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31Ringfort — Ringforts are fortified settlements that are generally deemed to be from the Iron Age, Early Christian or possibly the Early Medieval period in Northern Europe, especially Ireland. They are also known as ráth, caiseal, cathair and dún in the… …
32Kingdom of Kongo — For other uses, see Congo (disambiguation). Kingdom of Kongo Wene wa Kongo or Kongo dya Ntotila →   …
33Seven-Branched Sword — Replica of the Seven Branched Sword or Nanatsusaya no Tachi or Chiljido at the War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea. Japanese name …
34List of Ottoman Empire territories — This is a list of Ottoman Empire dominated territories across Europe, Asia and Africa (1299 1922). TOC Europe :*Albania (1478 1912) :*Bosnia (1463 1878/1908) :*Bulgaria (1393/1396 1878/1908) :*Crete (1669 1821) :*Crimea (1475 1774) :*Cyclades… …
35Byzantium under the Palaiologoi — Infobox Former Country native name = Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων conventional long name = Byzantine Empire common name = Byzantium year start = 1261 year end = 1453 date start = July 25 date end = May 29 event start = Recapture of Constantinople from the… …
36Ottoman System in the Balkans — By the early sixteenth century most of the Balkan Peninsula’s Christians were submerged within the Ottomans’ Islamic theocratic society. In traditional Islamic civilization, no separation existed between religious and secular matters, and… …
37France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
38japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
39Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
40England (Before the Reformation) — England (Before the Reformation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation) This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… …
