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11AARON BEN ELIJAH — (1328?–1369), Karaite scholar, philosopher, and jurist. Aaron, who lived in Nicomedia (near present day Izmir, in Turkish Asia Minor), was called Aaron the Younger to distinguish him from Aaron ben Joseph, or Aaron the Elder, who lived a century… …
12Soviet–German relations before 1941 — German and Soviet troops shaking hands following the invasion of Poland. Soviet–German relations date to the aftermath of the First World War. The Treaty of Brest Litovsk,[1] ending World War I hostilities between Russia and Germany, was signed… …
13Michael Llewelyn Davies — Davies in 1917 at age 17 Born June 16, 1900(1900 06 16) London Died May 19, 1921 …
14USS Lafayette (AP-53) — was the name and hull classification symbol assigned to the French luxury liner SS Normandie following the latter s seizure in New York by the United States after the Fall of France.Intended for conversion into a high speed troopship, Lafayette… …
15Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz — Diocese of Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz (LUCEORIENSIS, ZYTOMIRIENSIS, ET CAMENECENSIS). Diocese located in Little Russia. Its present territory extends over the Governments… …
16Oecolampadius — John Œcolampadius † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Œcolampadius Protestant (Protestantism) theologian, organizer of Protestantism at Basle, b. at Weinsberg, Swabia, in 1482; d. at Basle, 24 November, 1531. His family name was Heusegen… …
17Soviet Union in World War II — Stalin, U.S.President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, November 1943 …
18France — During the Reformation, Protestantism spread rapidly and forcefully in France, and it took 150 years for the Roman Catholic Church to reestablish complete control. Tolerance was not achieved until the late 18th century, and the country s… …
19ASTROLOGY — ASTROLOGY, the study of the supposed influence of the stars on human events and the predictions based on this study. Bible and Apocrypha There is no explicit mention of astrology in the Bible, but two biblical passages dealing with the diviner… …
20MESHULLAM BEN MOSES — (c. 1175–c. 1250), scholar of Béziers and one of the most prominent scholars of Provence in the 13th century. Meshullam, born in Lunel into one of the distinguished families of Provençal Jewry, went to Béziers with his father, Moses b. Judah, one …
