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31Seleucid Empire — The Seleucid Empire /sə lusɪd/ (312 63 BC) was a Hellenistic empire, i.e. a successor state of Alexander the Great s empire. The Seleucid Empire was centered in the near East and at the height of its power included central Anatolia, the Levant,… …
32Scientific Revolution — The period which many historians of science call the Scientific Revolution can be roughly dated as having begun in 1543, the year in which Nicolaus Copernicus published his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly… …
33Giacomo Leopardi — Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Born June 29, 1798(1798 06 29) Recanat …
34Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon — Louis Duke of Saint Simon Spouse(s) Marie Gabrielle de Durfort Detail Issue Charlo …
35Resolution of the Dreyfus Affair — Trial of Esterhazy for forgeryOn the same day as this arrest the examining magistrate Bertulus, disregarding the threats and entreaties directed at him, on his own initiative (as an official note put it) sent Major Esterhazy and his mistress,… …
36Cork University Press — Parent company Cork University Founded 1925 Country of origin Ireland Headquarters location Cork Publication types Books, Academic journals …
37John Jacobs (student leader) — Infobox person name = John Jacobs birth date = September 30, 1947 birth place = New York, USA death date = October 20, 1997 death place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada known for = Student activism Leader, Students for a Democratic Society… …
38William Alexander Bain — William Alexander Bain, 1905 1971, was a Scottish pharmacologist, best known for his early work with antihistamine drugs. Early Days Willie Bain was a grandson of William Bain, farmer, of Cairnie near Musselburgh, and of Mary Gardner. His father… …
39Great Depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s. * * * or Depression of 1929 Longest and most severe …
40motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… …
