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History Fair

village fair flemish artist gillis mostaert 1590 fairs can include exhibitions of animals, , before competitions, animals groomed owners the horse fair, painting rosa bonheur (1852-1855) the roman fairs holidays on there intermission of labour , pleadings. in roman provinces of judea , syria palaestina, jewish rabbis prohibited jews participating in fairs in towns because religious nature of fairs contravened prescribed practice of judaism. in middle ages, many fairs developed temporary markets , important long-distance , international trade, wholesale traders travelled, many days, fairs sure meet needed buy or sell to. fairs tied special christian religious occasions, such saint s day of local church. stagshaw in england, documented have held annual fairs 1293 consisting of sales of animals. along main fair held on 4 july, city hosted smaller fairs throughout year specific types of animals sold, such 1 horses, 1 lambs, , 1 ewes. the kumbh mela, held every twelve years, @ allahabad, ha...

Air_travel Transportation_in_Arkansas

little rock national airport little rock national airport (adams field) , northwest arkansas regional airport in highfill in benton county arkansas s main air terminals. passenger service available @ fort smith, limited service @ texarkana, russellville, pine bluff, harrison, ozark regional airport mountain home, hot springs, el dorado , jonesboro. many air travelers in eastern arkansas use memphis international airport. there regional airports in many of arkansas 75 counties.

Traditional_social_events Winthrop_House

1 traditional social events 1.1 stein club 1.2 arbella ball 1.3 thropstock traditional social events stein club stein club themed event featuring beer , snacks winthrop residents every other thursday evening. held in winthrop s junior common room. winthrop house sells beer steins annually house crest on them used @ stein clubs, though having 1 not required partake. recent stein club themes include kung fu, comedy night, oktoberfest, regatta, , others. stein club 1 of attended events held in house. although many believe edward kennedy began winthrop s stein club tradition, not true. origin of apocryphal story humorous article appeared in harvard independent. arbella ball the winthrop arbella ball house s annual spring formal dance. named after arbella, ship upon first john winthrop ventured new world. ball typically features live band playing under beautiful tent before temporary dance floor set in gore courtyard, , reception in winthrop junior common room. thropstock thropstock...

Fourth_national_championship Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_under_Nick_Saban

alabama started 2015 season win against 20th ranked wisconsin. alabama start 2-0 lose next game against ole miss 43-37. following loss crimson tide go in win next twelve games including 2015 cotton bowl playoff semifinal 38-0 on michigan state , winning 2016 college football playoff national championship on undefeated clemson 45-40 claim alabama s sixteenth national championship , saban s fourth national championship @ capstone.

Creation_of_the_Slavic_writing_system First_Bulgarian_Empire

the old bulgarian alphabet although boris i had succeeded in securing autonomous church, higher clergy , theological books still greek, impeded efforts convert populace new religion. between 860 , 863 byzantine monks saints cyril , methodius created glagolitic alphabet, first slavic alphabet order of byzantine emperor, aimed convert great moravia orthodox christianity. language used called later historians old church slavonic , based on local slavic dialect spoken in region of thessaloniki, hence known old bulgarian. ultimately, brothers mission establish slavic liturgy in great moravia failed. in 886 disciples clement, naum , angelarius, had been banished great moravia, reached bulgaria , received warm welcome boris i. began preach in bulgaria , work of slavic mission of cyril , methodius saved. the bulgarian monarch commissioned creation of 2 theological academies headed disciples future bulgarian clergy instructed in bulgarian vernacular. clement sent southwestern province kutm...

Bogomilism_and_other_heresies Second_Bulgarian_Empire

bogomilism, gnostic, dualistic sect, founded in 10th century during first bulgarian empire. later spread throughout balkans , flourished after fall of bulgaria under byzantine rule. eastern orthodox church considered bogomils, preached civil disobedience particularly alarming state authorities, heretics. bogomilism saw major resurge in bulgaria result of military , political setbacks during reign of boril (r. 1207–18). emperor took swift, decisive measures suppress bogomils; on 11 february 1211 presided on first anti-bogomil synod in bulgaria, held in tarnovo. during discussions, bogomils exposed; did not return orthodoxy exiled. despite extant union roman catholic church, synod followed strictly canons of orthodox church. in specially dedicated book of boril, monarch described orthodox emperor , synod of tarnovo added list of orthodox synods. result of boril s actions, influence of bogomils reduced not eradicated. many heretical movements, including adamites , barlaamism arrived exi...

Medieval_Macedonia Macedonia_(region)

there no byzantine records of sklaviniai after 836/837 absorbed expanding first bulgarian empire. slavic influence in region strengthened along rise of state, incorporated parts of region domain in 837. in 860s saints cyril , methodius, 2 byzantine greek brothers thessaloniki, created first slavic glagolitic alphabet in old church slavonic language first transcribed, , commonly referred apostles of slavic world. cultural heritage acquired , developed in medieval bulgaria, after 885 region of ohrid (present-day republic of macedonia) became significant ecclesiastical center nomination of saint clement of ohrid first archbishop in bulgarian language residence in region. in conjunction disciple of saints cyril , methodius, saint naum, clement created flourishing slavic cultural center around ohrid, pupils taught theology in old church slavonic language , glagolitic , cyrillic script @ called ohrid literary school. bulgarian-byzantine boundary in beginning of 10th century passed approx...