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21Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
22Crusades — • Expeditions undertaken, in fulfilment of a solemn vow, to deliver the Holy Places from Mohammedan tyranny. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Crusades Crusades …
23Emperor Guangwu of Han — Emperor Guangwu (January 13, 5 BC March 29, 57), [Bielenstein, 245.] born Liu Xiu, was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, restorer of the dynasty in AD 25 and thus founder of the Later Han or Eastern Han (the restored Han Dynasty). He ruled… …
24House Targaryen — is a fictional family in George R. R. Martin s A Song of Ice and Fire . House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of Westeros for nearly 300 years. Their seats were the capital city of King s Landing and the island castle of Dragonstone. Their sigil is… …
25Warbeck, Perkin — born 1474?, Tournai, Flanders died Nov. 23, 1499, London, Eng. Flemish impostor, pretender to the throne of Henry VII. The son of a local official in Flanders, while working as a servant in Ireland in 1491, he was misidentified as royalty while… …
26Bolingbroke, Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount, Baron Saint John Of Lydiard Tregoze — ▪ British politician Introduction born Sept. 16, 1678, probably Wiltshire, Eng. died Dec. 12, 1751, Battersea, near London prominent Tory politician in the reign of Queen Anne of England and, later, a major political propagandist in… …
27Demetrius — • The name of two Syrian kings mentioned in the Old Testament and two other persons in the New Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Demetrius Demetrius …
28Colley Cibber — plays the part of Lord F …
29German literature — Introduction German literature comprises the written works of the German speaking peoples of central Europe. It has shared the fate of German politics and history: fragmentation and discontinuity. Germany did not become a modern nation… …
30John Oswald (composer) — Infobox musical artist Name = John Oswald Img capt = Background = Born = birth date and age|1953|5|30 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Years active = 1960s – present URL = [http://www.plunderphonics.com plunderphonics.com] John Oswald (born May 30,… …
