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- Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
3: She married Constantine sometime before [[1050]]. With Constantine she had seve...
5: ...ia to vacate the throne in favour of Michael and retire to a [[convent]]
7: ...is plan did not come to pass, and Eudocia died sometime after the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] ...
13: ...e Empresses: Woman and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204''. Routledge, 1999. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...a]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...m, Deo amabilem reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her...
11: ...father's reign Melisende was styled ''filia regis et regni Jerosolimitani haeres'' ("daughter of the k...
13: ...ardian for the young Baldwin, excluding Fulk altogether.
19: ...ough Hugh, by strict [[male succession]], held a better claim to the throne. Hugh was a cousin of Meli... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...rt]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
8: ... modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as a baby.
12: ...; the incident started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. She insisted on taking par...
14: ...militaristic aims would jeopardize the tenuous safety of his empire. A particularly poor decision was ...
16: ... until the attack. Failing in this attempt, they retired to Jerusalem, and then home. - Greece (54754 bytes)
40: | [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br/>[[Ea...
44: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.gr]]
59: ...nish language|Spanish]] {{lang|es|''Grecia''}}, ''etc.'' In most Middle Eastern and Eastern languages...
65: ...ciated with the sea. After the internal struggle between Spartans and Athenians, all parts of Greece w...
72: ...tantinople. Furthermore, although the Byzantines retained control of the Aegean and its islands throug... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
7: ...essful, but trained warriors always sought an outlet for their violence. A plea for help from the Byza...
9: ...ing both a papal standard (the ''vexillum sancti Petri'') and an [[indulgence]] to those who were kill...
11: ...he result was an awakening of intense Christian piety and public interest in religious affairs, which ...
18: ... the origin of a crusading ideal in the struggle between Christians and Moslems in Spain and consider ...
21: ... merely defend the [[Byzantine Empire]] but also retake [[Jerusalem]]. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
37: | [[1204]]
46: ...into Western and Eastern halves. Others place it yet further in 476, when the last western emperor, [[...
51: ...ed by the rift caused by the 9th century dispute between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) a...
53: ... who was motivated, at least partly, to re-interpret Roman history in different terms. Nevertheless, t...
57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, so... - Castle (27805 bytes)
10: ...of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typical feat...
19: ...|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]]
26: ...ry strong perimeter defense. [[Castle walls]], together with lodgings ([[keep]]) suitable for a [[Baro...
38: For a more complete list see [[List of castles]].
40: ...drawbridge]]s, [[battlements]], [[portcullis]]es, etc. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as [[Caesar Augustus]]). Although Rome ...
5: ...her millennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern Empire, better known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the...
9: ...y]], and the [[Dominate]], the period from [[Diocletian]] until the end of the Empire in the West. Acc...
11: ...ccessor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]] kingdom, the [...
17: ...re is held to have begun with the constitutional settlement following the [[Battle of Actium]] in [[31... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...he [[Piave River|Piave]] (north) Rivers. The [[Venetian Republic]] was a major sea power and a [[stagi...
5: ''See also [[Veneti]].''
6: ...trategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable...
8: ...tials for the power of Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Veni...
10: ...rona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
73: ...Rüm|Süleyman II]] (Suleiman) [[1196]]-[[1204]]
74: * [[Kilij Arslan III]] [[1204]]-[[1205]] - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
9: ...[447 BC]] and the building was substantially completed by [[438 BC]], but work on the decorations cont...
11: ...e curves is to make the temple look even more symmetrical than it actually is.
13: ...etres on the east and west ends, and of 110 millimetres on the sides.
19: ...r possession of the land of [[Attica]]. [[Metope|Metopes]] ran along the outer frieze of all four side...
23: ...ient [[Greek temple]]s appeals to the modern aesthetic, the Parthenon, like all ancient buildings, was... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...18 members of the crew and one ship of the fleet returned to Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated...
11: ...ermission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Portugal.
24: ...int [[captain]]s-general, would receive one-twentieth of all profits and they and their heirs would ga...
34: ... from sailing, but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrameda with 270 men.
37: ...rrived at the [[Cape Verde]] Islands, where they set course for Cape St. Augustine in [[Brazil]]. On [... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
10: ...et [[Paulus the Silentiary]] composed an extant poetic ''ekphrasis'', probably for the rededication of...
20: ...endentives to four massive piers at the corners. Between them the dome seems to float upon four great ...
32: ...ile figurative representation has never been completely banned in Islamic art, figures of humans in a ... - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
7: ...Ancient Greek art was replaced by a [[Christian]] ethic. If the purpose of classical art was the glori...
13: ...c representation in art. This is sometimes interpreted as a decline in artistic skills and standards, ...
15: ...d by Christ, a striking illustration of the link between Church and State in the Byzantine Empire. The...
39: ...ge of Justinian. The acquisitive habits of the Venetians means that the basilica is also a great museu...
41: ...antine culture were brought to an abrupt end in [[1204]] with the sacking of Constantinople by the knigh... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...s [[Turkey]]. Today, Constantinople is the area between the [[Golden Horn]] and the [[Sea of Marmara]...
5: ...rom the [[Danube|Lower Danube]], found easier targets to the west rather than pursing the richer provi...
7: ...aptured and sacked by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in [[1204]] (April 12), and then re-captured by [[Nicaean E... - Praseodymium (9138 bytes)
25: | 6640 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], no data
39: | 165 [[picometre|pm]]
62: | 1204 [[Kelvin|K]] (1707.8 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
68: ...ntific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per mole|m<sup>3</sup>/mol]]
80: | 2280 [[metre per second|m/s]] at 293.15 K - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ... the official language). Numismatists note the monetary reforms of [[Roman Emperor Anastasius I|Anasta...
43: *[[Justinian II]] Rhinotmetus (the Slit-nosed) (668-711, ruled [[685]] - [[69...
48: *[[Justinian II]] Rhinotmetus (restored, second rule [[705]] - [[711]])
50: ...uled [[713]] - [[715]]) – non-dynastic, secretary of Philippicus elected by the senate
63: ...Logothete (ruled [[802]] - [[811]]) – logothete under Irene - Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
3: ...ties and Ten Kingdoms]], were a time of division between north and south and of rapidly changing admin...
4: ...umb|illustration representing a person of Mongol ethnic group during Yuan ]]
5: ...ynasty (1115-1234)|Jin dynasty]]. The Song court retreated south of the [[Yangtze River]] and made the...
14: ...em meant the development of a true nationwide market system.
16: ...eveloped [[gunpowder]], the [[cannon]], the [[flamethrower]], [[printing]] technology, amongst many ot...
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