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The Basilica of Bom Jesus Church located in Goa is one of a kind in India and is known for its exemplary baroque architecture. Built in 1594 and consecrated in 1605, the building of this church coincides with the beginning of Christianity in India. The church is located in Old Goa in Bainguinim about 10 km away from Panjim. The oldest church in Goa, it holds the remains of St. Francis Xavier, a special friend of St. Ignatius Loyola with whom he founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Even after 400 years, the remains are in good condition and are taken out once every decade. 

A site with rich cultural and religious significance, the Basilica of Bom Jesus has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Literally translating to 'Holy Jesus', this is the only church in Old Goa that is not been plastered on the outside. The facade of the church has triangular roofing which is delicately carved with the initials 'IHS', which is an abbreviation for Jesuit emblem meaning 'Jesus, Saviour of Men'.

Inside, the floor of the Basilica is made of marble mosaic with precious stones, giving it a solemn appearance. The interior is embellished with a screen that runs from the floor to the ceiling and has the image of St. Ignatius Loyola protecting an infant Jesus.

The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., and the present temple dates from the 5th or 6th centuries. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick, still standing in India, from the late Gupta period.

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The conflicts commonly known as the English Civil Wars form part of the wider Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a series of interconnected struggles across England, Scotland, and Ireland. These wars unfolded during the reign of Charles I of England (reign 1625–1649) and were rooted in disputes over royal authority, taxation, and the religious settlement of the Stuart kingdoms. What began as a political crisis between king and Parliament in England expanded into a multi-kingdom conflict, shaped by differing confessional priorities, Anglican, Presbyterian, and Catholic, and by competing visions of sovereignty. The overlapping nature of these disputes meant that the wars cannot be understood as a single civil conflict, but rather as a series of linked wars across a composite monarchy.

Fighting took place across multiple theatres, involving Royalists defending monarchical authority and a range of opponents, including English Parliamentarians, Scottish Covenanters, and Irish Confederate forces. Alliances shifted frequently as political and religious priorities evolved, producing a highly fluid and complex conflict. The eventual defeat of the Royalist cause led to the trial and execution of Charles I in 1649 and the establishment of a republican regime under Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector 1653–1658). This interlude, known as the Commonwealth and later the Protectorate, marked a significant, if temporary, departure from monarchy, before the restoration of Charles II of England (reign 1660–1685) in 1660. (Source: World History Encyclopedia)

A map illustrating the course of a series of civil wars in the Kingdom of England between the houses of Lancaster and York for the crown. Known today as the Wars of the Roses (a term coined in the 19th century by Sir Walter Scott), this dynastic conflict (1455 – 1487) arose from a variety of political, social, and familial factors, with two rival branches of the Plantagenet dynasty vying for supremacy.

Starting in 1455, rival nobles backed or challenged the weak and unstable King Henry VI of England; the intermittent fighting and machinations lasted into the 1480s when Henry VII of England ended open conflict and ushered in the beginning of the Tudor dynasty. (Source: World History Encyclopedia)

This map illustrates the major religious divisions across Europe during the 16th century, a period marked by the sweeping changes of the Reformation. As Protestant movements challenged the authority of the Catholic Church, the religious landscape of the continent fractured into competing confessions, reshaping political alliances and cultural identities.

While Protestantism spread rapidly in parts of northern and central Europe, Catholicism remained dominant in the south and west. In Eastern Europe and the Balkans, Orthodox Christianity held firm even as Islam, introduced through Ottoman expansion, gained a foothold. In these border regions, religious coexistence, competition, and conflict created a complex and often volatile mosaic. The map captures a moment when faith, politics, and power were deeply intertwined in shaping Europe's future. (Source: World History Encyclopedia)

This map illustrates the expansion of the Roman Republic during the military campaigns and conquests of Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE), and its transformation into an empire under the reign of Caesar Augustus (63 BCE–14 CE), also known as Octavian. By the death of Augustus in 14 CE, the Roman world encircled the entire Mediterranean and extended from the North Sea to the Red Sea.

