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' Civil Law Book '), abbreviated BGB, is the civil code of Germany, codifying most generally-applicably private law. [1] In development since 1881, it became effective on 1 January 1900, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project.
Dioclesian (The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian) is an English tragicomic semi-opera in five acts by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Thomas Betterton based on the play The Prophetess, by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, which in turn was based very loosely on the life of the Emperor Diocletian.
The siege of Constantinople in 626 by the Sassanid Persians and Avars, aided by large numbers of allied Slavs, ended in a strategic victory for the Byzantines.The failure of the siege saved the empire from collapse, and, combined with other victories achieved by Emperor Heraclius (r. 610–641) the previous year and in 627, enabled Byzantium to regain its territories and end the destructive ...
The Perso-Turkic war of 627–629 was the third and final conflict between the Sasanian Empire and the Western Turkic Khaganate. Unlike the previous two wars, it was not fought in Central Asia, but in Transcaucasia. Hostilities were initiated in 627 AD by Tong Yabghu Qaghan of the Western Göktürks and Emperor Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire.
627 may refer to: the year 627, AD; the year 620s BC; the number 627 (number) Prisoner 627, identification number for Captain John Price, a fictional character in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Experiment 627, a fictional character from the Lilo & Stitch franchise; Disodium guanylate E627 food additive
Year 627 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 627 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the ...
c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani. 627 BC—Creation of Durrës, at the time known as Epidamnus. [1] 627 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Jin defeats Qin in the Battle of Xiao; 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
The year 627 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire , it was known as year 127 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 627 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.