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| Chiyo-ni Chiyo-ni (Kaga no Chiyo) (千代尼; 1703 - 2 October, 1775) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, widely regarded as one of the greatest female haiku poets.Born in Matto, Kaga Province (now Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture) as a daughter of a picture framer, she began writing haiku poetry aged 7. Chiyo-ni | |
| Manuel I of Trebizond Manuel I Megas Komnenos (Greek:Manouēl I Megas Komnēnos), (c. 1218 Emperor of Trebizond from 1238 to 1263, surnamed the "Great Captain", was the second son of Alexios I, the first emperor of Trebizond, and Theodora Axuchina. He succeeded his brother, John I Axouchos. Manuel_I_of_Trebizond | |
| Tuchulcha Talk:Tuchulcha | |
| Michael Panaretos Michael Panaretos (, 1320 Trapezuntine empire of Alexios I Komnenos and his successors from 1204 to 1426. Panaretos was a protosebastos and protonotarios in the service of Alexios III Komnenos. His chronicle, the only direct source on Trebizond and the history of this medieval empire, was almost unknown until its discovery by Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer among the papers of Cardinal Bessarion in the nineteenth century. Michael_Panaretos | |
| Moneyer A moneyer is someone who physically creates money. Moneyers have a long tradition, dating back at least to ancient Greece. They became most prominent, however, in the Roman Republic, continuing into the empire. Moneyer | |
| Mercenary War Talk:Mercenary_War | |
| Quang Binh Province For the district in Ha Giang Province, see Quang Binh (district).Quảng Bình , formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Lê Trung Hưng of Lê Dynasty, this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. The province is bordered by Laotian province of Khammouan on the west, South China Sea on the east, Hà Tĩnh province on the north and Quảng Trị province on the south. Quang_Binh_Province | |
| Diocletianic Persecution The Diocletianic Persecution (or Great Persecution) was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman empire. In 303, Emperor Diocletian and his colleagues Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius issued a series of edicts rescinding Christians' legal rights and demanding their compliance with pagan rituals. Later edicts targeted the clergy and demanded universal sacrifice, ordering all inhabitants to perform pagan sacrifices. The persecution varied in intensity across the empire Diocletianic_Persecution | |
| Warka Vase Warka Vase is a carved alabaster stone vessel found in the temple complex of the Sumerian goddess Inanna in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like the Narmer Palette from Egypt, it is one of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture, dated to ca. 3,200 Warka_Vase | |
| Ukiyo Ukiyo (Japanese:Edo Period Japan (1600–1867).This view of the Floating World is centered on Yoshiwara, the licensed red-light district of Edo (modern Tokyo). The area's brothels, teahouses and kabuki theaters were frequented by Japan's growing middle class. This particular Floating World culture also arose in other cities such as Osaka and Kyoto.It is also an ironic allusion to the homophone "Sorrowful World" (憂き世), the earthly plane of death and rebirth from which Buddhists sought release. Ukiyo | |
| Kulli culture Kulli_culture | |
| Sisebut Talk:Sisebut | |
| Ludovisi Ares The Ludovisi Ares is an Antonine Roman marble sculpture of Mars, a fine second-century copy of a late fourth-century BCE Greek original, associated with Scopas or Lysippus:Ares. Ludovisi_Ares | |
| Battle of the Willows The Battle of the Willows (377) took place at a place called ad Salices ("town by the willows"), or according to Roman records, a road way-station called Ad Salices ("By the Willows"); probably located within 15 kilometers of Marcianople, although its exact location is unknown. Battle_of_the_Willows | |
| Roman Dacia Roman province of Dacia on the Balkans included the modern Romanian regions of Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia, and temporarily Muntenia and southern Moldova, but not the nea Roman_Dacia | |
| Poitín Poitín or Poteen (IPA , also potcheen) is a traditional Irish distilled, highly alcoholic beverage (60%-95% ABV). Poitín was traditionally distilled in a small pot still and the term is a diminutive of the Irish word pota, meaning "pot". Traditionally distilled from malted barley grain or potatoes, it is among the strongest alcoholic beverages in the world, and for centuries was classified as illegal or moonshine in Ireland. Poitín | |
| Glengordon01 User_talk:Glengordon01 | |
| Coelia Concordia Coelia Concordia was the last vestal virgin in history and the last Vestalis Maxima or Chief Vestal. The Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 AD by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, and Coelia stepped down from her post in 394 AD. She converted to Christianity later in her life, and died twelve years later. Coelia_Concordia | |
| Anna of Trebizond Anna Anachoutlou Megale Komnene (), (died 1342), Empress of Trebizond from July 17, 1341 to September 4, 1342. Anna was the elder daughter of Emperor Alexios II of Trebizond and his Georgian wife, Djiadjak Jaqeli. Anna was a nun, but during the unsuccessful reign of Irene Palaiologina she had been persuaded by Trapezuntine nobles to abandon her monastic vows, and seize the crown. Anna_of_Trebizond | |
| Mỹ Sơn Talk:Mỹ_Sơn |
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