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    Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, or Western society, includes the diverse heritages of social...
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    Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi (/ˌɡærɪˈbɑːldi/ GARR-ib-AHL-dee, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ɡariˈbaldi] ; 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot...
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    Bethsaida (/bɛθˈseɪ.ɪdə/ beth-SAY-id-ə; from Ancient Greek: Βηθσαϊδά, romanized: Bēthsaïdá; from Aramaic and Hebrew: בֵּית צַידָה, romanized: Bēṯ Ṣaiḏā...
    32 KB (3,962 words) - 22:50, 1 May 2024
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    Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is...
    46 KB (5,086 words) - 10:36, 23 March 2024
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    Perdix (Ancient Greek: Πέρδιξ means "partridge") was a nephew and student of Daedalus in Greek mythology. In other sources, Perdix was the mother of Talos...
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    Repatriation is the return of the cultural property, often referring to ancient or looted art, to their country of origin or former owners (or their heirs)...
    124 KB (14,367 words) - 09:15, 1 May 2024
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    The Castalian Band is a modern name given to a grouping of Scottish Jacobean poets, or makars, which is said to have flourished between the 1580s and early...
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  • Thumbnail for Church of Saint John the Baptist, Ein Karem
    The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a Catholic church in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, that belongs to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where...
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  • Yom Tov ben Abraham of Seville (c. 1260 – 1320; also Asevilli, Assevilli, Ashbili) commonly known by the Hebrew acronym Ritva, (Hebrew: ריטב"א) was a medieval...
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  • The 380s decade ran from January 1, 380, to December 31, 389. February 27 – Edict of Thessalonica: Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian...
    299 bytes (3,464 words) - 08:18, 21 November 2022
  • This article concerns the period 139 BC – 130 BC. Emperor Wu of Han sends the diplomat Zhang Qian west to form an alliance with the Yuezhi against the...
    533 bytes (1,940 words) - 21:45, 26 December 2020
  • Violetta Elsa Plincke (17 June 1883 in St Petersburg Russia – 7 January 1968 London UK) was a Waldorf teacher and lecturer on education who contributed...
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    Wylo a composite clipper was built by Robert Steele & Company, Greenock, and launched on 15 April 1869. Robert Steele & Company also built the famous clippers...
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  • Events from the year 1668 in China. Kangxi Emperor (7th year) Regents — Ebilun and Oboi Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Zhu Changzuo (–January 8)...
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    John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor PC (1606 – 17 July 1685) was an English politician, peer and military officer who fought for the Parliamentary cause...
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    SS Nubia was a passenger-cargo steamer built for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland, at a cost...
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  • Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood (22 January 1924 – 29 April 2019) was a Labour Party activist. She was heavily involved in promoting equal opportunities...
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  • Bahman Jādhūyah/Jādūyah (also Jādhōē/Jādōē; New Persian: بهمن جادویه), or Bahman Jādhawayh (Middle Persian: Vahūman Ĵādaggōw[citation needed]) was an Iranian...
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  • Constance Antonina Boyle (21 December 1865 – 4 March 1943) was a British journalist, campaigner for women's suffrage and women's rights, charity and welfare...
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  • Year 389 (CCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the...
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