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World history

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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