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Albigensian Crusade
History; World history

A 20-year series of campaign launched by Pope Innocent III in 1208 after the murder of a papal legate, and intended to extirpate the Cathar heresy from southwestern France. ...

Albion
History; World history

Ancient name for Britain - first used by Greek writers in the 4th century BC - that is presumed to refer to the white chalk cliffs of Dover. It was also used by medieval Celtic ...

Afonso de Albuquerque
History; World history

Portuguese soldier (1453-1515) and governor of India (1508-09), who secured Portugal's place in the spice trade by capturing Goa and Malacca.

Battle of Alcazarquivir
History; World history

4 August 1578, the end of Sebastian I of Portugal's crusade in Morocco. He was killed and his army annihilated by a Moroccan force led by Abd al-Malik.

Alemanni
History; World history

A group of Germanic peoples who began raiding across the borders of the Roman empire in the mid-3rd century AD, reaching as far south as Italy. They were never truly defeated. The ...

Alesia
History; World history

Celtic stronghold in Central Gaul (modern France) and the site of the last stand of Vercingetorix - the most formidable of the Celtic leaders - against Julius Caesar in 52 BC. The ...

Aleuts
History; World history

Culture of the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific, which extend from southwest Alaska towards the east coast of Siberia. The Aleut had colonized the islands from the Alaskan ...

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