function initMMP()
{
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mmp_mkr(1,"Reims Cathedral","Reims Cathedral was built in the 1200's AD, just after Chartres and Rouen, and just a little bit higher than either of them.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/reims.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",4.032733,49.25331)
mmp_mkr(2,"Laon Cathedral","The people of Laon built one of the first cathedrals in the new Gothic style, about 1160 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/laon.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",3.625574,49.5645)
mmp_mkr(3,"Amiens Cathedral","Amiens was one of the later Gothic cathedrals. It's even bigger than Reims, because each town wanted their cathedral to be bigger than their neighbors'. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/amiens.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.300906,49.89491)
mmp_mkr(4,"Caen Castle","William the Conqueror built this castle at Caen about 1050, just before he left Normandy to invade England. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/caencastle.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-0.36272,49.18647)
mmp_mkr(5,"Abbaye aux Dames","Matilda, the wife of William the Conqueror, built this Romanesque church about 1050 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/abbayedames.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-0.353494,49.18666)
mmp_mkr(6,"Abbaye aux Hommes","William the Conqueror built this Romanesque church for monks about 1050 AD to get the Pope to agree to let him marry Matilda. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/abbayehommes.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-0.373709,49.18184)
mmp_mkr(7,"Rouen cathedral","The people of Rouen built their Gothic cathedral about 1200 AD, just after Chartres was finished. But Rouen wasn't so wealthy, so it took a long time to finish the cathedral, and they had to build it a little smaller than Chartres.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/rouen.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",1.09399,49.44047)
mmp_mkr(8,"Jews' Street","The rue aux Juifs, or Jews' street, was where the Jews of that town had to live - it was against the law to live anywhere else if you were Jewish. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/jews/middleages.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",1.091683,49.4422)
mmp_mkr(9,"Joan of Arc burned here","This is the old market square of Rouen, where the English burned Joan of Arc at the stake as a witch in 1431 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/hundredyearswar.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",1.088078,49.44322)
mmp_mkr(10,"Louvre","When the kings of France decided to build a bigger palace to replace the Conciergerie, they built it outside of town, on the Right Bank (though it looks like it's in the middle of town now). <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/medarch.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.338521,48.86025)
mmp_mkr(11,"Conciergerie","King Louis IX built this castle to replace the old Roman fort on the same sport, that was falling apart. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/conciergerie.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.346219,48.85618)
mmp_mkr(12,"Sainte Chapelle","King Louis IX built this chapel about 1250 to be the chapel for his new palace, the Conciergerie, and to hold the Crown of Thorns that he had bought in Constantinople.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/saintechapelle.htm'>Find  out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.34468,48.85543)
mmp_mkr(13,"Notre Dame de Paris","The people of Paris built this Gothic cathedral about 1160 AD. It was one of the earliest Gothic buildings. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/parisnotredame.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.348918,48.85326)
mmp_mkr(14,"St. Germain des Pres","This Romanesque church was originally outside of Paris, so it was called St. Germain 'in the fields' although Paris has gotten bigger since then and surrounded it.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/stgermain.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.333661,48.85407)
mmp_mkr(15,"Chartres cathedral","The people of Chartres built this Gothic cathedral about 1194 AD, to replace one that burned down. The cathedral had an important prize - the dress Mary was wearing when Jesus was born.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/chartres.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",1.488819,48.4489)
mmp_mkr(16,"Tower of London","William the Conqueror built the Tower of London when he conquered England, in the 1070's AD. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/towerlondon.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-0.076094,51.50778)
mmp_mkr(17,"Westminster Abbey","King Henry III of England built this Gothic church in 1245 to replace an earlier Romanesque one. That's a little later than most of the French cathedrals.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/westminsterabbey.htm'>Find out more</a> ","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-0.128934,51.49932)
mmp_mkr(18,"Carcassonne ","The French king built the castle of Carcassonne about 1209 AD, to help him control southern France and prevent invasions from Spain.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/carcassonne.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.365837,43.20643)
mmp_mkr(19,"Church of St. Sernin, Toulouse","The Counts of Toulouse built this big Romanesque church in the 1000's AD to hold the pilgrims coming from Paris to Spain, and to show their own power and wealth.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/toulouse.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",1.44114,43.60809)
mmp_mkr(20,"Vincennes","The king of France originally had a hunting lodge here at Vincennes, but in the 1200's AD he built a castle here where he could live some of the year.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/vincennes.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",2.435617,48.84262)
mmp_mkr(21,"Tanasi","Tanasi was a capital city of the Cherokee people. About 1000 AD, Cherokee people began to farm corn and beans, and to build cities.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/cherokee.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-84.1309,35.5427)
mmp_mkr(22,"Iroquois","The Iroquois moved into the New York area around 1000 AD, probably because of a warming trend in the climate.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/iroquois.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-76.41541,42.93632)
