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- Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ... Her contributions to science are reputed to include the invention of the [[astrolabe]] and the [[hydr...
4: ...man Empire had embarked on an intense campaign to destroy pagan places of worship.
8: ...e, and dogmatic Christians who demanded the final destruction of paganism on the other. Hypatia herse...
12: ...ll the philosophers of her own time. Having succeeded to the school of Plato and Plotinus, she explain...
14: ...contemporary information about Hypatia's life and death. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...ntry's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had se...
5: ...|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated ...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
19: ...in. Alexander's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that...
21: ...t the foundation, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowle... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ..., the Spanish language remains widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of n...
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10: image_coat = Escudo de Espań”®°ng |
19: leader_titles = [[Kings of Spain|King]]<br>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] ...
20: leader_names = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]... - Egyptian hieroglyph (6639 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg||thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
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8: ...al team excavating at [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] (modern [[Umm el-Qa'ab]]) uncovered tomb U-j which belo...
10: ...sonants, [[logograph]]s, representing a word, and determinatives, which indicate the semantic category...
12: ... [[Rosetta Stone]] contains both hieroglyphic and demotic writing. - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
11: ... ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade.
13: ...al or semi-mythical kings are (in chronological order): [[Romulus]], [[Numa Pompilius]] (Good King Num...
23: ...rs]], conquering [[Sicily]] and [[Iberia]]. After defeating [[Macedonia]] and the [[Seleucids]] in the...
25: ...and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]], on the [[Ides of March]] [[44 BC]].
27: ...ransformed Rome from a Republic to an Empire. His designated successor, [[Tiberius]], took power witho... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...:Rome 17itlw.jpg|thumb|Ancient Rome. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...000 years ago. There is also a growing body of evidence that [[Homo sapiens]] first left [[Africa]] ab...
32: ...2.jpg|thumb|Temple Acropolis Greece. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
33: ...ed on the interpretation of surviving physical evidence, about the "reason" events occured, not what h...
35: ...the records of the past without any preconceived ideas which will effect their perception, inference a... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
13: ...astern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
27: ...nquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conqu...
29: ...of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
5: ...562]] - [[France]] recognized the [[Huguenot]]s under the [[Edict of St. Germain]].
7: ...Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] army at [[...
9: ...General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the ...
11: ...1852]] - [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
13: ...[United Kingdom|British]] force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the ... - Pope Damasus I (6865 bytes)
3: ...al suffered greatly due to these two unseemly incidents.
7: ..., bishop of Rome with his ecclesiastical correspondence, and writing his answers to the questions refe...
9: ...e died in the reign of the Emperor [[Theodosius I|Theodosius]] at the age of almost eighty" (ch. 103).
13: ...nger, being generally more conservative in their idealised views on the greatness of the Empire. This ...
15: ...bishops, claims reinforced by the forged correspondence with Jerome (see below). - Pope Boniface I (1026 bytes)
1: ...contemporary of [[Saint Augustine of Hippo]], who dedicated to him some of his works.
3: ...pped of his rank and banished from Rome, and on [[December 28]], 418 Boniface became Pope.
5: ...n [[Illyricum]] to Western jurisdiction, and defended the rights of the [[Holy See]]. He died on [[Sep...
8: Predecessor=[[Pope Zosimus|Saint Zosimus]]| - Pope Leo I (11553 bytes)
5: ... request. But nothing shows more plainly the confidence felt in him than his being chosen by the emper...
13: ...], and proceeded against them by holding a public debate with their representatives, burning their boo...
15: ...against the sect, examining its false teaching in detail, and calling for a Spanish general council to...
17: ...]], the disciple of [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and founder of the Alexandrian Church, could have had no oth...
19: ...unity to assert his authority there, which he did decisively in regard to a number of questions of dis... - Timeline of Ancient Rome (22347 bytes)
13: ...n_colleseum.jpg|thumb|Roman Colleseum. Photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
15: .../[[534 BC]] – reign of [[Servius Tullius]]: defined the sacred boundary of Rome - the ''[[pomeri...
21: * [[496 BC]] – Rome defeats the [[Latin League]] at the [[battle of Lake...
24: * [[451 BC]] – The ''[[Decemviri]]'' publishes the [[List of Roman laws|Twe...
36: * [[390 BC]] – The Gauls defeat the Roman army at the [[Battle of the Allia (... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...ugustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struc...
5: ...s traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insig...
7: ...various semantic periods or eras. Such names include [[Byzantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] an...
9: ...r") imperial power showed its naked face, with golden crowns and ornate imperial ritual. We now know t...
14: ===Political Developments=== - Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
8: ...eity [[Zeus]] had instated the festival after his defeat of the [[titan (mythology)|Titan]] [[Cronus]]...
10: ...ds. The [[Sparta]]n adversary of Iphitos then decided to stop the war during these games, which were c...
12: ...ed. Pelops married the princess but not before murdering Myrtilus, whose curse later resulted in the f...
18: ...ympia, Greece, a sanctuary site for the [[List of deities|Greek gods]] near the towns of Elis and [[Pi...
19: ...]]. This statue was one of the ancient [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: ...es the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
8: ...e Christian claim of exclusivity, that only its understanding of "Jewish" teaching is valid, led to an...
10: ...s [[Jesus]] (the [[Incarnation]]), and became the deliverer of both Israel and of all mankind. Christi...
29: ...t to follow what would later be called the [[Noahide Laws]] subset of the [[Law of Moses]]. The [[Dida...
32: ...[[Syria]] is the site of the earliest discovered identifiable Christian house church. - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...re]] on [[May 11]], AD [[330]]. It was first founded as a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] colony with the na...
5: ... Asia beyond Constantinople, allowing the east to develop relatively unmolested, while Rome and the we...
7: ...e-captured by [[Nicaean Empire|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]] in [...
9: ...he city. When the Republic of [[Turkey]] was founded in [[1923]], the capital was moved to [[Ankara]]...
15: * [[Golden Horn]] - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
2: ...he [[Huns]], led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into [[Italy]].]]
3: ... of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled [[Constantinople...
11: ...n that at a young age he was already a capable leader and a capable warrior is reasonable but unknowab...
14: ...stretched from the steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the Danube river to the Balti...
15: ...'s first [[sea wall]], and to build up his border defenses along the Danube. - Puppet (11452 bytes)
1: ...mated figures, with this description, may also be described as puppets, particularly since they are of...
5: ...ple a coin-operated automata-show or piano-roll sideshow figure). The puppet can interact with other p...
10: ..., that there should be comedians of an inferior order, charged with the duty of offering continuously ...
12: ...bes (Greece)|Thebes]] wearing around his body bladders filled with wine and milk, and so arranged that...
16: ...d of a small stationary case, isolated on every side, in which the stage was closed by doors that open... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
3: ... [[Pierre de Coubertin|Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin]] in the late [[19th century]]. The '''...
11: ''In detail: [[Ancient Olympic Games]]''
13: ...kecheiria)'' or [[Olympic Truce]]. The first recorded celebration of the Games in [[Olympia, Greece|Ol...
17: ... Christian hegemony, and in [[393]] the emperor [[Theodosius]] outlawed the Olympics, ending a thousand year p...
21: ...e oils to keep their skin smooth, as well as provide an appealing luster to anyone who saw them.
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