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- Ireland (33828 bytes)
3: ...posed of the [[Republic of Ireland]] which covers five sixths of the island (south, east, west and nor...
27: ...he state while the "Republic of Ireland" is its official ''description''.
28: * [[Northern Ireland]] is also referred to unofficially as the 'Six Counties', the 'North of Irelan...
30: ...]] the island had existed for centuries as one unified political entity, most recently as the [[Kingdo...
32: ... organisation, tries to help people on both sides find peace and reconcilliation through community dev... - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ... other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriati...
8: ...he last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...r west as the [[Adda River]], were known as "Terrafirma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against...
12: ...]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especial...
16: ... [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resign the office and retire into [[monastery|monastic]] seclusio... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ... was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permiss...
7: ..., established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]...
9: ...ings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work of either t...
15: ...order sought refuge in the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]]. Finding themselves becoming enmeshed in the politics...
17: ...y were forced to become a more militarized force, fighting especially with the [[Barbary pirates]]. Th... - Viking Age (10637 bytes)
6: ...ys of north-western Europe. [[Rurik]] founded the first [[Russia]]n state with a capital at [[Novgorod...
10: ...scendants of these Viking settlers not only identified themselves as French, but carried the French la...
17: ...owever, had well-defended coasts and heavily fortified ports and harbours. Pure thirst for adventure m...
19: ...ume that the Varangians themselves travelled significantly beyond Byzantium and the Caspian Sea.
25: ...nce dwindled until 1066 when the Danes lost their final battle with the English. See also [[Danelaw]] - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... is likely to continue to do so. Scientific classification belongs to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [...
5: ...om the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who classified animals based on their means of transportation ...
7: In 1172 Ibn Rushd ([[Averroes]]), who was a judge (Qaadi)...
9: ...next major advance in developing scientific classification was made by the Swiss professor, [[Conrad v...
11: ...tion due to the work of [[entomologist]]s and the first microscopists is due to the research of people... - Padua (12961 bytes)
7: ...d; the internal partition walls remained till the fire of [[1420]], when the Venetian architects who u...
11: ...1438]]-[[1441]]), which was cast in [[1453]], the first full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiqui...
17: ...cted many distinguished artists, as Giotto, [[Fra Filippo Lippi]] and Donatello; and for native art th...
22: ...t was reported able to raise two hundred thousand fighting men. [[Abano]] nearby is the birthplace of ...
36: ...virtual rebuilding of the city, their choice fell first on one of the Este family.
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