Byzantine units of measurement were a combination and modification of the ancient Greek and Roman units of measurement used in the Byzantine Empire. Until...
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[citation needed] Some units of measurement were found to be convenient for trade within the Mediterranean region and these units became increasingly common...
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Roman, Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body,...
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A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating...
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The units of measurement of ancient Rome were generally consistent and well documented. The basic unit of Roman linear measurement was the pes (plural:...
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French units of measurement prior to metrication were established under Charlemagne during the Carolingian Renaissance. Based on contemporary Byzantine and...
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made up a leap and 9000 a Welsh mile. Anthropic units Bematist Roman & Byzantine units English & Welsh units Pacing in surveying Pace count beads Horse gait...
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Zolotnik (category Obsolete units of measurement)
common fineness of 875. Zloty Obsolete Russian units of measurement Obsolete Tatar units of measurement Berkovets Pood "Russian silver standards". Antiques...
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of Roman usurpers List of Byzantine usurpers Succession to the Byzantine Empire List of Roman and Byzantine empresses List of Byzantine emperors of Armenian...
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A rope may refer to any of several units of measurement initially determined or formed by ropes or knotted cords. The Greco-Roman schoenus, supposedly...
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The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy. A direct continuation of the Eastern...
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The Byzantine army evolved from that of the late Roman period taking as leading models and shaping itself on the late Hellenistic armies, but it became...
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Subdivisions of the Byzantine Empire were administrative units of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire (330–1453). The Empire had a developed administrative...
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The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred in Constantinople during Late Antiquity...
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Fathom (redirect from Fathom (unit of length))
Greek units of measurement Anthropic units Bathymetry English units Hvat Imperial units International System of Units United States customary units Sounding...
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For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through...
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and administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire. They were established in the mid-7th century in the aftermath of the Slavic migrations to Southeastern...
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Pound (mass) (redirect from Byzantine pound)
pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. Various definitions have...
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twelfth") was a Roman unit of length, weight, and volume. It survived as the Byzantine liquid ounce (Greek: οὐγγία, oungía) and the origin of the English inch...
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Immortals (Greek: Ἀθάνατοι, Athanatoi) were one of the elite tagmata military units of the Byzantine Empire, first raised during the late 10th century...
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Since its fall, the issue of succession to the Byzantine Empire has been a major point of contention both geopolitically, with different states laying...
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Byzantine dress changed considerably over the thousand years of the Empire, but was essentially conservative. Popularly, Byzantine dress remained attached...
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Mile (redirect from Byzantine mile)
March 2023. Act current to 18 January 2012. Canadian units (5) The Canadian units of measurement are as set out and defined in Schedule II, and the symbols...
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Scruples (disambiguation) Roman units Byzantine units Э Cardarelli, François (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. London: Springer...
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Byzantinism (redirect from Derogatory use of "Byzantine")
political system and culture of the Byzantine Empire, and its spiritual successors the Orthodox Christian Balkan countries of Greece and Bulgaria especially...
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dynasty (or Phrygian dynasty) ruled the Byzantine Empire from 820 to 867. The Amorian dynasty continued the policy of restored iconoclasm (the "Second Iconoclasm")...
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Plethron (category Ancient Greek units of measurement)
Greece. Acre Byzantine units Greek units Roman units Stremma Calvert, J.B. (13 May 2010). "Old Units of Length". MySite.DU.edu. University of Denver. Retrieved...
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The Byzantine army of the Komnenian era or Komnenian army was a force established by Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos during the late 11th/early 12th...
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Nikephorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire began following the deposition of the Empress Irene of Athens. The throne of the Byzantine Empire passed to a...
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The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Doukas dynasty between 1059 and 1081. There are six emperors and co-emperors of this period: the dynasty's...
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