| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
The word came from French commanderie, from medieval Latin commendaria, meaning "a trust or charge". Also called "commendę" in Latin.
Originally commandries only existed for the Order of Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, but later also for the Order of Teutonic Knights and other orders. Its equivalents for Knights Templars were preceptor and preceptory. In 1540, the Knights of St. John's possessions in EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England were seized as crown-property .
Commandery (郡 in pinyinPinyin (, pinyin) literally means "join together sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to Hany pinyin (, literal meaning: " Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanizati: jłn) was a historical administrative levelThis article talks about the history of the political divisions of China. 1 Syllables play an important role in Chinese grammar. Most of the above political divisions can only be given names of a certain number of syllables. 2 Circuits were renamed ( piny of ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute. During the Zhou DynastyAlternative meaning: Zhou Dynasty (690 CE 705 CE The Zhou Dynasty (; Wade-Giles: Chou Dynasty (late 10th century BC to late 9th century BC 256 BC) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. In the Chinese historical tradition,, it was one level below a district (縣). Qin Shi Huang inverted the hierarchy and made commanderies higher than districts. During the SuiThe Sui Dynasty ( Hanyu Pinyin: Sui, Tongyong Pinyin: Suei, 581- 618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of rule by warlords. Bodhisattva, sandstone, Tianlongshan Grottoes, S and TangTang Dynasty ( 618- 907) followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was interrupted by the Second Zhou Dynasty (690-705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne. The Tang dynasty, with its c Dynasties, commanderies were abolished and replaced by zhou- prefectures (州).
Notable commandries: