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Medieval warfare - Deployment of forces. Medieval European armies were typically divided into three sections called 'battles' or 'battalions'—the vanguard or vaward, the centre or main-battle, and the rearguard or rearward. The vanguard was often composed of archers and other optional long-range weapons,like slings and stones and the rare and completely optional lightweight simple catapults, while the center was composed of infantry and armored cavalry (knights), and the rearguard was often comprised of more ag ...

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Medieval warfare, Medieval warfare - Origins of medieval warfare, Medieval warfare - Strategy and tactics, Medieval warfare - Deployment of forces, Medieval warfare - Employment of forces, Medieval warfare - Retreat, Medieval warfare - Fortifications, Medieval warfare - Medieval siege craft, Medieval warfare - Organization, Medieval warfare - Knights, Medieval warfare - Heavy cavalry, Medieval warfare - Infantry, Medieval warfare - Recruiting or drafting soldiers, Medieval warfare - Equipment, Medieval warfare - Personal equipment for, Medieval warfare - Weaponry, Medieval warfare - Supplies and logistics, Medieval warfare - Plunder and foraging, Medieval warfare - Supply chains, Medieval warfare - Famine and disease, Medieval warfare - Naval warfare, Medieval warfare - Significant medieval battles, Medieval warfare - Medieval wars

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Austrian Airlines destinations - East Asia. China, People's Republic of Beijing (Beijing Capital International Airport) Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport) Japan Osaka (Kansai International Airport) Tokyo (Narita International Airport) Austrian Airlines destinations - South Asia. India Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport) Mumbai (Chatrapati Shivaji Inter ...

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Austrian Airlines destinations, Austrian Airlines destinations - Africa, Austrian Airlines destinations - Asia, Austrian Airlines destinations - East Asia, Austrian Airlines destinations - South Asia, Austrian Airlines destinations - Southeast Asia, Austrian Airlines destinations - Southwest Asia, Austrian Airlines destinations - Europe, Austrian Airlines destinations - North America, Austrian Airlines destinations - Caribbean, Austrian Airlines destinations - Oceania

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This refers to those territories where a country is sovereign, but which cannot be reached without entering another country. The best-known example was West Berlin, before the reunification of Germany, which was de facto a West German exclave within East Germany, and thus an East German enclave (many small West Berlin land areas, such as Steinstücken, were in turn separated from the main one, some by only a few meters). De jure all of Berlin was ruled by the four Allied powers; this meant that West Berlin could not send voting members to the German Parliament, and that it ...

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Enclave, Enclave - Enclaved countries, Enclave - Coastal countries, Enclave - Coastal fragments, Enclave - True enclaves, Enclave - Practical enclaves, Enclave - Subnational enclaves, Enclave - Ethnic enclaves, Enclave - Extraterritoriality, Enclave - Land ceded to a Foreign Country

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Barry fitted out at the Boston Naval Shipyard through November, testing her new electronics, ASW gear and gunnery systems into December. After a brief underway period in Narragansett Bay, she departed 3 January 1957 for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to continue her shakedown. Her training exercises were interspersed with port visits to Kingston, Jamaica; Cuelebra, Puerto Rico, and Santa Marta, Colombia, before she departed for Colon, Panama. The destroyer transited the Canal Zone on 26 February and anchored at Salinas, Ecuador, two days later ...

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USS Barry DD-933, USS Barry DD-933 - 1956 – 1959, USS Barry DD-933 - 1960 – 1962, USS Barry DD-933 - Cuban Missile Crisis, USS Barry DD-933 - 1962 – 1965, USS Barry DD-933 - Vietnam War, USS Barry DD-933 - 1966 – 1970, USS Barry DD-933 - 1970 – 1976, USS Barry DD-933 - 1977 – 1979, USS Barry DD-933 - 1980 – 1982, USS Barry DD-933 - Present

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City-state - The recent past. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a variety of changing political circumstances left several self-governing city-states as enclaves surrounded by the territory of another state. In Europe, they have included Fiume, Danzig, Memel and Trieste. On the edges of Europe they have included Batumi and Tangiers. For others which are still in ...

