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21History of the alphabet — The history of the alphabet begins in Ancient Egypt, more than a millennium into the history of writing. The first pure alphabet emerged around 2000 BCE to represent the language of Semitic workers in Egypt (see Middle Bronze Age alphabets), and… …
22History of the Eastern Orthodox Church — The Eastern Orthodox Churches trace their roots back to the Apostles and Jesus Christ. Eastern Orthodoxy reached its golden age during the high point of the Byzantine Empire, and then continued to flourish in Russia after the Fall of… …
23History of the Latin alphabet — The Latin alphabet originated in the 7th century BC, undergoing a history of 2,500 years before emerging as one of the dominant writing systems in use today.OriginsIt is generally held that the Latins adopted the western variant of the Greek… …
24Art of the Crusades — the Harrowing of Hell from the Melisende Psalter …
25Decline of the Byzantine Empire — The decline of the Byzantine Empire was a process similar to the decline of the Western Roman Empire, in that it lasted many centuries. There is no clear consensus on when this process began; but many dates and time lines have been proposed by… …
26Armies of the Crusaders — The army of the Crusades describes the armies of the Crusaders from the 11th to the 13th centuries. Though the Crusades into the Holy Land were thought of as a pilgrimages more than conquests, the quality of the army was very important, as many… …
27Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans — The weaknesses of the fragmented Balkan states following the death of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1355 opened wide the door to the conquest of the Balkan Peninsula by the Ottoman Turks. The Balkan states proved no match for those militantly …
28Transmission of Greek philosophical ideas in the Middle Ages — The introduction of Greek philosophy and science into the culture of the Latin West in the Middle Ages was an event that transformed the intellectual life of Western Europe. It consisted of the discovery of many original works, such as those… …
29The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian — The Preiching of the Swallow The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian is a cycle of connected poems by the Scottish makar Robert Henryson. In the accepted text it consists of thirteen versions of fables, seven modelled on stories from Aesop… …
30History of the Constitution of the Roman Kingdom — The History of the Constitution of the Roman Kingdom is a study of the ancient Roman Kingdom that traces the progression of Roman political development from the founding of the city of Rome in 753 BC to the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom in 510… …
