Negroponte may refer to: Chalkis, capital of Euboea, Greece Euboea, a Greek island of which Chalkis is the capital Lordship of Negroponte, crusader state...
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John Dimitri Negroponte (/ˌnɛɡroʊˈpɒnti/; born July 21, 1939) is an American diplomat. In 2018, he was a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at...
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Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's...
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The Negroponte family, also known as Negrepontis (pl. Negropontes or Negrepontes; Greek: Νεγροπόντε or Νεγρεπόντη, pl. Νεγροπόντηδες or Νεγρεπόντηδες)...
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The Triarchy of Negroponte was a crusader state established on the island of Euboea (Venetian: Negroponte) after the partition of the Byzantine Empire...
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Michel Negroponte is an American producer and director. Negroponte was born to Catherine Coumantaros and Dimitrios Negrepontis, a Greek shipping magnate...
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Diana Mary Villiers Negroponte (born August 14, 1947) is an American trade lawyer, Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...
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Siege of Negroponte can refer to one of two sieges of the town of Chalkis in Greece (medieval Negroponte): Siege of Negroponte (1257–58), 13-month siege...
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Being Digital (section "Negroponte Switch")
technology author, Nicholas Negroponte. It was originally published in January 1995 by Alfred A. Knopf. In 1995, Nicholas Negroponte outlines the history of...
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On July 26, 2002, John Negroponte, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, stated (during a closed meeting of the UN Security Council) that...
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citing disagreements with requests from Negroponte for Intel to stop dumping their Classmate PCs. In 2008, Negroponte showed some doubt about the exclusive...
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The Negroponte Switch is an idea developed by Nicholas Negroponte in the 1980s, while at the Media Lab at MIT. He suggested that due to the accidents...
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The siege of Negroponte was undertaken by the Genoese admiral Paganino Doria against the Venetian stronghold of Negroponte (modern Chalcis) in eastern...
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The siege of Negroponte was fought between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Mehmed II in person, and the garrison of the Venetian colony...
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War of the Euboeote Succession (redirect from Siege of Negroponte (1257–58))
extensive properties in the city of Negroponte itself. This marked the establishment of a separate Venetian colony in Negroponte, and began the long and gradual...
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director of national intelligence was former U.S. ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte who was appointed on February 17, 2005, by President George W. Bush, subject...
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Negroponte for his part had been an ambassador and a consumer of intelligence. Goss made the point with Negroponte that pursuing changes Negroponte reportedly...
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Nicholas Negroponte, founder and head of the MIT Media Lab at the February 1992 TED Conference, which Richard Saul Wurman comped them to attend. Negroponte agreed...
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Νεγρεπόντης; 25 March 1915 – June 1996), also Dimitrios Ioannis Negroponte or Dimitri John Negroponte, was the first-ever Greek to participate in the winter Olympics...
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The bailo and captain of Negroponte was the representative of the Republic of Venice stationed at Chalcis (Negroponte) on the island of Euboea. The bailo...
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Constantinople. At the establishment of the crusader state Lordship of Negroponte, Chalcis or Negroponte (seat of the central one of its three 'triarchies' constituent...
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personally led an Ottoman army to besiege Negroponte. The Venetian relief navy was defeated, and Negroponte was captured. In spring 1466, Sultan Mehmed...
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Duchy of Athens Duchy of Neopatras Duchy of the Archipelago Triarchy of Negroponte County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos Lordship of Argos and Nauplia...
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Εὔριπον 'to Evripos', rebracketed as στὸ Νεὔριπον 'to Nevripos', became Negroponte ("Black Bridge") in Italian by folk etymology, the ponte 'bridge' being...
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Theodoros G. Orphanides, and scientists such as Michael Dertouzos, Nicholas Negroponte, John Argyris, John Iliopoulos (2007 Dirac Prize for his contributions...
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January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013 President Barack Obama Deputy John Negroponte James Steinberg William J. Burns Preceded by Condoleezza Rice Succeeded...
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Niccolò Sommaripa (died ca. 1505) was lord of Paros. He was lord of Paros and in 1503 attacked Andros, ruled by a different branch of the Sommaripa family...
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The siege of Negroponte (modern Chalkis) was undertaken by the forces of the Republic of Venice from July to October 1688. The Venetian army, composed...
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original on 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-01-03. "President Bush Nominates John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State and Vice Admiral Mike McConnell as Director...
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Morean War (section Attack on Negroponte (1688))
and insisted on a campaign against Negroponte. On 11 July, the first Venetian troops began disembarking at Negroponte, and laid siege to it two days later...
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