User:LeftAire

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HIS This user's favourite subject is History .

This user's favourite subject is Geography .

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This user is a intereted in the History of the Song Dynasty.

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art history .

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history of Europe .

This user is interested in the Mongol Empire.

This user is interested in the Spanish Empire.

This user is interested in Japanese history .

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Middle Ages

This user realizes that people from the Middle Ages already thought that the Earth was spherical.

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history of Christianity .

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This user is interested in the history of Latin America .

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Southeast Asia

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Hello, fellow Wikipedians! I started editing on Wikipedia officially in December 2011. My interests are mainly in History, Geography, and Linguistics. I'm not particularly focused in one area at the moment, making edits where ever I can. I also wish to make easier links by expanding current pages, and once I become well-read enough to, create articles. However, I do feel that improving the articles that are on Wikipedia are more important than adding more articles (Quality over Quantity). My main edits so far have been history-related, and mainly about the Middle Ages, but, the articles I've worked on to get to GA status are of the natural sciences (Ornithology-related). If I'm not editing, I'm probably reading, whether it be books, or articles on Wikipedia and other sites. If I make any mistakes, do not hesitate to inform me.

I will try to join certain groups when I get the chance.

Topics of Interests

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Middle Ages (Mainly c.800 to c.1500)
Holy Roman Empire (and pretty much anything I can find about it, whether it be people, events, culture, facts, etc.)
11th Century England, Spain and Italy (Sicily & Papal States)
14th-18th Century France
Byzantine relations with Western Europe 11th to 15th Centuries
Song Dynasty China (and Early Ming)
Heian, Kamakura, and Edo periods in Japan
Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates
Early Modern Period (Huguenot & Catholic conflict in 16th and 17th Centuries, & know little of it, though, Worldwide contact within the 16th and 18th centuries)
Spanish Empire (Particulary Spanish Florida, New Spain in Present-Day U.S.)
Restoration England; and America during that era (Have yet to read about it yet, though)
Mughal India
And pretty much any facet of History from c.375 up to c.1815.

Geography

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Other academia interests

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Current projects affiliated with

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To do List

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Kašperk Castle needs to be created.
Karlsfried Castle needs to be created.
Airedale Terrier needs to be cleaned up.
Continue adding significant people, events, and places within the scope of the Wikiproject Former Countries/HRE Taskforce range (mainly High and Late Middle Ages.)
Meng Yuanlao needs to have at least a stub.
Green tickY Make some improvments towards the New Spain portal.
Green tickY Make a Template:New Spain topics
Recreate Portal:Southeast Asia
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Siege of Baghdad The siege of Baghdad took place in early 1258 when a large army under Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Hulegu had been sent by his brother, the Mongol khan Möngke, to conquer Persia. He expected Baghdad's ruler, Caliph al-Musta'sim, to reinforce his army, but this did not happen. Provoked by al-Musta'sim's arrogance, Hulegu decided to overthrow him. The Mongol army routed a sortie by flooding their camp, and besieged the city. After Mongol siege engines breached Baghdad's walls, al-Musta'sim surrendered on 10 February, and was later executed. The Mongol army pillaged the city for a week. The number of deaths was inflated by epidemics of disease, but Hulegu estimated his soldiers killed 200,000. The siege, often seen as the end of the Islamic Golden Age, was in reality not era-defining: Baghdad later prospered under Hulegu's Ilkhanate. (Full article... ) Recently featured: Japanese battleship Tosa Lise Meitner Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse Archive By email More featured articles About
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Picture of the Day

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Picture of the day

Male Alpine ibex

Female Alpine ibex

Male Alpine ibex

Male
Female Alpine ibex

Female

The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, is a species of goat that lives in the Alps of Europe. Its closest living relative is the Iberian ibex. Alpine ibex have brownish-grey coats and sharp hooves adapted to steep, rough terrain. Found at elevations as high as 3,300 metres (10,800 feet), they are active throughout the year, primarily feeding on grass in open alpine meadows. Adult males, which are larger than females, segregate from them for most of the year, coming together only during the breeding season, when they fight for access to the females using their long horns. The Alpine ibex has been successfully reintroduced to parts of its historical range, but all individuals living today descend from a population bottleneck of fewer than 100 individuals from Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy. The species has few predators and is not threatened, but it has very low genetic diversity. These Alpine ibex, a male in winter and a female in summer, were photographed at Creux du Van in Switzerland.Photograph credit: Giles Laurent

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Pages I've edited (not including adding citations)

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(Will make a more accurate list later)

Pages of Interest to Edit in the Near Future

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Name	Start work diff	Start work status	Current article status
Northern mockingbird	Start	GA	FA
Carolina wren	C	GA	FA
Blue jay	B	B	FA
Gray catbird	Start	Start	FA
Tufted titmouse	Start	Start	GA
Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery	B	B	GA
Isabel I of Castile	C	C	FA
Ferdinand II of Aragon	C	C	GA
Portuguese Empire	Start	C	FA
Portuguese discoveries	B	B	FA

The Loftiest of them all

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Name	Start work diff	Start work status	Current article status	Goal
Spanish Inquisition	B	B	FA
Miguel de Cervantes	C	C	FA

Not so lofty

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Name	Start work diff	Start work status	Current article status
Avignon Papacy	C	C	FA
Spanish Empire	B	B	FA
Juana Inés de la Cruz	C	C	FA
Isaac II Angelos	Start	Start	GA
Investiture Controversy	Start	Start	FA

Potential Good/Featured Topics

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Note: I'm not necessarily the only or major editor (if significant at all) of these articles, however I do wish to see all of these articles reach a GA status at least.

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