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The first siege of Constantinople began in 674. After conquering territories in the Middle East and North Africa, Caliph Muawiyah I decided to attack the heart of the Byzantine Empire ...
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A strait or straits is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies ...
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An ocean (from Greek Ὠκεανὸς, "okeanos" OceanusὨκεανός, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus project) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component ...