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The Congress of Women: Homer and His Poems

by Mrs. Nina Morais Cohen Complete Freedom for WomenDevelopment in Eastern WashingtonHomer and His Poems Nina Morais Cohen is a native of Philadelphia, Pa. She was born December 6, 1855.…

Utopia: Of the Travelling of the Utopians

Of Their Traffic Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages Of the Travelling of the Utopians If any man has a mind to visit his friends that live in some other town, or desires to…

Egypt Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Egypt Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions National Security Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Egyptian Relations PEOPLE AND…

geography

(Encyclopedia) geography, the science of place, i.e., the study of the surface of the earth, the location and distribution of its physical and cultural features, the areal patterns or places that…

Greek literature, ancient

(Encyclopedia) Greek literature, ancient, the writings of the ancient Greeks. The Greek Isles are recognized as the birthplace of Western intellectual life. The next period of Greek literature…

medicine

(Encyclopedia) medicine, the science and art of treating and preventing disease. Modern medicine, characterized by growing specialization and a complex diagnostic and therapeutic technology, faces…

Athens, city, Greece

(Encyclopedia) Athens Athens ăthˈĭnz [key], Gr. Athínai, city (2021 urban agglomeration pop. 3,153,000), capital of Greece, E central Greece, on the plain of Attica,…

Persia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Persian Empire (c.500 b.c.) PersiaPersiapûrˈzhə, –shə [key], old alternate name for the Asian country Iran. The article Iran contains a description of the geography and economy…

Greece

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Greece, Gr. Hellas or Ellas, officially Hellenic Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 11,218,000), 50,944 sq mi (131,945 sq km), SE Europe. It occupies the southernmost part of…