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- Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
1: ...ter his death ([[1067]]) she became the wife of [[Romanus IV]]. She was also the niece of [[Michael Ce...
3: ...eless was considered co-emperor with his younger brother, while Eudocia ran the administration of the ...
5: ...an Guard]] then compelled Eudocia to vacate the throne in favour of Michael and retire to a [[convent]...
12: *[[Michael Psellus the Younger]]. ''Chronographia''.
13: ...ses: Woman and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204''. Routledge, 1999. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...ealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: ... was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
9: ...ut was independent of it, as [[William of Tyre]] wrote "reseditque reginam regni potestas penes domina...
11: ...Haute Cour of Jerusalem|Haute Cour]]'', a kind of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of ...
13: ...ively rich (even for a crusader) and would bring troops and much military experience with him in defen... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: ...ne of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen con...
6: ...e mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after her mother and c...
8: ...es that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as a baby.
10: ...a wedding present that is still in existence, a [[rock crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... culture has proven especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
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21: ...ist of Presidents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]] - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...Muslims]], but some were directed against other Europeans, such as the [[Fourth Crusade]] against [[Co...
6: == Historical background ==
7: ... violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing [[Muslim]] attacks thu...
9: ...ts]] and some [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In ...
11: ...me personally engaged in a dramatic religious controversy. The result was an awakening of intense Chri... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
21: ...th Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...he Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''cas...
2: ...xpanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designatio...
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]],...
5: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
7: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
1: {{Roman Empire infobox}}
3: ...gustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the structure of the power i...
5: ...n [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinop...
7: ...gably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ...ed, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...timate 2004-01-01). The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy [[lagoon]] along the ...
6: ...y anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of autonomy and eventual [[independence]]. Ven...
8: ...rom Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michie...
10: ...s [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignt...
12: ...d the [[Latin Empire]]. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, including the [[Mark the Evan... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...h century|14th centuries]]. The Seljuks migrated from the north into [[Persia]], fighting and conqueri...
3: ... 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 year...
7: ...ik Shah's death, the [[Crusade]]s prevented them from regaining their former empire. For a brief perio...
30: ...as a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by [[Toghrül III|Toğr&u... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ...ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...hena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρθέ&...
5: ...n replaced an older [[temple]] which had been destroyed by the [[Iran|Persians]]. As well as being a t...
9: ...m the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the Acropolis In [[454 BC]].
11: ...day, was regarded as the ''finest''. The temple, wrote [[John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich|John... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ed in the [[Philippines]] and never returned to Europe, 18 members of the crew and one ship of the fle...
5: ...Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, ...
7: ...on, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been ...
9: ...nstall Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] there and establish military and naval bases a...
11: ...the [[Spice Islands]]. In [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after s... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
8: ...was rebuilt under the personal supervision of emperor [[Justinian I]] and rededicated on December 26, ...
10: ...tiary]] composed an extant poetic ''ekphrasis'', probably for the rededication of [[563]], which follo...
12: ...tically decorated that Justinian is said to have proclaimed "[[Solomon]], I have surpassed thee!" (''&...
14: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art] ]]
16: ...pread and enduring in the [[Eastern Orthodox]], [[Roman Catholic]], and [[Muslim]] worlds alike. - Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
1: ... the fall of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]]. (The Roman Empire during this period is conventionally kn...
3: ...despite being in other respects part of western European culture. It can also be used for the art of p...
5: ==Introduction==
7: ...tinguished from it in a number of ways. The most profound of these was that the [[humanism|humanist]] ...
9: ... roots in [[Judaism]], and the nude was banished from its dominant position in art. - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...). Constantine named the city [[Nova Roma]] (New Rome, ''Νέα Ρώμη'...
3: ...where most gold coins circulating in Europe came from and were associated with.
5: ... the east to develop relatively unmolested, while Rome and the west collapsed.
7: ...aptured and sacked by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in [[1204]] (April 12), and then re-captured by [[Nicaean E...
9: ...urks]] called the city Stamboul or [[Istanbul]], from the original Greek "eis tin poli" (to the city) ... - Praseodymium (9138 bytes)
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44: | [[Electron configuration]] - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
1: ...s a '''list of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Emperors'''.
3: ...themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" for over a millennium.
6: *[[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I]] the Great (AD 272 - 337, ruled ...
8: ... - [[363]]) – son in-law of Constantine I, brother-in-law and first cousin of Constantius II, gr...
14: ...364]] - [[378]]) - brother of [[Western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian I]] - Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
3: ...3435;朝) was a ruling dynasty in [[China]] from [[960]]-[[1279]]. Its founding marked the reunif...
4: ...stration representing a person of Mongol ethnic group during Yuan ]]
5: ...279]]) refers to the time after the Song lost control of northern China to the [[Jurchen]] [[Jin Dynas...
7: ...an dynasty]], proclaimed in [[1271]], finally destroyed the Song dynasty in [[1279]] and once more uni...
12: ...ed to a greater concentration of power in the emperor and his palace bureaucracy than had been achieve...
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