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The Campus Martius (Latin for the "Field of Mars"), was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about 2 square kilometres in extent. In the Middle Ages it was the most populous area of Rome.

Domain: History; Category: World history

A portcullis is a latticed grille or gate made of wood, metal or a combination of the two.

Domain: History; Category: World history

The Taochi were the people known formerly to the Urartians as Diauehi (Diauhi, Daiaeni) and they lived in Northeastern part of Anatolia in ancient times. According to Xenophon they called themselves ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

He ruled from 559 BC until his death in 530 BC. He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty.

Domain: History; Category: World history

Member of a nomadic people originally of Iranian stock who migrated from Central Asia to Southern Russia in the 8th and 7th centuries BC.

Domain: History; Category: World history

A three-year religio-political rebellion of the Turkmen of Anatolia against the Seljuq Sultanate of Rum. It was led by a charismatic preacher Baba Ishak in 1239 until he was hanged in 1241. It was ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

An ancient Roman city located in the Southeastern part of what is now modern Turkey. It is the ancient name of Diyarbakır.

Domain: History; Category: World history

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