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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. For other color lists, see Lists of colors. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. (May 2017) Colors are an important part of the ...
Justinian I (/ dʒ ʌ ˈ s t ɪ n i ə n / just-IN-ee-ən; Latin: Iūstīniānus, Classical Latin pronunciation: [juːstiːniˈaːnʊs]; Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, translit. Ioustinianós, Byzantine Greek pronunciation: [i.ustini.aˈnos]; 482 – 14 November 565), [b] also known as Justinian the Great, [c] was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
[17] He also described the flag's meaning in deeper terms, stating "The key to understanding the symbolism in the Bi Pride Flag is to know that the purple pixels of color blend unnoticeably into both the pink and blue, just as in the 'real world' where bi people blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities." [17] [18]
Purple, a mix of blue and red, eventually came to be the color of bipartisanship or swing states. But not everyone made the switch. Dave Leip’s Atlas of US Presidential Elections, one of the ...
The Thracians (/ ˈθreɪʃənz /; Ancient Greek: Θρᾷκες, romanized:Thrāikes; Latin: Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe and north-western Anatolia in antiquity. [ 1 ][ 2 ] They primarily resided on the territories of modern-day Bulgaria, Romania, northern Greece and north-western ...
The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of su 'good, well' and asti 'is; it is; there is'. [27] The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting.
1985 (9th Session) Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized:Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), 3 is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Judith of Bavaria. Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (German: Friedrich I; Italian: Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152. He was crowned King of Italy on 24 April ...