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  1. Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
    1: ...e of the [[Byzantine]] emperor [[Constantine X]]. After his death ([[1067]]) she became the wife of [[...
    3: ...s a child and two, Constantius and Zoe, were born after Constantine became [[Byzantine emperor]] in [[...
    7: ...n did not come to pass, and Eudocia died sometime after the accession of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] in [[1...
    13: ...e Empresses: Woman and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204''. Routledge, 1999.
  2. Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
    5: ...n princess [[Morphia of Melitene]]. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhe...
    9: ...1169]]), and [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] ([[1121]]-[[1204]]). Melisende's authority was not passed over for...
    13: ...de to a powerful ally, one who would protect and safeguard Melisende's inheritance as Queen and her fu...
    15: After Baldwin II's death in [[1131]], Melisende and ...
    19: ... of Le Puiset]], [[Count of Jaffa]], of having an affair with Melisende. Hugh was the most powerful ba...
  3. Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
    3: ..., [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]], [[1204]] in [[Fontevrault]], [[Anjou]]) was one of the w...
    6: ...Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after her mother and called ''Ali鮯r'', which means...
    14: ...r militaristic aims would jeopardize the tenuous safety of his empire. A particularly poor decision wa...
    22: On [[May 18]], [[1152]], six weeks after her annullment, Eleanor married [[Henry II of ...
    40: Eleanor died in [[1204]] and was entombed in [[Fontevraud Abbey]] near h...
  4. Greece (54754 bytes)
    1: ...ecially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
    52: ... especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a...
    57: ...nt is written *before* the accented syllable, not after the accented vowel-->. This name is also writ...
    65: ...eir name has always been associated with the sea. After the internal struggle between Spartans and Ath...
    74: ...nd Greek cities began to recover due to improved safeguards against barbarous incursion and restored c...
  5. Crusade (28507 bytes)
    7: ... relative stabilization of local European borders after the Christianization of the [[Vikings]], [[Sla...
    11: ... Christian piety and public interest in religious affairs, which would manifest in the overwhelming po...
    23: ...]]s, where the Christian fighters felt they could afford to wreak havoc. All these factors were soon t...
    32: ... perhaps bring the East under his control. The disaffected Germans and the Normans were not to be coun...
    34: ...n the rampages of the sack of Constantinople in [[1204]].
  6. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogot...
    27: ...In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
    37: | [[1204]]
    51: ...s. The term was invented in 1557, about a century after the [[fall of Constantinople]] by German histo...
    67: ...m.PNG|thumb|200px|frame|right|Map of Roman empire after Diocletian's reforms]]
  7. Castle (27805 bytes)
    24: ... subjects of [[fortification]] (see also [[siegecraft]]) and [[domestic architecture]].
    57: ...he [[crusade]]s, and the consequent opportunities afforded to western engineers of studying the solid ...
    61: ... Gaillard fell to [[Philip Augustus]] in [[1204]] after a strenuous defence, and the success of the as...
    75: ...t Louis. On the final triumph of the royal cause, after John's death, at the battle of Lincoln, the ge...
    77: ...wes|Lewes]] were able to defy his power. Finally, after his fall at Evesham, it was in Kenilworth Cast...
  8. Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
    5: ...sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern E...
    9: ...[Byzantine]] period, more than one thousand years after they were created, and displays of imperial ma...
    33: ... Romanizing extensive territories in the East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas tha...
    74: ...espasian became a major contender for the throne. After the suicide of [[Otho]], Vespasian was able to...
    84: ...imated much of Rome. His generosity in rebuilding after these tragedies made him very popular. Titus w...
  9. Venice (22017 bytes)
    10: ...ar west as the [[Adda River]], were known as "Terrafirma", and were acquired partly as a buffer agains...
    12: ...with Venetian aid) seized [[Constantinople]] in [[1204]] and established the [[Latin Empire]]. Considera...
    24: After 1070 years, the Republic lost its independence...
    26: ...ed 'unredeemed' until the end of the Great War.] After 1797, the city fell into a serious decline, wi...
    28: ==Naval and military affairs==
  10. Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
    73: ...Rüm|Süleyman II]] (Suleiman) [[1196]]-[[1204]]
    74: * [[Kilij Arslan III]] [[1204]]-[[1205]]
  11. Parthenon (12682 bytes)
    27: ...sack of the city during the [[Fourth Crusade]] in 1204.
    29: Shortly after this the Parthenon was converted to a [[Christ...
    33: ...round and their pieces were later made souvenirs. After this the building fell into disuse.
    45: ...estion and air pollution. Vibration from Athens traffic threatens the Parthenon's foundations, and cor...
  12. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    5: ...d two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his sister Isabel.
    11: ...was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permissio...
    13: ... had also been involved in conflict with Almeida: after Magellan took a leave of the army without perm...
    15: ...ve no further employment in his country's service after [[May 15]], [[1514]]. Magellan formally renoun...
    37: ...o pursue him, but Magellan eluded the Portuguese. After a brief stop at the [[Canary Islands]], Magell...
  13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    28: *[[Sediq Afghan]]
    29: *[[Jamal al-Din al-Afghani]], (1839-1897){{fn|R}}
    172: *[[Paul Benacerraf]]
    324: *[[Rafe Champion]]
    965: *[[Pierre Laffitte]], (1823-1903){{fn|C}}
  14. Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
    24: ...eral times by [[earthquakes]]. The dome collapsed after an earthquake in [[558]]; its replacement fell...
    32: ...imperial ceremonies. During the Latin Occupation (1204-1261) the church became a Roman Catholic cathedra...
  15. Byzantine art (10470 bytes)
    3: ...e Empire under the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[1453]]. In some respects the Byzantine artis...
    27: ...ed much of his reign to reconquering Italy, North Africa and Spain. He also laid the foundations of th...
    41: ...covered the city in [[1261]], the Empire was thereafter a small and weak state confined to the Greek p...
  16. Constantinople (4125 bytes)
    7: ...aptured and sacked by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in [[1204]] (April 12), and then re-captured by [[Nicaean E...
  17. Praseodymium (9138 bytes)
    62: | 1204 [[Kelvin|K]] (1707.8 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
    154: ...eate high-strength metals that are used in [[aircraft engine]]s.
    200: ...58 ([[Cerium]]) isotopes and the primary products after are element 60 ([[Neodymium]]) isotopes.
  18. List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
    107: *[[Isaac II Angelus]] (1156-1204, ruled [[1185]] - [[1195]]) – great-grandso...
    109: ...exius IV Angelus]] (1182-1204, ruled [[1203]] - [[1204]]) – son of Isaac II
    110: ...Angelus]] (restored with Alexius IV, [[1203]] - [[1204]])
    111: ...zuphlus (the Bushy-eyebrowed) (1140-1204, ruled [[1204]]) – son-in-law of Alexius III
    114: *[[Theodore I Lascaris]] (1174-1222, ruled [[1204]] - [[1222]]) – son-in-law of Alexius III
  19. Song Dynasty (16385 bytes)
    5: ...rn Song''' ([[1127]]-[[1279]]) refers to the time after the Song lost control of northern China to the...
    12: ... built an effective centralized [[bureaucracy]] staffed with civilian scholar-officials. Regional mili...
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