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61Timeline of Cornish history — NOTOC This timeline summarizes significant events in the History of Cornwall. Cornwall s earliest recorded history pre dates the Roman invasions and conquests of Britain. In the Iron Age Cornwall was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Dumnonia. It is… …
62Rodrigo de Villandrando — (died c. 1457) was a Castilian routier and mercenary military leader in Gascony during the final phase of the Hundred Years War. He was famous for his pillaging and was consequently known as the Emperor of Pillagers ( empereur des brigands ) or L …
63Commission of Inquiry on Darfur — The following is a summary of a public report. The full report can be found on the United Nations website listed in the external links. The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur (henceforth the Commission) was established pursuant to… …
64Ray, Iran, as a military objective — This article is about the city of Ray, Iran as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ( Ragau in the Apocryphal Book of Judith). Ray, in an area of fertile lowland between the Zagros Mountains, the Elburz… …
65pillage — pillager, n. /pil ij/, v., pillaged, pillaging, n. v.t. 1. to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city. 2. to take as booty. v.i. 3. to rob with open violence; take… …
66United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …
67Pastoureaux — (French: shepherds ) Participants in two outbreaks of mob violence in medieval France. The first Pastoureaux were peasants in northeastern France aroused by news in 1251 of the reverses suffered by King Louis IX while on his Crusade. Accusing the …
68ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
69Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as Persia historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… …
70Robert Guiscard — Robert Guiscard † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Robert Guiscard Duke of Apulia and Calabria, founder of the Norman state of the Two Sicilies; born about 1016; died 17 July, 1085. He was the eldest son of the second marriage of Tancred,… …
