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800 - Events. December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona. Bantu-speaking people settle in present-day Zambia. (approximate date) The Arawak people settle on the island of Barbados from South America. (approximate date) 800 - Births. Abu al-Kindi, Muslim philosopher (approximate date) Including:

• 800 - Events
• 800 - Births
• 800 - Deaths

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800: toll-free 801: Utah (Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Park City, Payson, Bountiful and central Utah) 802: Vermont (all) 803: South Carolina (Columbia, Rock Hill, Sumter, Aiken and central South Carolina) 804: Virginia (Richmond, Petersburg, West Point, Chester; east central Virginia, Northern Neck, and Middle Peninsula) 805: California (San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura; southwest central coastal California) 806: Texas (Amarillo, Lubbock, C ...

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List of North American area codes, List of North American area codes - 200, List of North American area codes - 300, List of North American area codes - 400, List of North American area codes - 500, List of North American area codes - 600, List of North American area codes - 700, List of North American area codes - 800, List of North American area codes - 900

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Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of the Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages. An important record of the folkloric history of Ireland, it was compiled and edited by an anonymous scholar in the 11th century, and might be described without exaggeration as a mélange of mythology, legend, history, folklore, Christian historiography, political propagand ...

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• Lebor Gabála Érenn - The origins of Lebor Gabála Érenn
• Lebor Gabála Érenn - Textual variants
• Lebor Gabála Érenn - The contents of Lebor Gabála Érenn
• Lebor Gabála Érenn - O'Rahilly's interpretation of Lebor Gabála Érenn

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The Carolingians (also known as the "Carlovingians") were a dynasty of rulers that eventually controlled the Frankish realm and its successors from the 8th to the 10th century, officially taking over the kingdoms from the Merovingian dynasty in 751. The name Carolingian itself comes from Charles Martel, who defeated the Moors at Poitiers in 732. The dynasty's most prominent member is Charlemagne (in Latin: Carolus Magnus). The dynasty is usually considered to have been founded by Arnulf of Metz, Bishop of Metz in the lat ...

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Bridgwater in Somerset, England, is a market town, the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and the leading industrial town in the county. Bridgwater is located on the major communication routes through South West England, between two junctions of the M5 motorway and on the edge of the Somerset Levels. It is thought that the town was originally called Brigg, meaning Quay. In the Doomsday Book the town is listed as Brugie, while Brugia was also used. After the Norman invasion the land was given to Walter Douai (a Nor ...

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• Bridgwater - History
• Bridgwater - 20th century
• Bridgwater - Industry
• Bridgwater - Present
• Bridgwater - Arts
• Bridgwater - Annual events
• Bridgwater - Notable people
• Bridgwater - Members of Parliament
• Bridgwater - Natural environment
• Bridgwater - Twinning

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Saint Irene (Greek: Ειρήνη) (c. 752 - August 9, 803) was a Byzantine empress (although she called herself basileus(βασιλεύς), the male form of the word "emperor," rather than βασίλισσα basilissa, "empress") from 797 to 802. She was the wife of Leo IV. Originally a poor but beautiful Athenian orphan, she speedily gained the love and confidence of her feeble husband, and at his death in 780 was left by him sole guardian of th ...

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Bonampak is an ancient Maya site in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, about 30km (20 miles) south of the larger site of Yaxchilan and the border with Guatemala. It is small Maya site, which was a dependency of Yaxchilan. All of the structures seem to have been built in the period from about 580 to 800. Bonampak was rediscovered in 1946 by photographer Giles Healy, who was led to it by the nomadic Lacandon Maya who still visited the site to pray in the ancient temples. Bonampak contains several medium-sized temples around a plaza, along with a few well carved stelae, but is ...

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The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. List of kings of Babylon - First Dynasty of Babylon. This uses the traditional Middle Chronology, although there is now reason to believe it may be too early by as much as a century. Sumu-abum 1894-1881 BC Sumu-la-El 1880-1845 BC Sabium 1844-1831 BC Apil-Sîn 1830-1813 BC Sin-muballit 1812-1793 BC Hammurabi 1792-1750 BC Samsu-I ...

