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kelp
kelp large seaweed XIV; calcined ashes of seaweed XVII. ME. culp(e), of unkn. orig.... Read more |
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Clement XIV
Clement XIV 1705-74, pope (1769-74), an Italian (b. near Rimini) named Lorenzo Ganganelli; successor of Clement XIII. He was prominent for many years in pontifical affairs at Rome, and he was created cardinal in 1759. He was a Conventual Franciscan. He inherited from his predecessor the hostility... Read more |
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Draga
drag XV. Obscurely developed from OE. dragan DRAW, or — cogn. ON. draga. Hence, or partly — MLG. dragge grapnel, drag sb. XIV.... Read more |
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Gerard Edelinck
Gérard Edelinck , 1640-1707, French engraver, b. Antwerp. He is known for his faithful interpretations of the work of Raphael, Le Brun, Champaigne, and other masters and for his portraits of celebrities of the time, including Louis XIV, Colbert, La Fontaine, John Dryden, and Descartes.... Read more |
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gavotte
gavotte , originally a peasant dance of the Gavots in upper Dauphiné, France. A type of circle dance characterized by lively, skipping steps, it was introduced at the court of Louis XIV and was used by Lully in his ballets and operas and by François Couperin and J. S. Bach in their... Read more |
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Hypsicles of Alexandria
Hypsicles of Alexandria (fl. Alexandria, first half of second century B.C.) mathematics, astronomy Hypsicles is attested, by the more definitive manuscripts, to be the author of what has come to be printed as book XIV of Euclid Read more |
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Cleopatra
Cleopatra , 69 BC-30 BC, queen of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of all time. Her name was widely used in the Ptolemaic family; there were many earlier Cleopatras. The daughter of Ptolemy XI, she was married at the age of 17 (as was the family custom) to her younger brother Ptolemy XII .... Read more |
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Robert Nanteuil
Robert Nanteuil , 1623?-1678, French draftsman and engraver. His pastel portraits gained him popularity, and in 1658 Louis XIV made him draftsman to the royal cabinet. His 221 extant portrait engravings excel in the vivacity and precision of their characterization. Nanteuil was especially successful... Read more |
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Benedict XIV
Benedict XIV 1675-1758, pope (1740-58), an Italian (b. Bologna) named Prospero Lambertini; successor of Clement XII. Long before his pontificate he was renowned for his learning and wrote a classic treatise on the subject of canonization (1734-38). In 1728 he became a cardinal. He was much... Read more |
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Louisburg
Louis 1682-1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. François de Fénelon was his tutor and wrote Télémaque for his use. Louis was the rallying point... Read more |
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PAGES FROM HISTORY: ENCHANTING CLEOPATRA.
...Greece and Iran. Her father Ptolemy XII passed away and as per the...joint ruler with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII and XIV. Being an ambitious woman, she...to marry the surviving brother Ptolemy XIV and they became queen and king... |
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Cleopatra: Separating myth and reality
...intrigue and violence. Her Father Ptolemy Xlll was a licentious drunk and also...up fast and two years later, as Ptolemy XIV, he forced Cleopatra into exile...costly carpet, the gift of King Ptolemy. Caesar bade the man come forward... |
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Enthralling tale of Cleopatra
...her father's death (in 51 BC, when she was aged 18), ruling with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. As the second daughter of King Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra was actually the last sovereign of the Macedonian dynasty that ruled Egypt... |
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Museum sheds light on enigmatic Queen Cleopatra.(Neighbor)
...was her brother and co- ruler, Ptolemy XIII, until he drowned. She then...her 11 or 12-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIV. He later was murdered, possibly...man? Her lineage is traced back to Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek general who... |
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Unelected 'Presidents'.(Opinion)
...Julius Caesar a son and more sons to Caesar's friend, Mark Antony. She was also married to her brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV both of whom were killed on the queen's order. Abdication Let's confine ourselves to Egypt of the 1950s... |
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The girlfriend's guide The girlfriend's guide CLEOPATRA: CLEOPATRA:
...As a teenager, Cleopatra was married to her brother Ptolemy XIII, who was reportedly either 12 years old, or just...Then she was married off to her even younger brother, Ptolemy XIV. Eventually she had him killed. Accept gifts graciously... |
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Cleopatra not such a beauty
...s reign. She married her ten-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII, when she was 17 and, after he drowned in the Nile, married another brother, 11- year-old Ptolemy XIV. She bore the illegitimate son of Julius Caesar and... |
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Clements, Jonathan. Mao Zedong.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
...After Caesar's death she turned to Mark Antony, but not before having her brother-husband and co-ruler, Ptolemy XIV, murdered. Her real nature was, like Mao's, hidden behind a good deal of self-serving propaganda. Janet Julian... |
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TRiViA CAFÉ
...8c. Alamo Bowl 8d. Cotton Bowl 9. Cleopatra VII, coruler of Egypt with her father, Ptolemy XII, and with her husband-brothers Ptolemy XIII and XIV 9b. She bore one child by Julius Caesar and three by Mark Antony 10. The probability is... |
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Shifting the Earth; the mathematical quest to understand the motion of the...
...in ancient Athens, and works forward through such figures as Plato, Aristarchus, Apollonius, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Tycho, Louis XIV, Newton, and Einstein. He alerts readers to what kind and level of mathematical skill is required... |
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