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12th century mosaic from the upper gallery of the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople.
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There was keen competition between the two from the introduction of the The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing | Algebra into Europe in the 12th century until its triumph in the 16th.
During the 20th century BC the Indo-European Hittites entered the region and gradually established a great empire which was destroyed by invaders in the 12th century.
The current consensus, based on terminology defined by the Pecos Classification, suggests their emergence around the 12th century BCE, during the archaeologically designated Early Basketmaker II Era.
A novel called Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, based on Avicenna's story, was later written by Ibn Tufail ( Abubacer ) in the 12th century and translated into Latin and English as Philosophus Autodidactus in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively.
These exceptions, introduced with a good object, had grown into a widespread evil by the 12th century, virtually creating an imperium in imperio, and depriving the bishop of all authority over the chief centres of influence in his diocese.
In the 12th century the abbots of Fulda claimed precedence of the archbishop of Cologne.
Although controversial at its time, the 13 principles laid out by the 12th century Spanish Jewish philosopher Maimonides are now considered mostly normative.
Gothic-This style prevailed between the 12th century and the 16th century in Europe.
The modern history of Abensberg, which is often incorrectly compared with that of the 3rd century Roman castra ( military outpost ) of Abusina, begins with Gebhard, who was the first to mention Abensberg as a town, in the middle of the 12th century.
Rebuilt by the emperor Justin I after an earthquake in the 6th century, it became Justinopolis ( 525 ); but the old native name persisted, and when Thoros I, king of Lesser Armenia, made it his capital early in the 12th century, it was known as Anazarva.
They are said to go back at least to the Greek poet Lycophron, in the third century BCE ; but this relies on an account of Lycophron given by John Tzetzes in the 12th century.
In the 12th century eddic prose Gylfaginning Snorri Sturluson relates it as the first of a series of abodes in heaven:
As a theologian Alain de Lille shared in the mystic reaction of the second half of the 12th century against the scholastic philosophy.
Brought back from Sippar to Susa as war prize in the 12th century BC
A popular legend, originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how when he first fled to the Somerset Levels, Alfred was given shelter by a peasant woman who, unaware of his identity, left him to watch some cakes she had left cooking on the fire.
Alger of Liège ( 1055 – 1131 ), known also as Alger of Cluny and Algerus Magister, was a learned clergyman from Liège who lived in the first half of the 12th century.
He was born in the latter part of the 12th century at Bennes, a village between Ollé and Chauffours in the diocese of Chartres.
In 1122 Afonso became fourteen, the adult age in the 12th century.
Dr. Alastair Northedge, a British archaeologist who wrote a book about findings in ' Anah, wrote that the minaret is ' commonly attributed to the Uqaylid ( dynasty ) and the 5th / 11th century ( AH / AD ), though ... more probably of the 6th / 12th century.
12th and mosaic
Christ Pantocrator, detail of the Deesis mosaic in Hagia Sophia-Constantinople ( Istanbul ) 12th century
The Last Judgment ( detail ) in the 12th century Byzantine art | Byzantine mosaic at Torcello.
File: Apsis_mosaic_San_Clemente. jpg | 12th century apse mosaic from Basilica di San Clemente in Rome.
The mosaic covers and area of approximately 1500 square degrees to a depth of 12th magnitude.
The Cosmatesque-inlaid vestibule is preceded by an eighteen-step staircase, and supported by ten ancient columns resting upon recumbent lions, with a mosaic frieze upon them, made by 12th century Sicilian-Norman artists.
It contains a fine ciborium in the Cosmatesque style and a 12th century mosaic pavement.
The Temptations of Christ, 12th century mosaic at St Mark's Basilica, Venice
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, 12th century Greek mosaic from Kiev
Image: Michael of salonica. jpg | Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, 12th century Greek mosaic from Kiev showing military dress, including the high sash around the ribs, as a badge of rank.
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It is not entirely clear why the Ancestral Puebloans migrated from their established homes in the 12th and 13th centuries.
In 825 Al-Khwārizmī wrote a treatise in Arabic, On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals, which was translated into Latin from Arabic in the 12th century as Algoritmi de numero Indorum.
" Bayad plays the oud to the lady ", Arabic language | Arabic manuscript for Qissat Bayad wa Reyad tale from late 12th century
There is some doubt as to the origin of the name ; but most probably it is derived from a collection of Alexandrine romances, collected in the 12th century, of which Alexander the Great was the hero, and in which he was represented, somewhat like the British Arthur, as the pride and crown of chivalry.
Its name implies associations dating back to the time of Columba and, although undocumented before the 12th century, it may have served the monks of the Columban family as an ' Iona of the east ' from early times.
It probably comes from the 12th century and was owned by an ecclesiastical patron of the north or south province.
* Bonn International School ( BIS ), a private English-speaking school set in the former American Compound in the Rheinaue, which offers places from Kindergarten to 12th grade.
The first written records of towns in the area of present-day Berlin date from the late 12th century.
Italian submarines participated in the Battle of the Atlantic from this base which was also a major base for German U-boats as headquarters of 12th U-boat Flotilla.
* Middle Bulgarian ( 12th to 15th century ) – a literary norm that evolved from the earlier Old Bulgarian, after major innovations were accepted.
In the 12th century, bricks from Northern-Western Italy were re-introduced to Northern Germany, where an independent tradition evolved.
Together they illustrate every aspect of the cultures of the Nile Valley ( including Nubia ), from the Predynastic Neolithic period ( c. 10, 000 BC ) through to the Coptic ( Christian ) times ( 12th century AD ), a time-span over 11, 000 years.
Detail from the 12th century Aberdeen Bestiary
" Alternately, the name may have derived from the Persian bālkāneh or bālākhāna, meaning " high, above, or proud house ," and brought to the region in the 11th and 12th centuries by Turkic tribes who applied it to the area.
From the 12th century, major advances in the chemical arts shifted from Arab lands to western Europe.
Since the 12th century, courts have had parallel and co-equal authority to make law -- " legislating from the bench " is a traditional and essential function of courts, which was carried over into the U. S. system as an essential component of the " judicial power " specified by Article III of the U. S. constitution.
Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe from the 9th through the 12th century.
Dominant features are the large, almost centrally located, Tonle Sap ( Great Lake ) and the Mekong River, which traverses the country from north to south and is the 12th longest river in the world.
* Baroque or Bayon Style ( 1181 – 1243 ): In the final quarter of the 12th century, King Jayavarman VII freed the country of Angkor from occupation by an invasionary force from Champa.
Canal building was revived in this age because of commercial expansion from the 12th century.
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