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  • 21Schliemann, Heinrich — born Jan. 6, 1822, Neubukow, Mecklenburg Schwerin died Dec. 26, 1890, Naples, Italy German archaeologist and excavator of Troy, Mycenae, and Tiryns. As a boy he loved the Homeric poems, and he eventually learned ancient and modern Greek and many… …

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  • 22Sesostris I — ▪ king of Egypt flourished 20th century BCE    king of ancient Egypt (Egypt, ancient) (reigned 1908–1875 BCE) who succeeded his father after a 10 year coregency and brought Egypt to a peak of prosperity.       Sesostris became coregent in 1918… …

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  • 23ГЕРМИПП —     ГЕРМИПП (Ἕρμιππος) из Смирны (2 я пол. 3 в. до н. э.), доксограф, один из наиболее значительных историков греческой философии, работавших в жанре биографии, ученик александрийца Каллимаха Киренского (ок. 310 240), важнейший источник Диогена… …

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  • 24Nicholas Hughes — Nicholas F. Hughes Born January 17, 1962(1962 01 17) North Tawton, Devon, England, United Kingdom[1] …

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  • 25Гермипп — из Смирны (др. греч. Ἕρμιππος, 2 ая пол. III века до н. э.)  древнегреческий доксограф, один из наиболее значительных историков греческой философии, работавших в жанре биографии, ученик александрийца Каллимаха Киренского, важнейший …

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  • 26biography — n. 1. Life, memoir, personal history. 2. Biographical writings …

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  • 27George Grebenstchikoff — Biographical Sketch= George Dmitrievich Grebenstchikoff (Russian: Георгий Дмитриевич Гребенщиков) (6 May [24 April Old Style] 1883 – 11 January 1964) was a writer and professor of Russian literature. He was born in the Tomsk Oblast of Russia and… …

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  • 28literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 29Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 30encyclopaedia — Reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge comprehensively. It is self contained and explains subjects in greater detail than a dictionary. It differs from an almanac in… …

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