of its power in 117 AD, it ruled over considerable parts of Europe, as well as much of North Africa and the Middle East. In 286 AD, it was effectively...

thousand years old. Hour-long boat excursions on the lake tourism@rostov.adm.yar.ru.  Finift, a combination of enamel and metal covered with traditional...

linger. About 500 AD arrivals from Ireland brought Q-Celtic, the forerunner to the Manx, Scottish and Irish Gaelic languages. From 800 AD the Vikings raided...

Russia, Primorsky Krai, Terney, 46, Chapaevskaya St, ☏ +7 42374 31-000, adm@terney.info, [email protected]. 10:00-21:00. Excursions around Terney...

(Porto Metro  A  B  C  E  to Sete Bicas), ☏ +351 22 957 13 18, info@adm.norteshopping.pt. M–F 09:00–20:00, Sa Su 09:00–17:00. Large shopping mall just north...

included St Paul the Apostle (Acts 14: 25-26) and Ibn Battuta, who in 1331 AD recorded how Christians, Greeks, Jews, and royal court each inhabited their...

2705-7.50212 Serra Shopping, Alameda da Europa 1, ☏ +351 275 109 920, info@adm.serrashopping.com. Daily 08:00–22:00. A mall with 75 shops and restaurants...

"pirate" in Old Norse, the language spoken in Denmark, Norway and Sweden before AD 1000. The exact origin of the word viking is still disputed. In the Norse...

Andorra la Vella, Plaça de la Rotonda, ☏ +376 750 100, info@oficinaturisme.ad. M-F 08:00-21:00, Sa 09:00-21:00, Su 09:00-19:00. (updated Jan 2025) 42.5089951...

is another 200 m south, but don't hold your breath searching for it. It was probably built shortly after the Ecumenical Council of 325 AD, but became submerged...

Lobo, n°1 - Centro, ☏ +55 61 3631-1030, +55 61 3631-8228, +55 61 3631-4923, adm@abcpalacehotel.com.br. Free parking, WiFi and breakfast. Visa and MasterCard...

which dates to the year 767 AD. There are also many famous hot springs (onsen) in the area. Elevations range from 200 to 2,000 m. Nikko is a hugely popular...

BCE bringing in a Hellenistic period, by the Sogdians in the 7th century AD, and by the Arabs in the 8th who made it a great centre of Islamic culture...

(Hadrian Tapınağı) (200 m down the street opposite the Terrace Houses). It's an attractive compact structure from say 117 AD—that's shortly before Emperor...

this territory varied considerably in extent, and may be traced back to AD 756 with the "Donation of Pepin". However, the popes had been the de facto...

the Pictish tribes of Scotland. It was built relatively quickly from 122 AD, with associated castles and forts, and stretches for 73 miles (117 km) from...

countries#Understand). The islands of Ekerö rose above sea level about 1000 BC. Around AD 1000, Birka and Adelsö were important centres of commerce, and the water was...

Philistines of Canaan), Phrygians, Cimmerians, Greeks, Romans and Persians. In 47 AD St Paul and his followers were run out of town in Antioch and began preaching...

446 m (4,744 ft) elevation, you get to climb up to Port d'Envalira pass at 2,408 m (7,900 ft) before going back down to Andorra la Vella at 1,023 m (3...

Sultanahmet 300 m), ☏ +90 212 522 1750. 24 hours. The third and grandest of the churches on this site, completed in 537 AD. The 30-m diameter dome covers...