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121status — 1670s, height, later legal standing of a person (1791), from L. status condition, position, state, manner, attitude, from stare to stand, from PIE root *sta to stand (see STET (Cf. stet)). Sense of social or professional standing is from 1820.… …
122Ottoman Empire — The Ottoman Empire originated as one of more than a dozen small Anatolian principalities that came into existence in the wake of the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century. These Turkish principalities were Islamic warrior states whose… …
123sta|tus — «STAY tuhs, STAT uhs», noun. 1. a) social or professional standing; position; rank: »the status of a doctor. What is her status in the government? Making way for no one under the status of a priest (Rudyard Kipling). Mr. Polly s status was that… …
124History of astronomy — History of science …
125Territorial Army — The Territorial Army (TA) is the principal and Volunteer reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces branch of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part time soldiers paid at a similar rate, while engaged on military activities …
126Roman army — The Roman army was a set of military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and later Roman Empire as part of the Roman military. For its main infantry constituent and for much of its history, see Roman legion; for a catalogue of… …
127Tagma (military) — The tagma ( el. τάγμα, pl. tagmata ) is a term for a military unit of battalion size. The best known use of the term however refers to the elite regiments comprising the central imperial army of the middle and late Byzantine Empire. History and… …
128Cimbrian War — The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teutons …
