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Crusades
Crusades , series of wars undertaken by European Christians between the 11th and 14th cent. to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. First Crusade Origins In the 7th cent., Jerusalem was taken by the caliph Umar . Pilgrimages (see pilgrim ) were not cut off at first, but early in ... Read more

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Dumyat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dumyat or Damietta , city (1986 pop. 89,069), capital of Dumyat governorate, N Egypt, on Lake Manzala near the Mediterranean...commercial and strategic importance in the Middle Ages, Dumyat was pillaged by the Byzantines and by the Sicilian Normans...
Minuf
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Minuf , town (1986 pop. 69,673), N Egypt, between the Rashid (Rosetta) and Dumyat (Damietta) branches of the Nile River. It is the trade center for an irrigated agricultural region that produces corn, grain, cotton, and dairy products.
Al Mansurah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...industrial center. Manufactures include ginned cotton, cottonseed oil, and textiles. Al Mansurah was founded in 1221 to replace Dumyat (Damietta), then occupied by Crusaders. In 1250, Crusaders under Louis IX of France suffered a crushing defeat there at...
Damietta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Damietta see Dumyat , Egypt.
Nile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...which contains 60% of Egypt's cultivated land and extensive areas of swamps and shallow lakes. Two distributaries, the Dumyat (Damietta) on the east and the Rashid (Rosetta) on the west, each c.150 mi (240 km) long, carry the river's remaining...

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Central Scotland Business Parks complete Phase II at Dumyat Business Park.
M2 Presswire; 4/30/2001; 700+ words ; ...Scotland Business Parks complete Phase II at Dumyat Business Park (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Stirling Councils, announcesfurther success at Dumyat Business Park, Tullibody. Phase II at Dumyat Business Park has now reached practical completion...
Walk of the week: Dumyat, Ochil Hills
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 7/13/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...up. Litter certainly used to be a problem at the bottom of Dumyat, though the situation appears to have improved, and the route...matter which path you take, as all lead eventually to the top of Dumyat. Once you reach a fence, it is easiest to bear left, cross...
First foot forwards
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 12/31/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...middle one being the true summit. Walk 2: DUMYAT Less strenuous option At the most westerly end of the Ochils, near Stirling, Dumyat was once populated and the remains of...for locals to gather on the summit of Dumyat. It is a good way to walk off any excesses...
Police search criticised as body is found on hillside
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 11/17/1999; ; 692 words ; ...after being taken ill on the 1,371ft Dumyat hill at the end of September. A post...spend it "really exerting himself" on Dumyat, where he often trained. A big search...Stirling, a popular setting-off point for Dumyat. Mr Garner's elder son Jay, 18, said...
Walk of the day
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 12/27/1998; ; 615 words ; ...Tinto in Lanarkshire. The rocky peak of Dumyat (1,376 ft, 418m) at the west end...placed a fort on the west shoulder of Dumyat and it is worth taking time to examine...dug a ditch across the fourth. The name Dumyat probably comes from Dun of the Maeatae...
Walk of the week: Ochil Hills
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 9/26/2004; ; 645 words ; ...westerly end of the Ochils, near Stirling, Dumyat was once populated, and the remains of...they are difficult to spot. The name Dumyat is thought to mean hill fort of the Maeatae...Antonine Wall. At not much over 1300ft, Dumyat nevertheless offers extensive views over...
WALK OF THE DAY
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 11/7/1999; ; 512 words ; DUMYAT IN 79 AD, as Gnaeus Julius Agricola pushed...and plotted revenge in their hillfort on Dumyat. MAP - Harvey's Ochil Hills, Superwalker...prisoners from the Northern tribe. ROUTE - Dumyat, "Hill of the Maeatae", has been connected...
Data on physics detailed by researchers at Mansoura University.
Newspaper article from: Physics Week; 1/19/2010; 600 words ; According to a study from Dumyat, Egypt, "Head-on collision between...Theoret Physics Group, Damietta Branch, Dumyat 34517, Egypt. The publisher of the...Amsterdam, Netherlands. Keywords: City:Dumyat, Country:Egypt, Physics This article...
Bringing new life into an area of opportunity
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 4/8/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Park, Smart Village Business Campus and Dumyat Business Park - the emphasis is very much...Fawcett. Situated further along the A907, Dumyat Business Park will have 25 acres of production...locations round Scotland before choosing Dumyat," says managing director Colin Hepburn...
power and the people; Battle lines have been drawn as an army of protesters across Scotland prepares to repel an invasion of pylons.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/17/2005; 700+ words ; ...s dream, with the brooding outline of Dumyat rising above the former spa town of Bridge...pylons that slip down the shoulder of Dumyat into the Forth Valley before continuing...Nicki Baker, 57, who has lived below Dumyat with her partner, Peter Pearson, for...