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- Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...ius]] and [[Gaspar Myrica]]. They worked together from [[1535]] to [[1536]] to construct a terrestrial...
15: ...gh introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]] were a...
22: ...ra'' (Atlas, or Cosmographical Meditations on the Frame for the World and its Form) by Gerardus Mercat... - 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... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18: ...f reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR ...
20: ...nal organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...nd his failure to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ron...
26: ...matter of great pride to his great-great-grandson Franklin. - Russia (28007 bytes)
6: ...tage. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ... The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimila...
17: ...ded the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the w...
21: Like in the Balkans and Asia Minor long-lasting nomadic rule retarded...
23: ...unctional Christian state on the Eastern European frontier, allowing it to claim succession to the leg... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
45: ...mply as ''the Porte'', from the [[French language|French]] translation of the [[Ottoman language|Ottom...
47: ...tantinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], it became the Ottoman...
53: ... in the east to [[Hungary]] in the northwest, and from [[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in t...
60: ...his was the [[Crimean war]] in which the English, French, Ottomans and others united against Russia.
61: ...om foreign occupation (e.g. Egypt occupied by the French in 1798, Cyprus occupied by the British in 18... - Scythia (22520 bytes)
1: ... location and extent of Scythia varied over time, from the [[Altai]] region where [[Mongolia]], [[Chin...
3: ...s as ''Ishkuzai'', who are reported as pouring in from the north some time around 700 BC, settling in ...
7: ...Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''skeud''', ...
9: ...riors, drawn after figures on an [[electrum]] cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan burial near [[Kerch]] ([[Her...
21: ...f scholars conjecture that they migrated westward from [[Central Asia]] between [[800 BC]] and [[600 B... - 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... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
3: ... he drove the western emperor [[Valentinian III]] from his capital at [[Ravenna]] in [[452]].
9: ...n or proto-[[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] nomad tribes from north-eastern [[China]] and [[Central Asia]]. T...
14: ... steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the Danube river to the Baltic Sea]]
15: ...ns. The Huns, satisfied with the treaty, decamped from the empire and departed into the interior of th...
17: ...ations and that the [[bishop]] of Margus (not far from modern Belgrade) had crossed the Danube to rans... - Crimean War (7100 bytes)
1: ... of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], [[France]], and the [[Ottoman Empire]], joined somewha...
14: ...-deckers, twelve 84-gun 2-deckers and four 60-gun frigates in the Black Sea, plus a large number of sm...
17: [[Image:Balkans1912.jpg|right|thumb|Ottoman losses (in red)]]
25: ...Tennyson|Tennyson]]'s poem. [[Cholera]] undercut French preparations for the [[siege of Sevastopol]],...
27: ... "paper cigars" — [[cigarette]]s — to French and British troops, who copied their Turkish ... - Sarplaninac (3001 bytes)
53: ...zed shepherd [[dog]] [[dog breed|breed]] of the [[Balkans|Balkan]] region.
62: The name comes from the [[Sar mountain|Šar mountain range]] ('... - Middle East (6318 bytes)
3: ...re specifically, [[Asia]], and sometimes [[North Africa]].
6: ...[Morocco]] are increasingly being called [[North Africa]] instead, in contrast to Middle Eastern (Iran...
17: ... and cultural associations, as is [[Sudan]]. The African countries [[Mauritania]] and [[Somalia]] also...
21: ...Near East'' was used in English to refer to the [[Balkans]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]], while ''Middle East...
23: ...ords, the term Middle East came about when the UK/French part of the world used the term. - History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars (9742 bytes)
12: Napoleon III's defeat brought an end to the French military protection for Pius IX and on Septem...
16: ==From Unification to The First World War (1870-1914)=...
18: ...ed unchanged, even if the kings usually abstained from abusing their extremely large powers (for examp...
24: ...iver [[Battle of the Piave River|Piave]], not far from Venice. After another year of trench warfare, a...
30: ...n City]]. He was initially in friendly terms with France and Britain, but the situation changed in [[1... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18: ...f reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR ...
20: ...nal organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...nd his failure to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ron...
26: ...matter of great pride to his great-great-grandson Franklin. - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
41: ...any songs and TV drama series presented Christmas from a lover's point of view, for example '[[Last Ch...
48: ...banese Muslims celebrate Christmas with Christian friends. A poll showed that around two thirds of th...
49: ...open all night for praying and people go to visit friends and families, often to villages in the mount...
54: ...ël]]". Most of Christmas Greetings are spoken in French like "[[Joyeux Noel|Joyeux Noël]]" or Englis...
62: ...rch Centre (also assistant parish priest of [[St. Francis Xavier]]'s Church) has lodged a formal compl... - Vampire (17166 bytes)
2: [[Image:Orlock.JPG|right|thumb|[[Count Orlok]] from ''[[Nosferatu]]'']]
3: ...emely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, [[film|cinema]], and c...
11: ...he [[Hades|underworld]] are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact which Odysseus uses ...
13: ...arly Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) [[silver]], an...
23: ... of wood to attempt to strike the monster's heart from a distance. If you ram a wooden stake into a v...
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