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- , born Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes, recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature ... unquestionable genius" and "one of the great storytellers of our ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 20:00, 21 April 2023
- (German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) was the fourth wife of Henry VIII ... Knowing the fate of other wives of Henry who resisted his marital ...14 KB (2,263 words) - 04:57, 31 July 2023
- God for its sins: a complete disregard for the tradition of hospitality and ... Before its destruction, the region around Sodom is described as well ...14 KB (2,337 words) - 22:02, 30 January 2023
- The Song of Solomon (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim ... the Tanakh (and Christian Old Testament), which celebrates and interprets ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- (May 30, 1220 – November 14, 1263) was the Grand Prince of Novgorod and ... Nevsky, whose name derives from the legendary Neva River which flows ...15 KB (2,202 words) - 14:33, 18 July 2023
- Ravana (Sanskrit: meaning "of terrifying roar") is one of ... could be expected, he continues to endure as the archetypal villain in the ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2023
- as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the ... Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- Edward's profligacy and misrule and to the illegal activities of Edward ... In power, Mortimer was no better than the people he had deposed. Mortimer ...18 KB (2,777 words) - 02:39, 16 December 2022
- his death in 1894. Alexander III reversed the constitutional reforms that ... central, imperial authority. By abolishing the new consultative role that ...18 KB (2,859 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- until her death. Mary, a Protestant, came to the thrones following the Glorious ... and first cousin, William III, who became the sole ruler of both countries ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- novelist, poet, and critic. Scott was among the first to draw upon history ... *Tales of the Crusaders, consisting of The Betrothed and The Talisman ...17 KB (2,589 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- [[Image:Vestal.JPG|thumb|right|300px|In Roman times, the Vestal Virgins ... Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having engaged ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- England from 1189 to 1199. In his own time, the troubadour Bertran de Born ... probably because he went off and fought in the Third Crusade and was not ...37 KB (6,079 words) - 04:23, 10 December 2022
- The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced [rʌˈmanəf] ) was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled ...20 KB (3,088 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- was a major Russian playwright and perhaps the foremost modern writer of ... many of which are considered masterpieces of the form, but his plays are also ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 06:50, 31 July 2023
- [[Image:CodexOfHammurabi.jpg|thumb|350px|An inscription of the Code ... The Code of Hammurabi (also known as the Codex Hammurabi and Hammurabi ...42 KB (7,282 words) - 22:21, 7 January 2024
- after her time as Catherine of Aragon, was the first wife and Queen Consort ... was no established precedent for a woman on the throne. Pope Clement VII refused ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... between Dacia and Rome, Emperor Trajan began the process of subjugating the ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... The term "arranged marriage" is usually used to describe ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- 28, 1547, at just ten years of age. Edward, the son of Henry VIII and Jane ... Although Henry VIII had broken the link between the English church ...24 KB (3,796 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371, during the Second Bulgarian Empire. The ... However, the emperor was later unable to cope with the mounting incursions ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- Italian Unification (Italian: il Risorgimento, or "The Resurgence ... Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). Some read this novel ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- Niagara Falls is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara ... The falls formed after the receding of the glaciers of the most recent ...27 KB (4,264 words) - 09:42, 11 March 2023
- 6, 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother ... History has contrasted his unpopularity with the popularity of his brother ...28 KB (4,489 words) - 17:02, 4 May 2024
- The Pontifex Maximus (which literally means "Greatest Pontiff ... The title of "Pontifex Maximus," dating back to the times ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) was a series of civil wars fought ... The Wars were fought largely by the landed aristocracy and armies ...33 KB (5,447 words) - 22:07, 18 November 2022
- Gujarati writers and educators involved in the debate over social reforms ... Manilal's writings belong to the Pandit Yuga, or "Scholar ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- An altar is a structure, like a table or platform, for the presentation ... faiths also made use of them, including the Roman, Greek, Norse, and other ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- –March 29, 87 B.C.E.), personal name Liu Che (劉徹), was the seventh ... During his reign, China roughly doubled her size, and most of the ...44 KB (7,021 words) - 13:34, 31 January 2022
- known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ... Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- Genghis Khan (1162 – 1227), the founder of the largest contiguous ... While his image in much of the world is that of a ruthless, bloodthirsty ...50 KB (8,058 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
- written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a ... story of something new," itself from the novella , a singular ...82 KB (12,058 words) - 20:51, 27 February 2023
