Talk:World History Lecture Six

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The New Zealand population survived by growing bananas, coconuts, yams and taro

Where did you get this information from? The New Zealand climate does not support the growth of bananas and coconuts. the staple of Maori agriculture was the kumara (sweet potato). I don't think they had pigs either. Aloysius 08:14, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

End of the Byzantine Empire?

"The end of the Byzantine empire occurred when Mongols invaded in the 13th century, followed by the rise of the Ottoman (Muslim) Turks to power in the 14th century, who replaced the Byzantium empire with their own."

I suspect the fact that the Byzantine Empire came to an end in the 13th century would come as a suprise to those rulers and subjects of the Empire who were still there when Constantinople fell in 1453.BetsyNewson 09:50, 27 August 2008 (EDT)

I added it as a footnote. It doesn't affect the statements in the text.--Andy Schlafly 23:35, 4 March 2009 (EST)

Factual Errors

-University of Bologna was not the first University. University of Constantinople was founded in 425 and recognized as one in 848. Islam founded numerous Universities before the University of Bologna.

-The 'tunic with a large red cross on it' was specifically the clothing of the Knights Templar, not all crusaders.

-The siege of Orleans was in 1429.

--CWaddell 00:19, 25 February 2009 (EST)

Bologna was the first to use the term "university", and remains the oldest continuously operating degree-granting institution of higher education.

I doubt a reader would think that everyone wore that uniform. But I'll modify the phrase to avoid any misunderstanding.

OK, we'll go with 1429. Thanks.--Andy Schlafly 22:41, 4 March 2009 (EST)