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• List of kings of Babylon - First Dynasty of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Early Kassite Monarchs
• List of kings of Babylon - Sealand Dynasty Dynasty II of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Kassite Dynasty Third Dynasty of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IV of Babylon from Isin
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty V of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VI of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VIII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty X of Babylon Assyrians and Chaldeans
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty XI of Babylon Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations Christia ...

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• Pope - Office and nature
• Pope - Regalia and insignia
• Pope - Status and authority
• Pope - Political role
• Pope - Death abdication and election
• Pope - Death
• Pope - Abdication
• Pope - Election
• Pope - Objections to the Papacy
• Pope - Other Popes

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In archaeology, the Iron Age is the stage in the development of any people where the use of iron implements as tools and weapons is prominent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other changes in past societies often including differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles. The Iron Age is the last principal period in the three-age system for classifying pre-historic societies and its meaning varies depending on the country or geographical region. This variation even occurs within Europe wh ...

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• Iron Age - The Iron Age
• Iron Age - The Iron Age in Africa and India
• Iron Age - The Iron Age in Asia
• Iron Age - Near East
• Iron Age - East Asia
• Iron Age - The European Iron Age
• Iron Age - Eastern Europe
• Iron Age - Central Europe
• Iron Age - Mediterranean Europe
• Iron Age - British Isles
• Iron Age - Northern Scandinavia and Finland
• Iron Age - Northern Germany and Southern Scandinavia

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The noun Greek refers to: Synonymous to Grecian; a native or inhabitant of Greece (Ελλάδα), or a person of Greek descent. - main articles: Greek people and Names of the Greeks The Indo-European language of the Greeks. - see main article: Greek language The adjective Greek may refer to a number of things relating to: Greek - History & Geography. Greek history Aegean Civilization (befor ...

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• Greek - History & Geography
• Greek - Language & Culture
• Greek - Science and technology
• Greek - Academic traditions
• Greek - Cuisine
• Greek - Persons of Greek origin

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An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form and can either be the wife of an emperor or a woman being an imperial monarch herself. Emperors are generally recognised to be above kings in honour and rank. Emperor Akihito of Japan is the world's only reigning emperor. the last imperial monarch in europe was the King-Emperor George VI who ruled as Emperor of India Emperor - Distinction between Emperor and other types of ...

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• Emperor - Distinction between Emperor and other types of monarch
• Emperor - Imperium maius
• Emperor - Historical development
• Emperor - Europe
• Emperor - The Americas
• Emperor - Africa
• Emperor - Asia
• Emperor - Persian tradition
• Emperor - Pre-Columbian American traditions
• Emperor - Other traditions
• Emperor - Lists of emperors
• Emperor - Emperors of traditional empires
• Emperor - Emperors of short-lived 'empires'
• Emperor - Self-proclaimed emperors
• Emperor - Fictional emperors
• Emperor - Notes
• Emperor - Trivia

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Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. From the 8th century to the 13th century the script was more often used as a display script in headings and titles. Uncial - Development. As the script evolved over the centuries, the characters became more complex. Specifically, around AD 600, flourishes and exaggerations of the basic strokes began to appear in more manuscripts. Ascenders and descenders were the first major alterations, followed by twist ...

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• Uncial - Development
• Uncial - Forms
• Uncial - National styles
• Uncial - Origin of the word
• Uncial - Other uses
• Uncial - Half-uncial or semi-uncial
• Uncial - Forms

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The Aghlabid dynasty of emirs, members of the Arab tribe of Bani Tamim, ruled Ifriqiya (northern Africa), nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, for about a century, until overthrown by the new power of the Fatimids. Aghlabid - Aghlabid rulers. Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab ibn Salim (800-812) Abdullah I ibn Ibrahim (812-817) Ziyadat Allah I ibn Ibrahim (817-838) al-Aghlab Abu Affan ibn Ibrahim (838-841) Muhammad I Abul-Abbas ibn al-Aghlab Abi Affan ...

