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  1. Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
    5: ...taken prisoner by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manzikert]] ([[1071]]), Eudocia and Michael ...
    13: ...e Empresses: Woman and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204''. Routledge, 1999.
  2. Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
    9: ...1169]]), and [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] ([[1121]]-[[1204]]). Melisende's authority was not passed over for...
    19: ...ugh Hugh, by strict [[male succession]], held a better claim to the throne. Hugh was a cousin of Melis...
    21: ...uccessful assassination attempt against Hugh was attributed to Fulk or his supporters. This was reason...
    23: ...attempt to take the initiative, even in trivial matters, without (Melisende's) knowledge". Husband and...
    37: ...rad had badly advised 16-year old Baldwin III to attack the Muslim city-state of [[Damascus]]. The oth...
  3. Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
    3: ..., [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]], [[1204]] in [[Fontevrault]], [[Anjou]]) was one of the w...
    10: ...pping an heiress was seen as a viable option for attaining a title, so William wrote up a will on the ...
    14: ...aks in hostile territory. Predictably, the Turks attacked and slaughtered as many as 7000 Crusaders. A...
    16: ...cus]], an ally until the attack. Failing in this attempt, they retired to Jerusalem, and then home.
    22: ...rd I of England|Richard]], [[Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany|Geoffrey]], [[John I of England|John]], [[Mati...
  4. Greece (54754 bytes)
    1: ...he Island of Myconos, Greece. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''G...
    11: | colspan=2 align=center | <small>''National [[motto]]:'' &#917;&#923;&#917;&#933;&#920;&#917;&#929;&...
    29: ...p;- Declared<br>&nbsp;- Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]]<br/>[[1829...
    57: ...fter the accented vowel-->. This name is also written as ''Hellas'' in English, following the [[ancie...
    65: ... [[Greek alphabet|new alphabet]] was introduced.[http://www.mfa.gr/english/greece/living/read_greek/al...
  5. Crusade (28507 bytes)
    2: ....jpg|right|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]] The ...
    7: ...ine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing [[Muslim]] attacks thus fell on ready ears.
    9: ...d an [[indulgence]] to those who were killed in battle. Even today Spanish Catholics are allowed to su...
    13: ...ars. However, the Muslim armies' successes were putting strong pressure on the [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[...
    15: ... circumstances, and [[pilgrimage]] was again permitted, but many stories began to be circulated in the...
  6. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    35: ...IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manzikert]]. Most of Asia Minor is lost. T...
    37: | [[1204]]
    44: | Ottoman Turks take Constantinople. End of Byzantine E...
    51: ...formed empire, and in concert with the [[Pope]], attempted to legitimize their conquests by claiming i...
    63: ...o Byzantine society. During the [[Ottoman Greece|Ottoman occupation]] Greeks continued to identify the...
  7. Castle (27805 bytes)
    2: ... of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castle...
    5: ...right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    7: ...d along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]].
    10: ...atures of European castles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
    21: ...le had considerable judicial powers over his [[Scottish clan]] and the main hall of the castle served ...
  8. Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
    3: ...eorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as [[Caesar Augustus]]). Although Rome a...
    5: ...known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]].
    17: ...h the constitutional settlement following the [[Battle of Actium]] in [[31 BC]]. In fact the Republica...
    47: ...liseum_rome.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    48: ...ome_ancient.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
  9. Venice (22017 bytes)
    12: ...with Venetian aid) seized [[Constantinople]] in [[1204]] and established the [[Latin Empire]]. Considera...
    24: ... He removed the gates of the [[Venetian Ghetto|Ghetto]] and ended the restrictions on when and where J...
    29: ...ng skills were encouraged through races and [[regatta]]s.
    35: ...anding army was organized, consisting of ''[[condottieri]]'' on contract. In its alliance with [[Flore...
    44: ... still in common use by Venetians are the ''traghetti'', foot passenger [[ferry|ferries]] crossing the...
  10. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    3: ...urks and their descendants, the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]], played a major role in medieval hist...
    7: ...iks]], which in turn were later conquered by the Ottomans.
    73: ...R&uuml;m|S&uuml;leyman II]] (Suleiman) [[1196]]-[[1204]]
    74: * [[Kilij Arslan III]] [[1204]]-[[1205]]
    96: *[[Ottoman Empire]]
  11. Parthenon (12682 bytes)
    19: ...of the gods and the giants, and on the west the battle of the Greeks and the [[Amazons]]. It is not kn...
    27: ...sack of the city during the [[Fourth Crusade]] in 1204.
    31: ...[mosque]]. Contrary to subsequent mythology, the Ottomans were generally respectful of ancient monumen...
    33: ...c of Venice|Venetians]] attacked Athens, and the Ottomans fortified the Acropolis and used the Parthen...
    43: ...nct controlled by the Greek government. Today it attracts millions of tourists every year, who troop u...
  12. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    9: ...cal king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]]...
    13: ... was sent to [[Morocco]] where he fought in the Battle of Azamor ([[August 28]] and [[August 29|29]], ...
    41: ...onia]]. On [[March 31]], the crew established a settlement that they called Puerto San Julian. A mutin...
    49: ... ''San Antonio'' to explore the strait, but the latter, commanded by Gomez, deserted and returned to S...
    53: ...ied in the Philippines on [[April 27]] in the [[Battle of Mactan]] against indigenous forces led by [[...
  13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    3: {{compactTOC}} __NOTOC__
    39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
    43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
    55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
    57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}...
  14. Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
    14: ...agia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art] ]]
    20: ... sections of masonry which solve the problem of setting the circular base of a dome on a rectangular b...
    32: ...tanbul, Ayasofya served as model for many of the Ottoman mosques of Constantinople such as the [[Shehz...
    33: ...ey-9303.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    46: *[http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/procopius.stm Contempor...
  15. Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
    3: ... former Byzantine Empire under the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[1453]]. In some respects the...
    21: ...culpture, that the Byzantines lost the technical attainments of the ancients. In other areas they deve...
    37: ...m was no longer a great power - following the [[Battle of Manzikert]] in [[1071]] it lost most of its ...
    41: ...antine culture were brought to an abrupt end in [[1204]] with the sacking of Constantinople by the knigh...
    45: ... the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. Even under Ottoman rule, Byzantine traditions in icon-painting a...
  16. Constantinople (4125 bytes)
    7: ...aptured and sacked by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in [[1204]] (April 12), and then re-captured by [[Nicaean E...
    9: ...62;). (See the [[Fall of Constantinople]]). The Ottoman [[Turks]] called the city Stamboul or [[Istan...
    23: *[http://www.sephardicstudies.org/istanbul.html Info on...
    24: *[http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/research/rgouster Welcome t...
  17. Praseodymium (9138 bytes)
    58: | [[State of matter]]
    62: | 1204 [[Kelvin|K]] (1707.8 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
    94: | 12.5 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m*K)]]
    147: ...0px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    206: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/59.html Los Alamos ...
  18. List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
    3: ...e capital to Constantinople), [[Valens]] (the [[Battle of Adrianople (378)]] provides one of the tradi...
    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
  19. Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
    24: ...ong army was defeated in its last battle, the [[Battle of Yamen]], fought against the Mongols in the [...
    183:
    233: *[[Battle of Xiangyang]]

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