The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called Nike of Samothrace, is a marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory), discovered in 1863 on the island of Samothrace (Greek: Σαμοθρακη, Samothraki) by the French consul and amateur archaeologist Charles Champoiseau. The statue is now displayed in the Louvre in Paris while a plaster replica stands in the museum at the original location of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothraki. In Greek the statue is called the Niki tis Samothrakis (Νίκη τ� ...

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A defensive wall is a fortification used to defend a city from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements. Generally, these are referred to as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China and the Atlantic Wall, which extended far beyond the borders of a city and were used to enclose vast regions. Walls are usually made of stone or clay and are generally as tall as a man's own height, although oftentimes much taller. Depending ...

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The Young Turks were a Turkish patriotic constitutionalist society, officially known as the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) — in Turkish the Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti — whose leaders led a rebellion against Sultan Abdul Hamid II (who was officially deposed and exiled in 1909). They ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1908 until the end of World War I in November 1918. Young Turks - History. The Young Turks had their origins in secret societies of progressive university students an ...

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The Crusades were a series of several military campaigns—usually sanctioned by the Papacy—that took place during the 11th through 13th centuries. Originally, they were Roman Catholic endeavors to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims, but some were directed against other Europeans, such as the Fourth Crusade against Constantinople, the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars ...

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August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. August 15 - Events. 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed 927 - The Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto 1057 - King MacBeth of Scotland is killed during the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of King Malcolm III. 1185 - The cave city of Vardzia was consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia 1309 - The city of Rhodes ...

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The following is a list of regions where wine grapes are grown and wine is made from them. Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, on both the Northern and Southern hemisphere. In 2002, the five largest producers of wine in the world were France, Italy, Spain, United States, and Australia. List of wine-producing regions - Africa. List of wine-producing regions - Algeria. Atlas Mountains List of wine-prod ...

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297 - Events. Narseh of Persia and Diocletian conclude a peace treaty between Persia and Rome. Byzantine Period began for Rhodes 297 - Deaths. Chen Shou, author of the San Guo Zhi Category: 297 ...

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The seven climes (klima, plural klimata, meaning "inclination", referring to the angle between the axis of the celestial sphere and the horizon) was a notion of dividing the Earth into zones in Classical Antiquity. The lists of klimata found in early geographers vary in their extension, but by convention, they numbered seven, counted from south to north. This number was taken up by Ptolemy who in his Geography divided the northern tempe ...

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC - 164 BC - 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC 160 BC 159 BC Events In October, Ptolemy VI of Egypt goes to Rome to ask for help from the Senate. Antiochus V Eupator becomes king in Syria. Rhodes signs a treaty with Rome and becomes an ally. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus is elected censor in Rome. In the Battle of Beth Zachariah, the Seleuci ...

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1522 - Events. January 9 - Adrian Dedens becomes Pope Adrian VI. February 26 - Execution by hanging of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan under orders of conquistador Hernán Cortés. April 22 - Battle of Bicocca - French and Swiss forces under Odet de Lautrec are defeated by the Spanish in their attempt to retake Milan, and are forced to withdraw into Venetian territory. July 28 - Beginning of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I's siege of the Knights of St. John in Rhodes. ...

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1480 - Events. March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. Ludovico Sforza becomes Regent of Milan (reigns until 1499) Concorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics in converted Jews) Leonardo ...

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Jacques Cœur (c. 1395 – November 25, 1456, Chios), was a French merchant. He was one of the founders of the trade between France and the Levant. He was born at Bourges, in which city his father, Pierre Cœur, was a rich merchant. Jacques is first heard of about 1418, when he married Mace de Lodepart, daughter of Lambert de Lodepart, an influential citizen, provost of Bourges, and a former valet of John, duke of Berry. About 1429 he formed a commercial partnership with two brothers named Godard; and in 1432 he was at Damascus ...

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Herod I, also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman client-king of Judaea (c. 74 BC - March 4 BC in Jerusalem). The details of his biography can best be gleaned from the works of the 1st century AD Jewish historiographer Josephus. To the majority of non-specialist Christians Herod is best known from the Gospel according to Matthew that gives in chapter 2 an account of the events leading up to and including what subsequently has come to be referred to by Christians as the Massacre of the Innocents, of which however no mention in other ...

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Many: see text Agamas or Agamids are the Agamidae family of lizards, containing more than 300 species in Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. They are very similar to the American sister group of iguanas. Agamas are active during the day. Many species are perfectly adapted to a life in hot deserts, while others live in the trees of tropical rainforests. Agamas have well-developed, strong legs. Their tails can't be shed and regen ...

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The Kabeiroi (Cabiri) in Greek myth were a race of gods or god-like beings, closely connected with Hephaistos and with the Mother Goddess. They were associated with metallurgy, magic, and fertility rites, and with other spheres, yet because of the secretiveness of their cult, their exact nature and place within ancient Greek and Thracian religion remains mysterious. The Kabeiroi myth and cult itself probably traces back to the pre-Greek Tyrsenoi of Lemnos, where the Kabeiroi sanctuary maintained an unbroken continuity ev ...

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The term Hellenistic (derived from Ἕλλην Héllēn, the Greeks' traditional self-described ethnic name) was established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen to refer to the spreading of Greek culture over the non-Greek peoples that were conquered by Alexander the Great. According to Droysen, the Hellenistic civilisation was a fusion of Greek and Oriental culture that eventually gave Christianity the opportunity to flourish. The main cultural centers expanded fro ...

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60 - Events. Boudica sacks London (approximate date). Gospel of Matthew is probably written between this year and 65. The First Epistle of Peter is probably written. Paul of Tarsus journeys to Rome. Hero of Alexandria writes Metrica, Mechanics, and Pneumatics. The Rhoxolani are defeated on the Danube by the Romans. Petronius writes the Satyricon. Vitellius is (possibly) proconsul of Africa. 60 - ...

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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC Events Siege of Rhodes by Demetrius son of Antigonus broken when a fleet from Ptolemy I of Egypt arrives. Construction starts (estimated) on the Colossus of Rhodes using metals melted down from the siege army's adbandoned weapons. The tribes of Samnium sue for peace with Rome, ending the Second Samnite War.

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1444 - Events. March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. Five Year Truce between England and France August 26 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Zürich War. Charles VII of France, seeking to send away troublesome troops made idle by the truce with England, sends his son the Dauphin with a large army into Switzerland to support the claims of Emperor Frederick III. The massively outnumbered Swiss force is destro ...

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1309 - Events. August 15 - The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquartes on the island, and rename themselves as the Knights of Rhodes Alnwick Castle bought by the Percy family, later Earls of Northumberland 1309 - Births. Leo V of Armenia (died 1341) 1309 - Deaths. May 5 - Charles II of Naples < ...

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The University of Cape Town is a major tertiary education institution in Cape Town, South Africa, located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devil's Peak. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa. It is a member of the Association of African Universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the Adamastor Trust of Western Cape universities. University of Cape Town - Campus. The main teaching campus, known as the Upper Campus, i ...

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For more information, please refer to discussion on this page and/or the listing at Wikipedia:Requested pictures. This is a subclass of requested images specifically for maps Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire - Provinces. Originally, the empire was an amalgamation of pre-existing beyliks and emirates (Seljuk and other) brought under the sway of the victorious house of Othman; the term bey was used for both such former rulers maintained as vassals and new 'real' governors appointed where the lo ...

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