Early History. The Eastern Empire was largely spared the difficulties of the west in the 3rd and 4th centuries (see Crisis of the Third Century), in part because urban culture was better established there and the initial invasions were attracted to the wealth of Rome.

An example of sack is when a clerk is dismissed from their job because they took money from the register.

Russian jokes (Russian: анекдо́ты, translit. anekdoty, lit. ‘anecdotes’), the most popular form of Russian humor, are short fictional stories or dialogs with a punch line.

S sabin a non-metric unit of sound absorption used in acoustical engineering. One sabin is the sound absorption of one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface- …

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

Some interesting moments are historically associated with the date of December 22. One of these was the papacy of Innocent I., which began on December 22, 401. It was an age of great upheavals. Innocent’s predecessor was pope Anastasius I, whose reign had lasted only two years, from November 27

Only in the states have I seen Rye bread with Caraway or that gods awful swirly brown white stuff they call rye bread. Here it is a soft grey because it is mixed with wheat, that might contain either pumpkin or sunflower seeds or …

Why we could be at war with Russia next year: The apocalyptic vision of the British general and Nato chief threatened with the sack for blasting Tory defence cuts

The siege and sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade.Mutinous Crusader armies captured, looted, and destroyed parts of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

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