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• Aghlabid - Aghlabid rulers

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Armenia, like most nations has had periods when the nobility had a large influence on the country. The origin of the class of nobles in Armenia are ancient. The class was officially abolished by the Bolsheviks in twentieth century. Armenian nobility - The origins of the Armenian nobility. The roots of the Armenian nobility trace back to the ancient tribal society, when the proto-Armenian tribes separated from the primordial Indo-European community and selected chieftain leaders for governing the comm ...

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• Armenian nobility - The origins of the Armenian nobility
• Armenian nobility - The institutions and structure of the Armenian nobility
• Armenian nobility - Internal divisions
• Armenian nobility - The faith and present state of the Armenian nobility
• Armenian nobility - Steps toward revival
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Aqua regia (Latin for "royal water") is a highly corrosive, fuming yellow liquid, formed by a fresh mixture of concentrated nitric acid (otherwise known as aqua fortis) and concentrated hydrochloric acid, usually in the ratio of one to three. It is one of the few reagents able to dissolve gold and platinum. It was so named because it can dissolve the so-called royal, or noble metals, although tantalum, iridium, and a few other extremely passive metals are able to withstand it. Aqua regia is used in etching and in certain analytic procedures. Aqua regia does not last very long; ...

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• Aqua regia - How it works
• Aqua regia - History

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Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula of modern Greece, but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled in ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Turkey (then known as Ionia), Sicily and southern Italy (known as Magna Graecia), and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, sout ...

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• Ancient Greece - Origins
• Ancient Greece - The rise of Hellas
• Ancient Greece - Social and political conflict
• Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
• Ancient Greece - The dominance of Athens
• Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
• Ancient Greece - Spartan and Theban dominance
• Ancient Greece - The rise of Macedon
• Ancient Greece - The conquests of Alexander
• Ancient Greece - Society
• Ancient Greece - Social Structure
• Ancient Greece - Way of Life
• Ancient Greece - Education

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Al-Khwarizmi was an Iranian astrologer, mathematician, astronomer, scientist, and author born around 800 and died around 840. The word Algebra is derived from the title of one of his books Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah and consequently he is considered to be the father of Algebra. Al-Khwarizmi - Introduction. Khwarizmi was born in the town of Khwarizm (now Khiva), in Khorasan province of Persia (now in Uzbekistan). Some historians argue though that he was born in Qutrubulli, a small town near ...

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• Al-Khwarizmi - Introduction
• Al-Khwarizmi - Contributions
• Al-Khwarizmi - Alternate spellings of name
• Al-Khwarizmi - Famous works
• Al-Khwarizmi - Other sources to use

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Björn Ironside (Old Norse: Björn Járnsíða, Swedish: Björn Järnsida) Swedish king (ca 785-800) was a legendary viking from the 8th century. He was one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. He pillaged in Italy and took part in the conquest of Paris with his father Ragnar Lodbrok. He acquired the name Ironside because he was never wounded in battle. This invulnerability was attributed to his mother Aslaug's use of seid in order to make him impervious to iron and steel. According to Hervarar saga he inherited Sweden from his father while his brother Si ...

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The term Carolingian Empire is sometimes used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the dynasty of the Carolingians. When used, the term emphasizes on the coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor in 800 by Pope Leo III, although this did not actually constitute a new empire because both Charles as well as his ancestors had been rulers of the Frankish realm earlier. Because of this, most historians prefer to use the term "Frankish Kingdoms" or "Frankish Realm" to refer to the area covering parts of today's Germany and France fro ...

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• Carolingian Empire - The Empire during the reign of Charlemagne 800 - 814
• Carolingian Empire - The Empire until the Treaty of Verdun 814 - 843
• Carolingian Empire - The Empire until the first lapse of the Holy Roman Empire 843 - 877
• Carolingian Empire - The Empire until the death of Charles the Fat 877 - 888

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