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Flavius Belisarius ( ca. 500 – 565)
'One of the defining features of Belisarius' career was his operating under conditions of little or no support from his emperor Justinian and Byzantium, and nonetheless succeeding through military genius.'
'Belisarius and Justinian, whose sometimes strained partnership increased the size of the empire by 45%, died within a few weeks of one another in November of 565.'
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That's right Xipe, over to you.
Thanks chum. Let's have a weird one for a change eh?
Which famous U.S. geologist threw his little hammer just for fun during a historic live TV broadcast, so that it took over six seconds to hit the ground.
Amazing! Many people think the film was not a live broadcast but a slowed down video hoax!
Harrison H. 'Jack' Schmidt?
Umm, was that on the moon? Low gravity and all that.
yeah. its on youtube :P
he throws the hammer up....then it falls back down behind the lunar lander. its a bit hard to see though; its filmed from pretty far away.
Yes that's right! I'm inclined to believe that was authentic. Not so hard to get then, eh?
Over to you, Prussian Iron ...
cool.
At this battle, in 732, the Carolingian franks and an Andalusian Umayyad force met eachother on the battlefield. The Carolingian commander, nicknamed "The Hammer", formed up on a hill, with forests all around him, with 3 times his force below him, forcing the deadly Umayyad cavalry to be caught in a frontal attack, against a phalanx of extremely experienced men. After being routed, the Umayyad cavalry ended up running ack to the camp, while Frankish scouts freed slaves and stole loot. The infantry, believing this to be a full retreat, ended up turning and running back to Andalusia.
What battle was this, and what were the commanders names?
Hmm... Battle of Tours, with the Franks being led by Charles Martel. No idea for the Moorish commander.
right battle, right frank.
'No idea'. hm. i'm pretty sure that isn't a moorish name :P
Abu Said Abdul Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Bishr ibn Al Sarem Al 'Aki Al Ghafiqi was his full name. Usually known to historians as Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi. To his close friends he often said 'you can call me Al'.
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haha! al!
right you are xipe. hmmm, how will this work out?
warmaser horus, if you want to go i guess go. sorry xipe, he did get 2/3 right
Yeah I think that's fair. I just looked it up on Wiki anyway.
I've been thinking on and off about this, and I'm a bit too distracted to find a good one out. Xipe Totec, go on.
Okay, but don't say you didn't have the chance to avoid this ridiculous question!
Great-great-grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and great-grandfather to her husband Prince Philip. I was unsuccessful in my attempt to marry my cousin, who was also great-great-grandmother to both Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip. Who am I and which cousin was I trying to marry?
:7queen::dunce2:
:ears: :goofy: :freak: :wreck:
oh my god.....xipe, wh would you try to marry your cousin?! you sick bastard.....
obviously jk lol
umm......
Christian the 9th, of Denmark?
no idea who he tried to marry.
Yeah you're right about Christian IX of Denmark. The cousin he 'loved and lost' was a much more well known ancestor of QE II, especially renowned for her outstanding contribution to the 'bleeding' genetic diseases in the Royal Blood of the European Monarchies' 'tightly-knit' family!
She owned a rather large diamond as well!
Possibly the best example of why you shouldn't keep marrying relatives - the royal families of Europe! :oops:
apparently, at least 9 major countries in europe are ruled by direct descendants of christian. he was a horny little bastard :P
On a positive note, the well-documented family trees with 'more mutants than you could shake a stick at' has proved invaluable for Human Geneticists. The mode of inheritance for a particular gene can be readily deduced from a logical analysis of the 'royal vegetables'. In cases where 'common people' are affected, such as when servant girls are paid-off to hide their 'bastard offspring' of over-eager royals, this knowledge can help doctors prevent more such unfortunate individuals being born into the 'normal' poulation.
:scholar:
could it be queen victoria, the first british empress of india?
Yes indeed, the great Queen Victoria!
Unusually for a royal, Victoria chose to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert :no:. However the union proved very fruitful and she gave birth a mere 9 months later. She endured an incredible five assassination attempts in the first ten years of her reign.
The appearance of haemophilia in her children suggests that most likely there was a new mutation in either the sperm or ovum from which Victoria was derived. The unsavoury alternative is that she was illegitimate and not 'of the royal blood'. A bally commoner, no less, unthinkable! :shame:
She passed the gene onto 2 of her 5 daughters, who were unaffected being female like herself, but passed the disease on to their children. Of her 4 sons, only one had the disease (each had a 50% chance), Prince Leopold, who died after slipping over at the Yacht Club in Cannes, when an excess of claret and morphine was administered to ease his painful knee. Rasputin was obviously indisposed at that time. :dizzy2:
Okay - ova to you, Prussian Iron!
sorry for the long response time; CoD 4 MP gets pretty enthralling once you get a G36C and an AK47-U with double tap.....
anyway:
The Ottoman empire was a large and powerful empire for a hefty period of time. What man was the Ottoman Empire named after, what was his name in Arabic, and what was his first major military victory?
Otto von Bismarck, or I Mustafa Iron Und Bluden All Jermani, as he is known to Islamic scholars. His first great victory was in the Second War of Schleswig, when he defeated our old friend Christian IX of Denmark. :laugh4:
LOL!!!!!!
it took me a second to get that, i thought you were being serious until i read 'Bluden all Jermani'!
عثمان بن أرطغرل , Osman I or Othman I El-Gazi.
In 1302 he defeated the Byzantines at Nicaea. He also conquered the fair Mal Hatun but I assume you are looking for a martial rather than a marital feat. Some 24 years later occurred the most famous victory of his reign, the capture of Bursa.
yeah back to you.
it seems like its just you and me, and then an occasional person who comes in.
Hey i am here. i have gotten a few, but i look for questions that are either really easy or that arent going to take like a minute on wikipedia (a challenge)
Tribune of the Plebs, Censor, twice Consul, I celebrated two triumphs after victories in Hispania and Sardinia. At age 45, I married the 18 year-old daughter of a man whose brilliant leadership saved Rome from one of history's greatest generals. Of our 12 children only three survived, of which my two sons made my family name famous for all time, although they both met violent deaths at the hands of a Senatorial mob. :rtwno:
What name do I share with one of my famous sons and a famous uncle who was also twice consul?
No wikipedia necessary for this easy one! :beam:
julius caesar?
just guessing since you said no wikipedia needed.