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(Encyclopedia)Congo, kingdom of the: see Kongo, kingdom of. ...Constantinople, Latin Empire of
(Encyclopedia)Constantinople, Latin Empire of, 1204–61, feudal empire established in the S Balkan Peninsula and the Greek archipelago by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades) after they had sacked (120...Latin Empire of Constantinople
(Encyclopedia)Latin Empire of Constantinople: see Constantinople, Latin Empire of. ...Origen
(Encyclopedia)Origen ôrˈĭjĭn [key], 185?–254?, Christian philosopher and scholar. His full name was Origines Adamantius, and he was born in Egypt, probably in Alexandria. When he was quite young, his father w...Zion, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Zion sīˈən [key], section of Jerusalem, defined in the Bible as the City of David. Originally the name referred to the Jebusite fortress conquered by David, on the southeastern hill of Jerusalem. Z...Jerusalem cherry
(Encyclopedia)Jerusalem cherry: see nightshade. ...Jerusalem thorn
(Encyclopedia)Jerusalem thorn, name for various plants, particularly the Christ's-thorn. ...Sheshbazzar
(Encyclopedia)Sheshbazzar shĕshˌbăzˈär [key], in the Bible, exiled Jewish prince, later governor of a reestablished Jewish state centered in Jerusalem, commissioned (538 b.c.) by Cyrus to take back to Jerusale...Latin language
(Encyclopedia) CEE Latin language, member of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Latin was first encountered in ancient times as the language of Latium, the region of central Italy in w...Italic languages
(Encyclopedia)Italic languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages that may be divided into two groups. The first group consists of the ancient Italic languages and dialects that were once spoken in...Browse by Subject
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