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  1. Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
    5: ...ike and self-willed and increasingly excluded her from power. When he was taken prisoner by the [[Selj...
    13: ...e Empresses: Woman and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204''. Routledge, 1999.
  2. Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
    1: ...fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
    3: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
    9: ...1169]]), and [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] ([[1121]]-[[1204]]). Melisende's authority was not passed over for...
    13: ...son of previous marriage, [[Geoffrey of Anjou|Geoffrey]] was in these same years married to Empress Ma...
    15: ...d of his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, a...
  3. Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
    1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
    3: ...iddle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
    8: ...chest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as ...
    10: ...|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
    12: ... of women in the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader.
  4. Greece (54754 bytes)
    1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
    11: ...#932;&#927;&#931;<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
    29: ...]'''<br>&nbsp;- Declared<br>&nbsp;- Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
    42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
    52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ...
  5. Crusade (28507 bytes)
    2: ...ian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
    7: ...ght an outlet for their violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing...
    9: ...day Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except duri...
    18: ...n and consider how the idea of a holy war emerged from this background.'' &mdash; [[Norman F. Cantor]]
    21: ... Eastern church, [[Alexius I]] expected some help from a fellow Christian. However, the response was m...
  6. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
    27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
    29: ...the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
    37: | [[1204]]
    51: ...ror of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Empe...
  7. Castle (27805 bytes)
    1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
    2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
    10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
    11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
    14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding...
  8. Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
    9: ...ted, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
    11: ...tities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]] kingdom, the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [...
    23: ...final step in the evolution of the [[Roman Army]] from a [[citizen army]] to a professional one.
    33: ...Romanizing extensive territories in the East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas that...
    40: ...few, works of poetry, legislation and engineering from this period provide important insights into Rom...
  9. Venice (22017 bytes)
    8: ...from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michi...
    12: ...with Venetian aid) seized [[Constantinople]] in [[1204]] and established the [[Latin Empire]]. Considera...
    16: ...actice, a number of Doges were forced by pressure from their [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resig...
    20: ...]]. This apparent lack of zeal contributed to its frequently coming into conflict with the [[Papacy]]....
    24: ...nice during the [[First Coalition]]. The [[France|French]] conqueror brought to an end the most fascin...
  10. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    1: ...th century|14th centuries]]. The Seljuks migrated from the north into [[Persia]], fighting and conquer...
    3: ...g the Islamic world against [[Crusade|Crusaders]] from the West, and conquering the [[Byzantine Empire...
    5: ...] was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] and died the following yea...
    7: ...lik Shah's death, the [[Crusade]]s prevented them from regaining their former empire. For a brief peri...
    73: ...R&uuml;m|S&uuml;leyman II]] (Suleiman) [[1196]]-[[1204]]
  11. Parthenon (12682 bytes)
    1: ...:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
    3: ...thena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''&#960;&#945;&#961;&#952;&#941;...
    9: ...he treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the A...
    19: ...ted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]].
    21: ...ouring Athena. On the fourth, eastern, side was a frieze showing all the gods of the Greek [[pantheon]...
  12. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    2: ...ho sailed for [[Spain]]. He was the first to sail from [[Europe]] westwards to [[Asia]], the first [[E...
    7: ... had gone two years before. Here, with his cousin Francisco Serrano, Magellan continued his education,...
    9: ... In [[1505]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] the...
    15: ...ices to the court of [[Spain]], changing his name from "''Fern㯠de Magalh㥳''" to "''Fernando de Mag...
    18: ...n port of Spain, on [[October 20]], [[1517]], and from there went to [[Valladolid]] to see the teenage...
  13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
    55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
    62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
    109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
    122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R...
  14. Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
    32: ...imperial ceremonies. During the Latin Occupation (1204-1261) the church became a Roman Catholic cathedra...
    36: ...ject. The Islamic calligraphic displays suspended from the main dome remain in place. The Christian [[...
  15. Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
    1: ...artistic products of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] from about the [[5th century]] until the fall of [[C...
    7: ... of its classical heritage, but was distinguished from it in a number of ways. The most profound of th...
    9: ...s roots in [[Judaism]], and the nude was banished from its dominant position in art.
    15: ... high relief carving in ivory, which replaced the free-standing statues of the classical world.]]
    17: ...ure. There was a revival in realistic portraiture from the 12th century onwards, a development which s...
  16. Constantinople (4125 bytes)
    3: ... where most gold coins circulating in Europe came from and were associated with.
    5: ...entially invincible to the barbarians who, coming from the [[Danube|Lower Danube]], found easier targe...
    7: ...aptured and sacked by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in [[1204]] (April 12), and then re-captured by [[Nicaean E...
    9: ...Turks]] called the city Stamboul or [[Istanbul]], from the original Greek "eis tin poli" (to the city)...
    23: ...tudies.org/istanbul.html Info on the name change] from the Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic...
  17. Praseodymium (9138 bytes)
    62: | 1204 [[Kelvin|K]] (1707.8 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
    160: The name Praseodymium comes from the [[Greece|Greek]] ''prasios'', meaning green...
    162: ...a new earth, [[Samarium]], from didymium obtained from the mineral [[samarskite]]. In [[1885]], the [[...
    165: ...nazite]] and [[bastnasite]], and can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an [[ion exchange]] p...
    200: ...otopes of praseodymium range in [[atomic weight]] from 120.955 [[atomic mass unit|u]] (121-Pr) to 158....
  18. List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
    107: *[[Isaac II Angelus]] (1156-1204, ruled [[1185]] - [[1195]]) &ndash; great-grandso...
    109: ...exius IV Angelus]] (1182-1204, ruled [[1203]] - [[1204]]) &ndash; son of Isaac II
    110: ...Angelus]] (restored with Alexius IV, [[1203]] - [[1204]])
    111: ...zuphlus (the Bushy-eyebrowed) (1140-1204, ruled [[1204]]) &ndash; son-in-law of Alexius III
    114: *[[Theodore I Lascaris]] (1174-1222, ruled [[1204]] - [[1222]]) &ndash; son-in-law of Alexius III
  19. Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
    3: ...23435;&#26397;) was a ruling dynasty in [[China]] from [[960]]-[[1279]]. Its founding marked the reuni...
    20: ...other ideas became the official imperial ideology from late Song times to the late [[19th century]]. A...
    24: ...s life for the emperor. [[Hau Wong]], an official from this court, is still revered as a god in Hong K...
    183:
    241: [[fr:dynastie Song]]

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