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2012 World News: Iran
Advances in Nuclear Program Lead to Additional Sanctions and Increased Tension with Israel by Beth Rowen Mahmoud AhmadinejadRelated Links Iran Country…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Hellas, Preface
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Prologue to Hellas Preface The poem of "Hellas", written at the suggestion of the events of the moment, is a mere improvise, and derives its interest (should it be…Brewer's: Fifteen decisive Battles
(The), according to Sir E.S. Creasy, were: 1. The battle of MARATHON (Sept., 490 B.C.), when Miltiades, with 10,000 Greeks, defeated 100,000 Persians under Datis and Artaphernes. 2. The…Brewer's: Sun
Hebrew, Elohim (God); Greek, helios (the sun); Breton, heol; Latin, sol; German, sonne; Anglo-Saxon, sunne. As a deity, called Adonis by the Phoenicians, and Apollo by the Greeks and…Brewer's: Bacchus
[wine ]. In Roman mythology the god of wine. He is represented as a beautiful youth with black eyes, golden locks, flowing with curls about his shoulders and filleted with ivy. In peace…The Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan, founder of history's largest empire The Mongol Empire was one of the most powerful, and misunderstood, empires in history. While many people view them as barbarians that roamed the…What is the World's Oldest Country?
Enduring Civilizations Over the past thousands of years, civilizations, empires, and countries have risen and fallen. Some of these have been erased from history leaving very little behind while…Position of the Upanishads in Vedic Literature
Position of the Upanishads in Vedic LiteratureIf now we ask what has been thought of the Upanishads by Sanskrit scholars or by Oriental scholars in general, it must be confessed that hitherto…Qatar Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Qatar Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Qatari Relations PEOPLENatives of the Arabian…1 Esdras: 5
1 Esdras Chapter 5 1 After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and…Trending
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