Attila the Hun
Born about 400, Attila succeeded a series of Hunnish chieftains of varying degrees of ferocity and efficiency. Attila ruled jointly over the...
Michael VIII (1261-1282) was Byzantine emperor, an ambitious and unscrupulous usurper, he founded Byzantium's last dynasty.
Belonging to one of the most powerful Byzantine...
William I (the Conqueror), a man of medium height, corpulent, choleric, but majestic in
person and a great soldier, governor, centralizer, legislator, innovator.
Speedy submission...
PHILIP I the Amorous
PHILIP I, enormously fat but active and vigorous; excommunicated and unpopular with the clergy as the result of an adulterous marriage (1092)...
After the death of Gautama Buddha (483 b.c.e.), monks and scholars concerned with practicing the lessons he taught met several times at formal councils...
10. Native American Genocide 1492 - onward (500 years)
The determination of whether a historical event should be considered genocide can be a matter of scholarly...
10. The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem
The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem was a Catholic military order founded by crusaders around 1119 at a...
Spread of Buddhism
The practice of Buddhism spread in the centuries after the death of Gautama Buddha through the actions of pilgrims, wandering evangelists, and strong...
Typography was invented twice: once in China and Korea and in medieval Europe. In China, printing was invented, according to some data (Julien, "Documents...
