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Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Church (Turkish: Ayasofya), [3] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
According to Ethnica, a geographical dictionary by Stephanus of Byzantium, Thrace—the land of the Thracians—was known as Perki (Περκη) and Aria (Αρια) before being named Thrace by the Greeks, [35] [36] presumably due to the affiliation of the Thracians with the god Ares [37] and Perki is the reflexive name of the god Ares as ...
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [6] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.
Christianization (or Christianisation) is a term for the specific type of change that occurs when someone or something has been or is being converted to Christianity. ...
Although relations between the Church of Rome and Byzantium improved, Charles I of Anjou continued to send Muslim and Christian military forces to the east, towards Albania. The Muslim knight Salem, a regular army officer, led 300 Lucerians - archers and lancers - to Vlora , in 1275.
Ctesibius, Philo of Byzantium, Heron of Alexandria, and others 1206 Created early humanoid automata, programmable automaton band [166] Robot band, hand-washing automaton, [167] automated moving peacocks [168] Al-Jazari: 1495 Designs for a humanoid robot Mechanical Knight: Leonardo da Vinci: 1560s