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111Imperial cult (ancient Rome) — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …
112Hozumi Yatsuka — was born in 1860 in Japan. He entered Tokyo University at the age of nineteen after studying English for six years because many professors were foreigners who lectured in their own language. In 1883 after his graduation he entered the graduate… …
1131669 Jat uprising — Paradoxical though it might appear and strange though it might seem, the Jat uprising of 1669 in India under the leader Gokula occurred at a time when the Mughal government was by no means weak or imbecile. [Girish Chandra Dwivedi, The Jats –… …
114Godfrey Mwakikagile — is a Tanzanian writer who was born in Kigoma in western Tanganyika on 4 October 1949. ChildhoodHe was baptised Godfrey about two months later on Christmas day, 25 December 1949, in Kigoma as a member of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) among… …
115Slavery abolition efforts by Les Amis des Noirs — The Slavery abolition efforts by Les Amis des Noirs took place against the background of the French Revolution with the argument that liberté, égalité, fraternité precluded slavery.BackgroundA common perception of the French Revolution of 1789 is …
116Caligula — /keuh lig yeuh leuh/, n. (Gaius Caesar) A.D. 12 41, emperor of Rome 37 41. * * * officially Gaius Caesar (Germanicus) born Aug. 31, AD 12, Antium, Latium died Jan. 24, 41, Rome Roman emperor (37–41). Known by his childhood nickname, Caligula (… …
117democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… …
118Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which… …
119Nicholas I — 1. Saint ( Nicholas the Great ), died A.D. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858 867. 2. 1796 1855, czar of Russia 1825 55. * * * Russian Nikolay Pavlovich born July 6, 1796, Tsarkoye Selo, near St. Petersburg, Russia died March 2, 1855, St.… …
120pope — popeless, adj. popelike, adj. /pohp/, n. 1. (often cap.) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. (in the early Christian church) a bishop. 3. a person considered as having or assuming authority or a position similar to that of …
