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Jost Bürgi and Antonius Eisenhoit: Armillary sphere with astronomical clock, made in 1585 in Kassel, now at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm. An armillary sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (on the celestial sphere), consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial ...
Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer and mechanical engineer (b. 683) 728. Domnall mac Cellaig, king of Connacht [26] Dúnchad mac Murchado, king of Leinster (Ireland) [27] Hasan al-Basri, Arab theologian [28] Jarir ibn Atiyah, Arab poet and satirist [29] 729. May 9 – Osric, king of Northumbria; Ecgberht of Ripon, bishop of Lindisfarne (b. 639)
The valley formed by the Yi River enclosed by two hills ranges of Xiangshan (to the east) and Longmenshan (to the west) hills have steep slopes on the western and eastern slopes along the river. Yi is a north flowing tributary of the Luo River. The grottoes are formed in 1 km of the stretch of this river and were carved on both banks, in ...
These campaigns made Yi a legendary figure in Korean history on par with, if not surpassing, the great general Eulji Mundeok. The campaigns of Yi were vital in halting the Japanese invasion, which had the ultimate aim of conquering not just Korea, but Ming China as well. Yi was able to severely impair Japanese logistics and reinforcements for ...
From Boeing's turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Donald Trump's election victory, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
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The Castle Guide is a rules supplement intended for the 2nd edition Dungeon Master's Guide which covers life in feudal lands, and how to build, run, siege, and defend castles. [1] Reviewer Keith H. Eisenbeis stated that it "contains all types of useful and needed information about almost every aspect of castle existence from construction to ...
In 73 AD, Dou Gu led a force of 12,000 against the Xiongnu and defeated Huyan in modern northeastern Xinjiang. [126] In 74 AD, Dou Gu led another expedition to the Western Regions and gained the submission of Jushi, restoring the Protectorate of the Western Regions. [126] In 75 AD, the Xiongnu besieged Jushi and Chen Mu was killed by the locals ...