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51Evel Rabbati — Ebel Rabbati (Hebrew: אבל רבתי) is one of the later or minor tractates which in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud are placed after the fourth order, Neziḳin; it treats of mourning for the dead. It is known also under the euphemistic name… …
52Cylinder of Nabonidus — The Nabonidus Cylinder. The Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar is a long text in which king Nabonidus of Babylonia (556 539 BC) describes how he repaired three temples: the sanctuary of the moon god Sin in Harran, the sanctuary of the warrior goddess …
53Eusebia (empress) — Eusebia (†360, full name Flavia Aurelia Eusebia, sometimes known as Aurelia Eusebia) was the second wife of Emperor Constantius II. Main sources for the knowledge about her life are Julian s panegyric Speech of Thanks to the Empress Eusebia in… …
54Johnson, Samuel — known as Dr. Johnson born Sept. 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng. died Dec. 13, 1784, London British man of letters, one of the outstanding figures of 18th century England. The son of a poor bookseller, he briefly attended Oxford… …
55Gogol, Nikolay — ▪ Russian writer Introduction born March 19 [March 31, New Style], 1809, Sorochintsy, near Poltava, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine] died Feb. 21 [March 4], 1852, Moscow, Russia Ukrainian born Russian humorist, dramatist, and… …
56Diamond Cut Diamond (fairy tale) — Diamond Cut Diamond is an Indian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book, describing as a Punjabi story collected by Major Campbell in Feroshepore. Synopsis A merchant, after many years of poverty and hard work, moved to a… …
57Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …
58eastern Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction part of sub Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.… …
59Kozakura — Région des Royaumes Oubliés Kozakura Capitale Dojyu (Empereur) Gifu (Shogun) Gouvernement Shogunat Dirigeant Takenaka Okawa (Shikken) Races Humains, korobokuru, gens du Peuple de l Esprit, hengeyokai L archipel de Kozakura est une région… …
60Sembie — Région des Royaumes Oubliés Sembie Dirigeant Elduth Yarmmaster Races Humains La Sembie est une région de Féérune continent principal du monde imaginaire des Royaumes oubliés, campagne du jeu de rôle Donjons Dragons. Sommaire …