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City-state, City-state - Modern-day city-states, City-state - Monaco, City-state - Singapore, City-state - Vatican City State, City-state - Other examples, City-state - City-states in history, City-state - The recent past, City-state - Memel Klaipėda, City-state - Trieste, City-state - Batumi, City-state - Tangiers, City-state - The Middle Ages and the early-modern era, City-state - Ancient city-states

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The 2006 Olympiad is due to be held in Turin in Italy, and the 2008 event in Dresden in Germany (which beat the only other bidder, Tallinn). Chess Olympiad Victors ...

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Chess Olympiad, Chess Olympiad - Men's olympiads

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Duklja - Early. De Administrando Imperio from the 10th century mentions it in the story of the province of Dalmatia: Now, the said Croatia and the rest of the Slavonic regions are situated thus: Diocleia is neighbour to the forts of Dyrrachium, I mean, to Elissus and to Helcynium and Antibari, and comes up as far as Decatera, and on the side of the mountain country it is neighbour to Serbia. It was one of the four southern Dalmatian Slavic principalities (Sclavinias), other three being Zachlumia, Trav ...

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Duklja, Duklja - Name, Duklja - History, Duklja - Early, Duklja - High Voislav Golden Age, Duklja - Late Rascian, Duklja - List of rulers, Duklja - Chronology, Duklja - People Religion and Culture

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Current leadership: Župan (prefect): Ivo Miletić (HDZ) Deputy župan: Mira Buconić (IL-S.G.Jambo) Deputy župan: Željko Kulišić (HSP) The county assembly is composed of 41 representatives, presided by Nikola Obuljen (DC) and composed as follows: SDP-HSS-HNS-LS-HSLS: 16 Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) Croatian People's Party (HNS) Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) HDZ-DC: 14

Bosnian War - Dissolution of Yugoslavia. War in Bosnia and Herzegovina is closely related to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavian crisis began with weakening of communist system which was part of the wider changes that were taking place following the end of the Cold War. In case of Yugoslavia communist party was loosing the ideological potency to the onslaught of nationalist and separatist ideologies towards the end of 1988 and start of 1989. This change was particularly noticeable in Serbia and Croatia, fo ...

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Bosnian War, Bosnian War - Political situation before the war, Bosnian War - Dissolution of Yugoslavia, Bosnian War - Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian War - Casulties, Bosnian War - Gallery

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Travunia entered into confederations with the Serb princes of Raška early on. In the early 9th century, duke Vlastimir of Serbia married his daughter to duke Krajina, son of Beloje, the grand župan of Travunia. The Serb prince Časlav Klonimirović of the House of Vlastimirović fully incorporated this area into his domain between 927 AD and 940. After the death of Caslav in 960, Travunia was contested between Byzantium and Bulgaria. But by 968, it was violently conquered by the Croatian King Krešimir but it returned to the Serb princes of the House of Vojislavljević of Zeta by the middle of the 11th century and later to Serb princes ...

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Travunia, Travunia - Name, Travunia - History, Travunia - People Religion and Culture, Travunia - List of Rulers

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At its simplest, a defensive wall consists of a wall enclosure and its gates. For the most part, the top of the walls were accessible, with the outside of the walls having tall parapets with embrasures or merlons. North of the Alps, this passegeway at the top of the walls even had a roof. Occasionally, instead of a passageway, loose rocks were placed on top of the wall - these warned the defenders when the assailants were trying to climb the walls. Examples of this can be found in the fortif ...

