongol...
15: ..., a tribal chief of the [[Kiyad]]. Yes?s clan was called Borjigin (''Боржl...
19: ...t him many lessons on survival in the harsh political climate of Mongolia, especially the need for [[a...
25: ...m?as adopted as Wang Khan's heir after successful campaigns against the [[Tatars]] ([[1202]]). This le...
31: ...ly created a written code of laws for the Mongols called [[Yassa]] and demanded that it be followed ve... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Troy (22846 bytes)
3: ...ame of an archaeological site, the traditional location of Homeric Troy, in [[Anatolia]], close to th...
5: ...ounded on the site that many believed to be the location of the legendary Ilion in the reign of the [[...
7: ...te has been successfully identified with the city called '''''Wilusa''''' in [[Hittite language|Hittit...
10: ...[Poseidon]] and [[Apollo]] built the walls/fortifications around Troy for [[Laomedon]], son of Ilus th...
12: ... Trojans [[Aeneas]], [[Brutus]], and [[Elymus]] escape the destruction and become founders of [[Alba L... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ...cenaean period takes its name from the archaeological site [[Mycenae]] in the northeastern [[Argolid]]...
8: ...eek language|Greek]]. The Mycenaean era script is called [[Linear B]].
10: ...and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|mummification]].
12: ...reek people, the [[Dorians]], although the historical validity of this theory is now doubted.
18: ...rne Furumark]] based on the material from the [[excavation]]s of [[Asine]]. He provided a list of pott... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Peregrine Falcons (8580 bytes)
2: ...e:Peregrine-Falcon.jpg|200px|Peregrine Falcon]] | caption = }}
15: ...[gram]]s; the noticeably larger females weigh 910-1190 grams.
18: ...e birds of the northwestern coast of [[North America]] are darker than others. The younger birds are d...
20: The call of this bird is a harsh repeated "cack".
24: ... its [[terminal velocity|diving speed]] is significantly greater; estimates range from 188 [[km/h]]<su... - Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
3: ... [[960]]-[[1279]]. Its founding marked the reunification of China for the first time since the fall of...
5: ...ted south of the [[Yangtze River]] and made their capital at [[Hangzhou]].
14: ...- the mercantile class - arose as printing and education spread, private trade grew, and a market econ...
16: ...hinese invented or developed [[gunpowder]], the [[cannon]], the [[flamethrower]], [[printing]] technol...
18: ...ew practical guidelines for the solution of political and other mundane problems.
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