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Venerable Bede
History; World history
Venerable Bede was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth. He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ...
Liripipe
History; World history
Historical part of clothing, the tail of a hood or cloak, or a long-tailed hood.
Campus Martius
History; World history
The Campus Martius (Latin for the "Field of Mars"), was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about 2 square kilometres in extent. In the Middle Ages it was the most populous area of Rome.
Portcullis
History; World history
A portcullis is a latticed grille or gate made of wood, metal or a combination of the two.
Cyrus the Great
History; World history
He ruled from 559 BC until his death in 530 BC. He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty.
Saracen
History; World history
In the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
Scythian
History; World history
Member of a nomadic people originally of Iranian stock who migrated from Central Asia to Southern Russia in the 8th and 7th centuries BC.
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