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11Botanical identity of Soma-Haoma — There has been much speculation as to the original Rigvedic Soma plant (and of the Proto Indo Iranian *Sauma which besides Soma is reflected in the Iranian Haoma).Since the late 1700s, when Anquetil Duperron and others made portions of the Avesta …
12Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
13Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt Egypt † …
14Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough — For other uses, see Sarah Churchill (actress). Sarah Churchill Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, by Charles Jervas, after 1714[1] Born 5 June 16 …
15Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …
16Felix Frankfurter — Infobox Judge name = Felix Frankfurter imagesize = caption = office = Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court termstart = January 30 1939 termend = August 28 1962 nominator = Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointer = predecessor =… …
17Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited — was a tramway operator from 1875 to 1897 based in Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Contents 1 Nottingham Tramways Company 1872 1875 2 Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited 1875 1897 2.1 …
18Johnson, 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… …
19Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …
20Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford — The Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, unknown artist after lost orig …