In addition to territorial expansion, the map also depicts the administrative structure of the Roman world at the time. It highlights the division between regions governed directly by the emperor, those administered by the Roman Senate, and others maintained as semi-independent client states. This layered system reflects the political complexity of the early Roman Empire and its blend of republican legacy with imperial authority. (World History Encyclopedia)

The Mauryan Empire was the first major political unification of the Indian subcontinent, existing from approximately 321 BCE to 185 BCE with its capital at Pataliputra (modern-day Patna). Founded by Chandragupta Maurya with the guidance of his advisor Chanakya (Kautilya), the empire emerged from the kingdom of Magadha and expanded to cover most of South Asia, stretching from Afghanistan in the west to Bengal in the east. (World History Encyclopedia)

In the late 8th century CE, the interconnected caravan routes later termed the “Silk Road” formed a transcontinental system linking East Asia, Central Asia, the Islamic world, and parts of Europe. The label “Silk Road” (German: Seidenstraße) was coined much later, in 1877, by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen to describe these long-distance trade corridors, though contemporaries understood them as overlapping commercial and diplomatic routes rather than a single road. By this period, the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), particularly under Emperor Xuanzong (reign 712–756 CE), had projected Chinese influence deep into Central Asia, while frontier conflicts, such as the Battle of Talas (751 CE), revealed the competitive nature of Eurasian geopolitics.

To the west, the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258 CE), founded in 750 CE and ruling from Baghdad from 762 CE onward, integrated transcontinental trade into a rapidly expanding Islamic economic sphere. The Uyghur Khaganate (744–840 CE) secured key steppe corridors, facilitating exchange between sedentary empires and nomadic polities. Major urban centers, Samarkand, Bukhara, Kashgar, Merv, and Nishapur, flourished as hubs of commerce, scholarship, and religious transmission, enabling the circulation not only of silk and silver but also of papermaking, artistic styles, and religious traditions such as Buddhism and Islam. By the 9th century CE, however, political fragmentation in Central Asia and the growing importance of Indian Ocean maritime routes gradually reduced the relative prominence of overland exchange. (World History Encyclopedia)

The rapid expansion of the Mongol Empire in the early 13th century represents one of the most dramatic episodes of conquest in world history. Under Temüjin, known as Genghis Khan (born c. 1162, reigned 1206–1227), the fragmented nomadic societies of the Mongolian steppe were unified into a single political and military system. Proclaimed Great Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan combined steppe traditions with strict discipline, merit-based leadership, and innovative strategy, enabling the Mongols to overcome far larger and more established states across Eurasia.

By the time of his death in 1227, the Mongol Empire stretched from northern China to Central Asia and the edges of Eastern Europe, forming the largest contiguous land empire in history. Mongol success rested on highly mobile cavalry forces, coordinated command structures, intelligence networks, and psychological warfare. Conquest was followed by administrative integration: trade routes were secured, communications standardized, and diplomatic exchange encouraged, laying the foundations for the later Pax Mongolica. Although Genghis Khan did not witness the empire’s full extent, his successors expanded and consolidated his conquests, dividing the empire into major khanates that reshaped political, economic, and cultural connections across Eurasia for generations. (World History Encyclopedia)

The Delhi Sultanate under the Mamluk (or “Slave”) Dynasty (1206–1290) marked the consolidation of centralized Muslim rule in northern India following the fragmentation of the Ghurid Empire. The term mamlūk (Arabic: “owned” or military slave) reflects the origins of its ruling elite, Turkic slave-soldiers who rose through military service. After the assassination of Muʿizz al-Din Muhammad of Ghor (1206), political authority in North India passed to his former general Qutb al-Din Aibak (reign 1206–1210), who established an independent sultanate at Delhi. Although his reign was brief, it laid institutional foundations for a durable polity, linking military authority, iqṭāʿ revenue assignments, and emerging Indo-Islamic court culture.

The sultanate was consolidated under Shams al-Din Iltutmish (reign 1211–1236), who secured recognition from the Abbasid caliphate and stabilized control over the Ganga–Yamuna Doab and Bengal. Later, Ghiyas ud-Din Balban (reign 1266–1287) strengthened royal authority, reinforced frontier defenses against Mongol incursions, and curtailed aristocratic factionalism through a more centralized court ideology. Throughout the period, territorial control remained fluid, with recurring resistance from Rajput polities and regional powers, producing fluctuating borders and near-constant campaigning. The dynasty ended in 1290 when Jalal ud-Din Khalji (reign 1290–1296) overthrew the last Mamluk ruler, initiating the Khalji phase of the Delhi Sultanate. (World History Encyclopedia)