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Defensive wall, Defensive wall - History, Defensive wall - Composition, Defensive wall - Decline, Defensive wall - Modern Era, Defensive wall - Africa, Defensive wall - Austria, Defensive wall - Azerbaijan, Defensive wall - Canada, Defensive wall - China, Defensive wall - Croatia, Defensive wall - France, Defensive wall - Germany, Defensive wall - Greece, Defensive wall - Hungary, Defensive wall - Israel, Defensive wall - Ireland, Defensive wall - Middle East, Defensive wall - Morocco and Western Sahara, Defensive wall - the Netherlands, Defensive wall - Philippines, Defensive wall - Poland, Defensive wall - Spain, Defensive wall - Sweden, Defensive wall - Turkey, Defensive wall - United Kingdom, Defensive wall - United States

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Demonstrations took place across Europe and some of the largest drawing attendance figures in the tens of thousands in many cities. Approximately one-fifth of the total demonstrators worldwide protested in Europe. February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Western Europe. Britain's Stop the War Coalition (StWC) held a protest in London which became the largest demonstration in the city's history. Police estimated attendance at 750,000 people; the demonstration's ...

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February 15 2003 anti-war protest, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - International coordination, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Europe, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Western Europe, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Eastern Europe, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Southeastern Europe, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Americas, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Canada, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - United States, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Mexico, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - South America, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Asia, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Middle East, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Other Areas in Asia, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Africa, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - South Africa, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Tunisia, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Oceania, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Polar, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Full list, February 15 2003 anti-war protest - Effect

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The airline was established on 20 July 1989 as Zagal - Zagreb Airlines, and started operations using Cessna 402 aircraft on cargo services for the UPS. The company used the name Zagal for short. After the first democratic elections held in Croatia, Zagal changed its name on July 23, 1990 to Croatia Airlines. In 1991 the airline signed an agreement with Adria Airways and then was able to lease a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 to start domestic jet services between Zagreb and Split. 1992 was a tough year for the company wh ...

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Croatia Airlines, Croatia Airlines - History, Croatia Airlines - Services, Croatia Airlines - Fleet

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International E-road network - North-South reference. E05 - Greenock - Glasgow - Preston - Birmingham - Southampton ... Le Havre - Paris - Orléans - Bordeaux - San Sebastian - Madrid - Sevilla - Algeciras E15 - Inverness - Perth - Edinburgh - Newcastle - London - Folkestone - Dover ... Calais - Paris - Lyon - Orange - Narbonne - Girona - Barcelona - Tarragona - Castellón de la Plana - Valencia - Alicante - Murcia - Almería - Málaga - Algeciras E25 - Hoek van Holland - Rotterdam - Eindh ...

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International E-road network, International E-road network - Numbering system, International E-road network - Exceptions, International E-road network - Notes to the listings, International E-road network - Class A roads, International E-road network - North-South reference, International E-road network - West-East reference, International E-road network - North-South intermediate, International E-road network - West-East intermediate, International E-road network - Class B roads, International E-road network - Signage

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Croatia is the Latinized version of the native name of the country: Hrvatska. The letter "r" in the first syllable "hrv" is rolled or continuant, which is a linguistic trait strange to languages such as English, making the word seemingly impossible to pronounce by some of those speakers. However, not all other languages use the Latinized version, many use a form more similar to the native one. For example: Hrvaška in Slovenian Хрватска (≅ Hrvatska) in Serbian and Macedonian See also:

Croatia, Croatia - Name, Croatia - History, Croatia - Counties, Croatia - Geography, Croatia - Politics, Croatia - Political system, Croatia - European Union, Croatia - Economy, Croatia - Demographics, Croatia - Culture, Croatia - Gallery, Croatia - Literature

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According to recent statements of European traffic experts, the Croatian highways belong to the most modern and safest highways in Europe. This is also due to the fact that the largest part of the Croatian motorway system has just recently been constructed, and construction works are rapidly continuing. A major reason for the current highway construction mania is that in the last 20 years under Communist rule, when Croatia formed part of the former Yugoslavia, no major projects had been realized (in 1991 when Croatia seceded, the only ...

