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1 day ago · The Stedinger were free farmers whose grievances over taxes and property rights turned into full-scale revolt. A papal-sanctioned crusade was called against the rebels. In the campaign of 1233, the small crusading army was defeated. In a follow-up campaign of 1234, a much larger crusader army was victorious.
1 day ago · The main dome of the Hagia Sophia was the largest pendentive dome in the world until the completion of St Peter's Basilica, and it has a much lower height than any other dome of such a large diameter. The great dome at the Hagia Sophia is 32.6 meters (one hundred and seven feet) in diameter and is only 0.61 meters (two feet) thick.
- 82 m (269 ft)
1 day ago · This is an alphabetical index of people, places, things, and concepts related to or originating from the Byzantine Empire (AD 330–1453). Feel free to add more, and create missing pages. You can track changes to the articles included in this list from here. Note: People are listed by first name.
1 day ago · Al-Nasir Muhammad begins his second reign as Mamluk sultan after the assassination of the usurper Hosam ad-Din Lajin. Early. Ghazan proposes a joint crusade Henry II of Cyprus and the three military orders. No action is taken by the West. Early. The Mongols under Ghazan invade Syria, capturing the city of Aleppo.
1 day ago · This is a list of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day.
