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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reac...
3: ...ry [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accep...
5: ...f peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consiste...
7: ...]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the p...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Nat... - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
7: ...caleone Doria, a Sardinian nobleman, in order to strengthen local alliances. Mariano died in 1376 and ...
9: ...rces, Eleonora was able to negotiate a favourable treaty. Her eldest son Federigo died during this war...
11: ...red to be far in advance of the laws of other countries, the penalty for most crimes being a fine, and... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...eserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
21: ...rth Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...[[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the...
46: ...n of [[Theodosius I]] (379-395) and Christendom's triumph over paganism, or, following his death in 39...
51: ...ly thereby renouncing their eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of Constantine]], one of... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...r was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war]...
8: ...ship and installing a new [[Anglo-Norman]] power structure as William took the English throne as Willi...
17: ...land, and only [[Bordeaux]] and a narrow coastal strip now remained in English possession. The recover...
21: ...Edward II]] and was at the time effectively in control of the crown, having forced her politically wea...
27: England controlled [[Gascony]] in what is now southwest France,... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
5: == Construction ==
7: ...me site during the 4th century. Following the destruction of the first church, a second was built by ...
10: ...ius, however, died within the first year. The construction is described in [[Procopius]]' ''On Buildin...
20: ...e dome is carried on [[pendentive]]s-four concave triangular sections of masonry which solve the probl...
22: At the western (entrance) and eastern (liturgical) ends, the arched op... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It w...
9: ... [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided int...
15: ...] surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the...
19: ... the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, t... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: Several countries have autonomous entities inside their territor...
18: ...1381;ռնային Ղարաբաղ)
32: | rowspan=2 | 2 special administrative regions *
41: | rowspan=2 | [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
59: ...no-Alto Adige]] (Trentino-Alto Adige – Trentino-S?l)
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