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Transport in Croatia, Transport in Croatia - Airports, Transport in Croatia - Rail transport, Transport in Croatia - Road transport, Transport in Croatia - Road rules, Transport in Croatia - Constructed highways and expressways, Transport in Croatia - Toll, Transport in Croatia - Highway A1, Transport in Croatia - Other highways, Transport in Croatia - Fixed construction deadlines, Transport in Croatia - Other major roads, Transport in Croatia - Bus traffic, Transport in Croatia - Water transport, Transport in Croatia - Sea transport, Transport in Croatia - River transport, Transport in Croatia - Pipelines

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Nomenclatorial note: the war in Croatia is variously called the War of Independence – a generic term – the Homeland War – a direct translation of Croatian Domovinski rat – or the Patriotic War – a stylistically different translation, reminiscent of the fact that the 1991-95 conflict was as defining for Croatia as 1812 and 1941-45 wars were for Russia and USSR. The Croatian government became gravely concerned about the rebellion in Krajina. The Ministry of the Interior consequently started arming an increasing a ...

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History of modern Croatia, History of modern Croatia - Political changes, History of modern Croatia - War of Independence, History of modern Croatia - Post-war period

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Croatian kuna - German Croatian kuna 1941-1945. The Kuna was made the Croatian currency after the fascist puppet state of Croatia was set up. It was divided into 100 banica and replaced the Yugoslav dinar at par. It was replaced by the reconstituted Yugoslavian dinar at a rate of 1 dinar = 40 kuna. Croatian kuna - Croatian kuna 1994-. The kuna was introduced in June 1994 after the transitional period following Croatian independence in the early 1990s during which the Yug ...

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Croatian kuna, Croatian kuna - History, Croatian kuna - German Croatian kuna 1941-1945, Croatian kuna - Croatian kuna 1994-, Croatian kuna - Currency in circulation, Croatian kuna - Coins, Croatian kuna - Banknotes, Croatian kuna - Current kuna exchange rates, Croatian kuna - External link

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December 6 - Undated deaths. Saint Nicholas of Myra ...

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December 6, December 6 - Events, December 6 - Births, December 6 - Deaths, December 6 - Undated deaths, December 6 - Holidays and observances

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The name has existed since the antiquity; in Latin it was Mare Hadriaticum. In modern languages, it is Mare Adriatico in Italian, Deti Adriatik in Albanian, Jadransko morje in Slovenian, and Jadransko more in Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian. The name, derived from the town of Adria (or Hadria), belonged originally only to the upper portion of the sea (Herodotus vi. 127, vii. 20, ix. 92; Euripides, Hippolytus, 736), but was gradually exten ...

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Adriatic Sea, Adriatic Sea - Name and etymology, Adriatic Sea - Extent, Adriatic Sea - Coasts and islands, Adriatic Sea - Miscellaneous

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The introduction of gunpowder and the use of cannons brought about a new age in siege warfare. Cannons were first used in the early 13th century, but did not become significant weapons for another 150 years or so. By the 16th century, they were an essential and regularized part of any campaigning army, or castle's defences. The greatest advantage of cannons over other siege weapons was the ability to fire a heavier projectile, further, faster and more often than previous weapons. Thus, 'old fashioned' walls—that is high and, relativ ...

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Siege, Siege - Ancient and medieval siege warfare, Siege - Mongol siege warfare, Siege - Sieges in the age of gunpowder, Siege - Emerging theories on improving fortifications, Siege - New styles of fortresses employed, Siege - Marshal Vauban, Siege - Advent of mobile warfare, Siege - Modern warfare, Siege - Recent sieges, Siege - Police actions, Siege - Bibliography, Siege - Notes

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Almost every city developed its own dialect; however, most disappeared before they were recorded, so the only information we have on them are some words borrowed into Croatian local dialects. The most important dialects we have information on are: Vegliot — a northern dialect, spoken on the island of Veglia (Krk) Ragusan — a southern dialect, spoken at Ragusa (Dubrovnik)See also:

Dalmatian language, Dalmatian language - Dialects, Dalmatian language - Ragusan, Dalmatian language - Vegliot, Dalmatian language - History, Dalmatian language - Characteristics, Dalmatian language - Similarities to Romanian, Dalmatian language - Vocabulary, Dalmatian language - Grammar, Dalmatian language - Language sample

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