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•  Geoffrey of Villehardouin

  Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1160 – c. 1212) was a knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He is considered one of the most important historians of the time period, best known for writing the eyewitness account De la Conquête de Constantinople (On the Conquest of Constantinople), about the Crusader success on 13 April 1204. The Conquest is the earliest French historical prose narrative that has survived to modern times.

  

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•  Sibylla of Jerusalem

  Sibylla of Jerusalem (c. 1160 – 1190) was the Countess of Jaffa and Ascalon from 1176 and Queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. She was the eldest daughter of Amalric I of Jerusalem and Agnes of Courtenay, sister of Baldwin IV and half-sister of Isabella of Jerusalem, and mother of Baldwin V of Jerusalem. Her grandmother Queen Melisende had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the century.

  

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•  Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester

  Simon IV de Montfort, Seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury, 5th Earl of Leicester (1160 – 25 June 1218), also known as Simon de Montfort the elder, was a French nobleman who took part in the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) and was a prominent leader of the Albigensian Crusade. He died at the siege of Toulouse in 1218.

  

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•  Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania

  Mestwin I was a Duke of Pomerelia in the years 1207-1220. In the tables of Oliva, he is recorded as „pacificus“, the peaceful. His rule was under the Danish hegemony over the southern coast of the Baltic Sea which had been conquered by Valdemar II of Denmark. In In 1209, as Mestwin I. „dei gracia princeps in Gdanzk", he had founded a nun monastery and several villages between the rivers Radaune and Stolpe.

  

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•  Ali ibn al-Athir

  Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad, better known as Ali 'Izz al-Din Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (1160 – 1233) was an Arab Muslim historian born in Cizre, a town in present-day Şırnak province in south-eastern Turkey, from the Ibn Athir family. According to the 1911 Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, he was born in Turkey Jazirat Ibn Umar . According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam.

  

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•  Taira no Koremori

  Taira no Koremori (1160 – 1184?) was one of the Taira clan's commanders in the Genpei War of the late Heian period of Japanese history. He was the eldest son of Taira no Shigemori, who was the eldest son and heir of Taira no Kiyomori. In contrast to his father Shigemori, who was a brave warrior, Koremori grew up to be a young nobleman who loved poetry and music. He was defeated at the battle of Fujigawa in 1180, and again at the battle of Kurikara.

  

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•  Taira no Noritsune

  Taira no Noritsune (1160 – 1185) fought in the Genpei War battles of Mizushima, Ichi-no-Tani, and Dan-no-ura alongside his brethren in clan Taira. He is supposed to have died by drowning himself, at Dan-no-ura, while holding a Minamoto warrior under each arm. In the play, he is disguised as the priest 'Yokawa no Kakuhan', until he is forced to confess his true identity by Benkei.

  

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•  Ida, Countess of Boulogne

  Ida of Boulogne (c. 1160 – 1216), was Countess of Boulogne. She was the eldest daughter of Matthew of Alsace by Marie, Countess of Boulogne. Her maternal grandparents were King Stephen of England and Matilda I of Boulogne. Her mother had been placed in a convent, but was removed in order to marry Matthew. As a consequence, her parent's marriage was rather controversial and they finally divorced in 1170. Her father continued to rule until his death in 1173, when she succeeded.

  

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•  John of Hexham

  John of Hexham (c. 1160 – 1209) was an English chronicler, known to us merely as the author of a work called the Historia XXV. annorum, which continues the Historia regum attributed to Symeon of Durham, and contains an account of English events from 1130 to 1153. From the title, as given in the only manuscript, we learn John's name and the fact that he was prior of Hexham.

  

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•  David Kimhi

  David Kimhi (1160 – 1235), also known by the Hebrew acronym as the RaDaK (רד"ק), was a medieval rabbi, biblical commentator, philosopher, and grammarian. Born in Narbonne, Provence, he was the son of Rabbi Joseph Kimhi and the brother of Rabbi Moses Kimhi, both biblical commentators and grammarians. Works of the Kimhi family were underwritten by the Ibn Yahya family of Lisbon, Portugal. David Kimhi is best known today for his commentaries on the books of the Prophets.

  

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•  Tray

  A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It is larger than a salver, a diminutive version commonly used for lighter and smaller servings, and it can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, wood, melamine, and papier-mâché. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support. Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off of them.

  

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•  China Bay Airport

  

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•  BAEF

  The Belgian American Educational Foundation or BAEF is an independent philanthropy. It supports the exchange of university students, scientists and scholars between the United States and Belgium. The foundation fosters the higher education of deserving Belgians and Americans through its exchange-fellowship program. Since 1977, Dr. Emile Boulpaep is the president of the BAEF.

  

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•  Manzanar National Historic Site, California

  

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