Yuezhi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Not to be confused with Yueshi culture. Yuezhi The migrations of the Yuezhi through Central Asia, from around 176 BC to 30 AD Total population Some 100,000 to 200,000 horse archers, according to the Shiji, Chapter 123.[1] The Hanshu Chapter 96A records: 100,000 households, 400,000 people with 100,000 able to bear ..
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Commonwealth of Independent States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Not to be confused with Commonwealth of Nations. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Содружество Независимых Государств (Russian) Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv Flag Emblem Administrative Minsk/Moscow Largest city Moscow Official languages Russian Recognised regional languages Belarusian Uzbek Kazakh Azerbaijani Romanian Kyrgyz Tajik Armenian Turkmen Minority languages Abkhaz ..
Bogomilism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search “Bogomil” redirects here. For the name, see Bogomil (name). The development of Bogomillism hide Part of a series on Gnosticism Gnosis[show] Gnostic sects[show] Scriptures[show] Influenced by[show] Influence on[show] v t e Bogomilism (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Богомилство, romanized: Bogomilstvo; Serbo-Croatian: Bogumilstvo / Богумилство) was a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Peter I in ..
Aramaic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Aramaic (disambiguation). This article is about the Semitic language now spoken by smaller numbers of people in scattered locations. It is not to be confused with Amharic, the Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, ארמיא, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀 Arāmāyā Geographic distribution Mesopotamia, Levant, Fertile Crescent, Northern Arabia Linguistic ..
Bible From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). “Biblical” redirects here. For the song by Biffy Clyro, see Biblical (song). For the song cycle by Antonín Dvořák, see Biblical Songs. For Christian scriptures used in addition to or instead of the Bible, see Religious text § Additional and alternate scriptures. The Gutenberg ..
Dacia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about an historic region in Eastern Europe. For the Romanian automobile maker, see Automobile Dacia. For other uses, see Dacia (disambiguation). See also: Dacians and Dacian language hideThis article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these ..
Vistula From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search “Visla” redirects here. For the dog breed, see Vizsla. For other uses, see Vistula (disambiguation). Vistula The Vistula in southern Poland with Silesian Beskids seen in the background. Vistula River drainage basin in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia and Poland Native name Wisła (Polish) Location Country Poland Towns/Cities Kraków, Sandomierz, Warsaw, Płock, Włocławek, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk Physical characteristics Source • location Barania Góra, Silesian Beskids ..
Christopher Wickham From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (February 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Christopher John “Chris” Wickham, FBA, FLSW (born 18 May 1950) is a British ..
Saint Marcouf From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Marculf) Jump to navigationJump to search Marcouf giving the cure to the king. Saint Marcouf (variously spelled Marcoult, Marculf, Marcoul, Marcou), Abbot of Nantus (Nanteuil-en-Cotentin) in the Cotentin, is a saint born in the Saxon colony of Bayeux in Normandy around 500 AD and who is best known for the healing of scrofula. The accounts of his life are merged ..
Salian Franks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search “Salians” redirects here. For the eleventh-century dynasty, see Salian dynasty. For the Roman priests, see Salii. Salian settlement in Toxandria in 358 where Julian the Apostate made them dediticii. Roman Empire Salian Franks Germanic tribes east of the Rhine The Salian Franks, also called the Salians (Latin: Salii; Greek: Σάλιοι, Salioi), were a northwestern subgroup of ..
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