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Overthrown by Moors in 711 AD
French writer
79 AD eruption
Its artist
Ancient Kashi
Major maritime power of 10th century
Capital of the Habsburg Empire
Portuguese explorer
1919 peace treaty
Former queen of the UK
Former Roman emperor
'The Impaler'
First inhabited by Melanesian people
Home to Armenia's first paper factory
Elite unit of the Byzantine army
Former Soviet cosmonaut