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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...he dictated the book ''Il Milione'' about his travels.
5: ...t out to [[Asia]] in [[1255]], reached China in [[1266]], arriving at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]]). T...
7: ...trary to it, with no complete records that would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula st...
13: ...re advanced than similar contemporary European developments.
16: ...pockets to reveal hundreds of rubies and other jewels which they had received in Asia. Though they wer... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...ure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[Middle ...
2: ...tached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
7: ...0px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
12: ...ent]], whose defensive look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towa...
15: ...ers. For he could do what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle, while others... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
24: ...ripi]]). The regional flag is divided diagonally yellow over red, with the ''[[trinacria]]'' symbol in...
32: ..., [[Ustica Island]] to the north-west, and the [[Pelagian Islands]] to the south-west.
48: ...s in [[Trapani]] and the smaller islands of [[Pantelleria]] and [[Lampedusa]].
52: ...mo), [[Vincenzo Bellini]] (from [[Catania]]), as well as the [[sculpture|sculptor]] [[Tommaso Geraci]]...
62: ...arly the latest to arrive in the island and were related to other tribes of southern Italy, such as th... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...he autonomous region of [[Sicily]], [[Italy]] as well as the capital of the [[Province of Palermo]]
6: ...cause of its fine natural harbour. Palermo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the ...
8: ...c War]] ([[264 BC|264]]-[[241 BC]]), when Sicily fell under [[Roman Republic|Roman]] rule. The [[Rome|...
12: ...architecture]] as can be seen in the Palatine Chapel, the church San Giovanni degli Eremiti and the Zi...
14: ...thedral. After an interval of [[Angevin]] rule ([[1266]]-[[1282]]), Sicily came under the house of [[Ara... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
7: ...Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but this ide...
14: ...al Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the early 20th centu...
21: ...hat was not what its speakers had called it (see below).
27: ... history of the Hittite civilisation is known largely from [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] texts foun...
34: ... continued to be used in the Hittite kingdom for religious purposes, and there is substantial continui... - Thomas Aquinas (12692 bytes)
7: ...rough his mother [[Countess Theadora of Theate]] related to the [[Hohenstaufen]] dynasty of [[Holy Rom...
9: ...was held a captive for a year or two to make him relinquish his purpose. According to his earliest bio...
11: ...ve scholar and won him permanently for the Aristotelian method.
14: ...rale'' at such place as he should choose, and he selected Naples.
16: Aquinas had a [[mystical]] experience while celebrating Mass on December 6, [[1273]], after which... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - History of science in the Middle Ages (30877 bytes)
4: ... in natural investigation was renewed. Science developed in this golden period of [[Scholasticism|Scho...
14: ...rvive the process, maintained what was left of intellectual strength, especially through [[monasticism...
16: ...s the use of the term by pointing out that the labelling of this era as "dark" was mostly based on pre...
18: ...in of York]] elaborated a project of scholarly development aimed at resuscitating classical knowledge ...
20: The significance of these measures would only be felt centuries later. The teaching of dialectic (a di... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: :''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]].''
4: ...2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
8: ... offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...he Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "Elam."
12: ==Elamite language==
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