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Conrad III, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire
(Encyclopedia) Conrad III, c.1093–1152, German king (1138–52), son of Frederick, duke of Swabia, and Agnes, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV; first of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. He joined his…tiger
(Encyclopedia) tiger, large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera tigris, found in the forests of Asia. There are six subspecies of P. tigris: Amur or Siberian, Sumatran, Malayan, North Indochinese,…Frederick I, Holy Roman emperor and German king
(Encyclopedia) Frederick I or Frederick BarbarossaFrederick Ibärbərôsˈə [key] [Ital.,=red beard], c.1125–90, Holy Roman emperor (1155–90) and German king (1152–90), son of Frederick of Hohenstaufen,…crest
(Encyclopedia) crest, in feudal livery, an ornament of the headpiece that afforded protection against a blow. The term is incorrectly used to mean family coat of arms. Crests were widely used in the…Mans, Le
(Encyclopedia) Mans, LeMans, Lelə mäN [key], city (1990 pop. 148,465), capital of Sarthe dept., NW France, on the Sarthe River. The historical capital of Maine, it is also an important manufacturing…Brunswick, city, Germany
(Encyclopedia) Brunswick or Braunschweig Braunschweig brounˈshvīk [key], city, Lower…Belfort
(Encyclopedia) Belfort Belfort bāfôrˈ, bĕ–, bĕl– [key], city, capital of the Territory…Barye, Antoine Louis
(Encyclopedia) Barye, Antoine LouisBarye, Antoine LouisäNtwänˈ lwē bärēˈ [key], 1796–1875, French animal sculptor. Son of a Parisian goldsmith, he followed his father's trade as a youth. In 1832 he…Ra, in Egyptian religion
(Encyclopedia) RaRarä [key] or ReRarā [key], in Egyptian religion, sun god, one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. Ra was chief of the cosmic deities and was sometimes called the creator…Aesop's Fables: The Fox Who Served a Lion
by Aesop Hercules and MinervaThe Quack DoctorThe Fox Who Served a Lion A Lion had a Fox to attend on him, and whenever they went hunting the Fox found the prey and the Lion fell upon it…Trending
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