mmp_mkr(23,"Inuit","The Inuit people, traveling east from Alaska, seem to have reached the Atlantic coast about 1400 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/inuit.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-65.21484,62.83509)
mmp_mkr(24,"Greenland","The Viking people abandoned Greenland about 1408 AD, when a colder climate made it impossible to farm there. Then only Inuit people lived in Greenland.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/inuit.htm'>Findout more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-50.09766,63.70472)
mmp_mkr(25,"Bab al-Futuh Gate","The Fatimid rulers built a new city wall around Cairo in 1087 AD. This is one of the gates in the wall.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/architecture/fatimid.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",31.26328,30.05556)
mmp_mkr(26,"Rabat city gate","The Almohad rulers of Rabat built this city gate about 1200 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/history/almohads.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-6.835974,34.03128)
mmp_mkr(27,"Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakesh","The Almohads built this mosque right over the top of the old Almovarid palace, to show that they had conquered the country. The mosque is from the 1100's AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/architecture/almohad.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-7.993948,31.62407)
mmp_mkr(28,"Alhambra, Granada","The Almohads built a palace for themselves at Granada in 1250 AD. By then, Granada was the only part of Spain that the Almohads still ruled.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/architecture/almohad.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-3.590963,37.17707)
mmp_mkr(29,"Topkapi Palace, Istanbul","The Ottoman sultans built the Topkapi palace in Istanbul in the 1450's AD, as soon as they had conquered Istanbul from the last Roman (Byzantine) emperors.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/architecture/ottoman.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",28.98522,41.01425)
mmp_mkr(30,"Baptistery at Pisa","The people of Pisa built this baptistery about 1150 AD in the Romanesque style. It's a building to baptize people in so they can become Catholics.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/pisabaptistry.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",10.39388,43.72363)
mmp_mkr(31,"Pisa Cathedral","The people of Pisa built a cathedral, or duomo, about 1064 AD. It is in the Romanesque style, but also looks something like the Islamic mosques that people were building about the same time.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/pisaduomo.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",10.39453,43.72326)
mmp_mkr(32,"Leaning Tower of Pisa","The Leaning Tower of Pisa was the bell tower for the cathedral. They didn't mean for it to lean over - that was an accident.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/pisatower.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",10.39641,43.72326)
mmp_mkr(33,"Florence Baptistery","The people of Florence built this baptistery to baptize people in about 1100 AD. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/florencebaptistry.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",11.25468,43.77346)
mmp_mkr(34,"Florence cathedral","The people of Florence built this cathedral, or Duomo, about 1400 AD. It took them a long time to get it done. It has a great dome over the crossing.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/florenceduomo.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",11.25498,43.7732)
mmp_mkr(35,"Brihidesvara Temple","The Chola king Rajaraja the Great built a temple to the god Shiva about 1000 AD. Because it's so hot, the temple has thick walls and small windows to keep it cool inside.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/architecture/middleages.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",79.13667,10.78989)
mmp_mkr(36,"Brahmeshwar Temple","(not placed exactly).<br>The builders used iron beams in this temple instead of wood, about 1061 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/architecture/middleages.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",83.96301,20.15136)
mmp_mkr(37,"Quwat ul-Islam Mosque","This is the earliest Islamic mosque in India, built about 1100 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/architecture/muslim.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",77.18413,28.52555)
mmp_mkr(38,"Tuglaqabad Fort","The Muslim rulers of northern India built Tuglaqabad Fort about 1300 AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/architecture/muslim.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",77.26335,28.51503)
mmp_mkr(39,"Halebid temple","Halebid temple, built about 1100 AD, is a Hindu temple, because the Muslim invaders didn't conquer southern India.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/architecture/muslim.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",75.98316,13.23426)
mmp_mkr(40,"Forbidden Palace","This is the palace where the Ming Dynasty rulers lived. They built it in the 1400's AD.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/architecture/index.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",116.3905,39.91711)
mmp_mkr(41,"Djenne mosque","By about 1000 AD, Islamic invaders were attacking Djenne-Jaro, and by 1400 AD the people moved to a new town nearby, called Djenne.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/bantu2.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",-4.554874,13.90518)
mmp_mkr(42,"Kilwa Kisiwani","About 1320 AD, al Hasan ibn Suleiman, the local ruler, built himself a big stone palace out of coral. Ibn Battuta visited him there.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/eastafrica.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",39.49939,-8.957675)
mmp_mkr(43,"Lalibela churches","In the 1100's AD, Ethiopian Christian people carved these churches into the rock.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/meroe2.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",39.04316,12.03332)
mmp_mkr(44,"Great Zimbabwe","About 1250 AD, the rulers of Zimbabwe built themselves a big fort or palace out of stone.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/centralafrica.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",30.93578,-20.2886)
centreMap()
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