BYZANTINES

Meaning of BYZANTINES in English

The Christian superpower ruling over Syria and Egypt that lost to Islam.

Advanced Islamic English dictionary. Расширенный исламский словарь английского языка. 2012

BYZANTINES — Византия
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VIKING — I Either of two unmanned U.S. spacecraft launched by NASA in 1975. After nearly yearlong journeys, Vikings 1 and 2 …
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ROBERT GUISCARD — born с 1015, Normandy died July 17, 1085, near Cephalonia, Greece, Byzantine Empire Norman adventurer and duke of Apulia (1059–85). …
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PETER I — I born с 903 died Jan. 30, 969 Tsar of Bulgaria (927–969). The second son of Simeon I , he …
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CRUSADE — any of a series of military expeditions organized by Western Christians against Muslim powers in order to take possession of …
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YARMUK RIVER — Hebrew Nahar Ha-Yarmuk, Arabic Nahr Al-Yarmuk, river, a tributary of the Jordan River, in southwest Asia. For most of its …
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WILLIAM II — born c. 1056 died Aug. 2, 1100, near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Eng. byname William Rufus, French Guillaume Le Roux son of …
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SARACEN — in the Middle Ages, any personArab, Turk, or otherwho professed the religion of Islam. Earlier in the Roman world, there …
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RAYMOND — born 1099 died June 28, 1149 byname Raymond Of Poitiers, French Raimond De Poitiers prince of Antioch (113649) who successfully …
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MYRIOCEPHALON, BATTLE OF — (September 1176), victory of the Seljuq Turks under Qlch Arslan II over the Byzantine army of Manuel I Comnenus in …
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LEO VI — born Sept. 19, 866 died May 11, 912, Constantinople byname Leo The Wise, or The Philosopher Byzantine coemperor from 870 …
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KRUM — died April 13, 814 khan of the Bulgars (802814) who briefly threatened the security of the Byzantine Empire. His able, …
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KIPCHAK — Russian Polovtsy, Byzantine Kuman, or Cuman a loosely organized Turkic tribal confederation that by the mid-11th century occupied a vast, …
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JUSTIN II — died Oct. 4, 578 Byzantine emperor (from 565) whose attempts to maintain the integrity of the Byzantine Empire against the …
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ISTANBUL — Turkish Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, ancient Byzantium largest city and seaport in Turkey. Strategically situated on a hilly triangular peninsula at …
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ISLAMIC WORLD — prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to …
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IRAQ, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with three green stars and an Arabic inscription on the white stripe. The flag has …
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GREEK LITERATURE — body of writings in the Greek language by the peoples of mainland Greece, the Greek Islands, ancient Magna Graecia (Sicily …
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DROGO DE HAUTEVILLE — born , Hauteville-la-Guichard, Normandy died Aug. 10, 1051, Monte Ilario, Salerno Italian Drogo, or Drogone, D'altavilla, French Dreu De Hauteville …
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CALABRIA — regione, southern Italy, composed of the province of Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio di Calabria, and Vibo Valentia. Sometimes referred to …
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE — the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into …
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BULGAR — also called Bulgarian, member of a people known in eastern European history during the Middle Ages. One branch of this …
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BORIS I — died May 2, 907, Preslav [now Veliki Preslav], Bulg. baptismal name Mikhail, English Michael khan of Bulgaria (852889), whose long …
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BOHEMOND I — born 1050, 58 died March 7, 1111, Canossa, Apulia [now Canosa di Puglia, Italy] byname Bohemond Of Otranto, French Bohmond …
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ALP-ARSLAN — born c. 1030 died November 1072/, January 1073 Turkish Alparslan (Courageous Lion), original name 'adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja' Muhammad ibn …
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WILLIAM — n. Italian Guglielmo known as William the Good born 1154 died Nov. 18, 1189, Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily Last Norman …
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ROBERT GUISCARD — born 0441; 1015, Normandy died July 17, 1085, near Cephalonia, Greece, Byzantine Empire Norman adventurer and duke of Apulia (105985). …
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PETER — n. born 0441; 903 died Jan. 30, 969 Tsar of Bulgaria (927969). The second son of Simeon I , he …
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