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Despotate of the Morea
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Despotate of the Morea

The Despotate of the Morea was a semi-autonomous appanage of the later Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines retook part of the Peloponnese in Southern Greece in 1262 CE, but the Morea was only officially governed by semi-autonomous...
Nikephoros II Phokas
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Nikephoros II Phokas

Nikephoros II Phokas was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969 CE. Known as “White Death of the Saracens,” Nikephoros was a fearsome commander who conquered Crete, Cilicia, and much of Syria. While he is known as a great military...
Constantine I
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Constantine I

The colossal bronze head from a statue of Constantine I, 4th century CE. The head is 1.77 m high. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).
Constantine's Vision
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Constantine's Vision

Constantine I's (r. 306-337 CE) vision and the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in a 9th-century Byzantine manuscript. Detail from folio 440 recto of manuscript BnF MS Gr510, dated 879-883 and containing the homilies of Gregory...
Mosaic with the Virgin Mary, Constantine and Justinian, Hagia Sophia
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Mosaic with the Virgin Mary, Constantine and Justinian, Hagia Sophia

Mosaic panel located at the southwestern entrance of the basilica Hagia Sophia (Istanbul) depicting the emperor Constantine I holding a model of the city of Constantinople (right), the...
Colossal Bronze Hand of Constantine I
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Colossal Bronze Hand of Constantine I

A hand from the colossal bronze statue of Roman emperor Constantine I, 4th century CE. The hand is over 1.5 m in length. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).
Emperor Constantine
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Emperor Constantine

A statue of the Roman Emperor "Constantine the Great" who reigned from approximately 306 to 337 CE.
Marble Head of Emperor Constantine I
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Marble Head of Emperor Constantine I

Marble head of Emperor Constantine I (r. 306-337 CE) by an unknown artist, c. 325-370 CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Constantine I Colossus
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Constantine I Colossus

The head, hand and sphere (symbol of power) from the colossal bronze statue of Constantine I, 4th century CE. The head alone is 1.77 m high. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).
Mesopotamian Science and Technology
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Mesopotamian Science and Technology - Scientific Method in the Ancient Near East

Mesopotamian science and technology developed during the Uruk period (circa 4000-3100 BCE) and the Early Dynastic period (circa 2900-2350/2334 BCE) of the Sumerian culture of...
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