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Basilian monks
(Encyclopedia) Basilian monksBasilian monksbəzĭlˈēən [key], monks primarily of the Eastern Church. They follow the Rule of St. Basil the Great, which has been universal among them since the 7th cent…Veneti, people of ancient Italy
(Encyclopedia) Veneti, people of ancient Italy. They occupied the shore of the Adriatic from Trieste to the mouth of the Po River and spoke an Illyrian language. Friendly toward Rome, they came under…Liutprand
(Encyclopedia) LiutprandLiutprandlē&oomacr;tˈprănd [key], d. 744, king of the Lombards (712–44). Under his rule the Lombard kingdom of Italy reached its zenith. The first Christian Lombard ruler…Popé
(Encyclopedia) PopéPopépōpāˈ [key], d. c.1690, medicine man of the Pueblo. In defiance of the Spanish conquerors, he practiced his traditional religion and preached the doctrine of independence from…Niyazov, Saparmurat
(Encyclopedia) Niyazov, SaparmuratNiyazov, Saparmuratsäpärˈm&oomacr;rätˌ nēyäˈzôf [key], 1940–2006, Soviet and Turkmen political leader, president of Turkmenistan (1991–2006). An engineer and…Artois
(Encyclopedia) ArtoisArtoisärtwäˈ [key], region and former province, in Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, near the English Channel, between Picardy and Flanders. Arras is the chief city. Largely…Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve
(Encyclopedia) Lyautey, Louis Hubert GonzalveLyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalvelwē übĕrˈ gôNzälvˈ lyōtāˈ [key], 1854–1934, colonial administrator and marshal of France. A career soldier, he served in…Dagobert I
(Encyclopedia) Dagobert IDagobert Idăgˈōbûrt [key], c.612–c.639, Frankish king, son and successor of King Clotaire II. His father was forced to appoint Dagobert king of the East Frankish kingdom of…Constance, Holy Roman empress
(Encyclopedia) Constance, 1154–98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI; daughter of King Roger II of Sicily. She was named heiress of Sicily by her nephew King William II. On his…Zenobia
(Encyclopedia) ZenobiaZenobiazĭnōˈbēə [key], d. after 272, queen of Palmyra. She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius Odenathus. He was murdered, probably through her contrivance, and she…Trending
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