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Justinianus; Justinian

3

rule; reign; peaceful times

1

fortune; luck

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

6

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

Byzantine

1

historian

3

Procopius (usurper)

1

military history; military annals

1

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

4

detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright

2

Istanbul

1

sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

1

recovery; rescue; recapture

1

Crusades; Crusaders

2

different view; alternative theory; dissenting view

1

Islamic countries; Islamic world

1

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

5

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

2

black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

1

plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis)

7

Eastern Europe

1

territory

1

Mongol Empire

2

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

6

under control (e.g. of territory)

1

important point; strategic position; key point

1

Tian Shan mountain range (Central Asia); Tengri Tagh

1

Kyrgyzstan

1

northwestern part; the northwest

3

lake (in place names)

3

Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)

1

marmot

1

Nestorian sect (of Christianity)

1

Christianity

1

Nestorianism

1

layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

1

gravestone; tombstone

1

unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty

1

Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

1

Hebei Province (China)

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

2

caravan (of merchants)

1

Palestine

1

Syria

1

Tunis (Tunisia)

1

Persia

2