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The Empress: When did the real Austrian Empire fall? Explained in detail
Austria, after the Holy Roman Empire ended in 1806, wanted to build a powerful central monarchy to consolidate its power. Under Emperor Franz Joseph I, it became one of the dominant powers in ...
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Who was Empress Maria Theresa of the Holy Roman Empire, the matriarch who was a mother to sixteen children and who ruled for 40 years?
The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbutte, Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy ...
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The Roman Empire Gave Rise to the Viking Age and the First Scandinavian Kingdoms
The decline of the Roman Empire in the fifth century marked a turning point. The trade and political networks that connected Scandinavia with Rome began to disintegrate, forcing Scandinavian leaders ...
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Speyer Cathedral
It is one of the most important Romanesque monuments from the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The cathedral was the burial place of the German emperors for almost 300 years. Description is available ...
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Painting of Jesus and his disciples
One of the farthest corners of the Roman Empire, Judaea was a land of ancient ... He believed that trade like this corrupted the holy site. According to the Gospel of St John, he wrecked the ...
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In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony.
Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies ... It also held Jewish holy scriptures and documents. Outside was the temple square – this was a ...