The Crusader States, collectively known as Outremer (from Old French outre-mer, “overseas”), were a group of Latin Christian polities established in the eastern Mediterranean following the First Crusade (1096–1099). Emerging from the conquest of former Byzantine and Muslim-ruled territories, these states expanded and consolidated during subsequent campaigns, including the Second Crusade (1147–1148) and the Third Crusade (1187–1192). At their height in the 12th century, Outremer comprised several distinct yet interconnected entities, most notably the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1187), the Principality of Antioch (1098–1144), and the County of Edessa (1098–1144), stretching along the Levantine coast and into parts of Anatolia, with later strategic reliance on Cyprus (from 1191).

These states developed within a fragmented and highly contested political landscape shaped by interactions between Western crusaders, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1453), and powerful Muslim dynasties, including the Seljuks (1037–1194), Zengids (1127–1185), and Ayyubids (from 1171). Rather than functioning as a unified empire, Outremer consisted of fortified urban centers, castles, and military corridors sustained by both overland routes and Italian maritime supply networks. Key strongholds, such as Krak des Chevaliers, Chastel Rouge, and Chastel Pèlerin, were essential to defense, communication, and control of territory. (World History Encyclopedia)

Around 1450 CE, Europe and the eastern Mediterranean stood at the intersection of declining medieval powers and emerging regional states. The Byzantine Empire had contracted principally to Constantinople and the Morea, while the Ottoman Empire under Murad II (reign 1421–1444; 1446–1451) dominated much of the Balkans and western Anatolia after victories at Varna (1444) and Kosovo (1448). In western Europe, France under Charles VII (reign 1422–1461) was completing its reconquest during the final phase of the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453), while Castile, Aragon, Burgundy, and the politically fragmented Holy Roman Empire remained major centers of competing dynastic power. In eastern Europe, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Novgorod Republic, Tver, and Ryazan remained distinct powers as the Golden Horde (c. 1240s–1502) fragmented into successor khanates.

These shifting political structures accelerated during the years surrounding 1450. Mehmed II (reign 1444–1446; 1451–1481) captured Constantinople in 1453, ending Byzantine imperial rule and strengthening Ottoman control of the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea approaches. Farther east, the Crimean Khanate and Great Horde emerged from the fragmentation of Mongol power, while the Qara Qoyunlu under Jahan Shah (reign 1438–1467) dominated much of Azerbaijan, Iraq, and western Iran. In the south, the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517) remained the major power in Egypt and Syria. Together, these developments illustrate a period of political consolidation, competition, and realignment that helped reshape the transition from the late medieval to the early modern world. (World History Encyclopedia)

The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300–1300 BCE) was one of the earliest complex societies of the Bronze Age world, extending across parts of present-day Pakistan and northwestern India. Its most developed phase, often called the Mature Harappan period (c. 2600–1900 BCE), saw the emergence of large, carefully planned urban centers integrated within a wide regional network. Major cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro demonstrate sophisticated civic organization, with grid-based street layouts, standardized brick construction, and extensive drainage systems. These settlements formed part of a broader system of towns, craft centers, and trade nodes that connected the Indus region with neighboring cultural spheres.

Archaeological evidence indicates that Indus communities participated in long-distance exchange networks linking South Asia with regions such as Mesopotamia, where Indus merchants were known as traders from “Meluhha.” Despite their urban scale and economic reach, Indus cities show little clear evidence of monumental palaces or royal tombs, suggesting forms of governance that differed from the more visibly hierarchical systems of contemporary civilizations. After c. 1900 BCE the major urban centers gradually declined, and by c. 1300 BCE the urban phase had largely disappeared. Scholars commonly associate this transformation with environmental change, shifting river systems, and the reorganization of regional trade networks rather than a single catastrophic event. (World History Encyclopedia)

A map illustrating the earliest stages of human civilization spanning from c. 8000 BCE to 2000 BCE. It showcases the emergence of organized societies, agricultural practices, and the origins of urbanization. (World History Encyclopedia)

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Humungousaur is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Vaxasaurian from the planet Terradino.

Humungousaur is a semi-humanoid 12-foot-tall dinosaur-like alien, with long arms and short legs. He has hard skin that is colored brown on its outer side and cream on its inner side.