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From today's featured article Remnants of Hiraqla, a victory monument erected by Harun al-Rashid The Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor in 806 CE was an attack by the Abbasid Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in southeastern and central Asia Minor. Soon after his accession in 802, the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I ceased paying tribute to the Caliphate and attacked it. In retaliation, Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph, invaded Byzantium with a force far larger than any seen before. The Abbasid army met no opposition and raided at will, capturing several towns and fortresses, including Herakleia, whose fall was celebrated by the Caliph's propaganda. Nikephoros was forced to seek peace and resume paying tribute. Harun exacted a personal tax on the Emperor and his heir, Staurakios, as a token of their submission and withdrew. Almost immediately Nikephoros violated the peace terms, but Harun's preoccupation with a rebellion prevented reprisal. Harun's death, the Abbasid civil war, and Nikephoros' Bulgarian wars prevented the resumption of large-scale warfare for two decades. (Full article...)
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Game of Thrones, an American fantasy-drama television series, has received many awards and nominations throughout its run. Of 786 nominations, the series has won 290 awards. The show, created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and originally airing on the American premium television network HBO, is an adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. The show has received eight Golden Globe Award nominations (with one win), ten Writers Guild of America Award nominations, eight Producers Guild of America Awards (with one win), and eight Directors Guild of America Awards (with two wins). The ensemble cast has been nominated seven times for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Peter Dinklage (pictured), who portrays Tyrion Lannister, has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. The series holds the Emmy Award record for most wins for a scripted television series, with 59 wins. (Full list...)
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Pterophorus pentadactyla, commonly known as the white plume moth, is a European moth in the family Pterophoridae. The adult has a wingspan of about 30 mm (1.2 in); it is pure white, the wings being divided into five slender feather-like plumes, two forming part of the forewing and three the hindwing. The larvae are green, with a yellow dorsal stripe and tufts of pale hairs, and feed on plants in the family Convolvulaceae. This is a dorsal view of a male P. pentadactyla found at Sainte-Croix-Volvestre, France, and preserved in the Muséum de Toulouse. Photograph credit: Didier Descouens
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