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  2. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    ^ In this and following weight units kg. and gr. mean technically kg-weight or gr-weight. ^ https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/arsin ^ a b Erkal, Mehmet (1991). Arşın, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Cilt 3, s 411-413, İstanbul ^ Kâtip Çelebi (2007). Deniz Savaşları Hakkında Büyüklere Armağan (Tuhfetü’l-Kibar fi Estari’l-Bihar ...

  3. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In dry weight, the omer weighed between 1.560 kg to 1.770 kg, being the quantity of flour required to separate therefrom the dough offering. [32] In the Torah, it is the Priestly Code which refers to the omer , rather than to the se'ah or kab ; [ 1 ] textual scholars view the Priestly Code as one of the later sources of the Torah, dating from a ...

  4. Talent (measurement) - Wikipedia

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    An Attic weight talent was about 25.8 kilograms (57 lb). Friedrich Hultsch estimated a weight of 26.2 kg, [25] and Dewald (1998) offers an estimate of 26.0 kg. [26] An Attic talent of silver was the value of nine man-years of skilled work, according to known wage rates from 377 BC. [27]

  5. Christianization of Scandinavia - Wikipedia

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    Bringing Christian slaves or future wives back from a Viking raid brought large numbers of ordinary Danes into close contact with Christians for perhaps the first time. As the chiefs and kings of Denmark became involved in the politics of Normandy , England , Ireland , France , and Germany, they adopted a kinder attitude toward their Christian ...

  6. Jomsvikings - Wikipedia

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    He did not flee at Uppsala, but slaughtered as long as he had a weapon. The Saga of the Jomsvikings relates that the Jomsvikings were highly selective in deciding whom to admit to their order. Membership was restricted to men of proven valor between 18 and 50 (with the exception of a boy named Vagn Åkesson , who defeated Sigvaldi Strut ...

  7. Norway Vikings found to be much more violent than previously ...

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    They analysed skeletal remains from Viking Age Norway and Denmark and found that a third of the Norwegian skeletons showed healed injuries, indicating that violent encounters were much more common ...

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  9. Omer (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The maris was defined as being the quantity of water equal in weight to a light royal talent, [4] and was thus equal to about 30.3 L (8.0 US gal), [3] making the omer equal to about 3.64 L (0.96 US gal). The Jewish Study Bible (2014), however, places the omer at about 2.3 L (0.61 US gal). [5]