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Ancient History Sourcebook: Tales of Ancient Egypt: The Magic Book, c. 1100 BCE * - We were the two children of the King Merneptah, and he loved us very much, for he had no others; and Naneferkaptah was in his palace as heir over all the land. And when we were grown, the king said to the queen, "I will marry Naneferkaptah to the dau...
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Friendship Stories: A Fairytale from France presented by Whootie Owl - "The Queen and the Mouse" * - "The Queen and the Mouse" is based on the story "The Good Little Mouse" from The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (Longmans, Green and Company: New York, 1924), pp.146-157. "The Good Little Mouse", in turn, was adapted by Lang f...
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Queen Elizabeth I Speech - Against the Spanish Armada * - One of the most powerful women who ever lived was Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603). She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and was known as the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess. She was 25 years old when she became Queen and ruled...
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Antoinette, Marie - Student Essay * - Meet this controversial woman on this site in a article done by a 9th grade student. Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1755. Her parents were the Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. In 1770, at the age of fifteen, the A...
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The History of Costume - Index #1 * - Plate # 1 - Egyptians, Moors, Turks a) Ancient Egyptian King, Egyptian Commoners b) Moorish Princes c) Turkish Official and Two Noblemen d) Turkish Women Plate # 2 - Ancient Near East - Assyrian, Persian, Egyptian a) Assyrian High Priest, Assyria...
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Augustus Caesar - First Roman Emperor * - brief biography of this Roman emperor, also known as Octavian. Emperor Augustus of Rome was born with the given name Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C. He took the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian) in 44 B.C. after the murder of his grea...
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH * - learn about this Renaissance man and poet. Sir Walter Raleigh was perhaps the most colorful personality of the Renaissance. Sir Walter Raleigh was born in Hayes, Devonshire. This was the beginning of an incredible life. Sir Walter Raleigh later attended O...
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Emperor Penguin * - The largest penguin, the emperor stands waist high to a man, and weighs between 20 and 45 kg. Well adapted to an icy climate, these birds live along the coasts and neighbouring seas of Antarctica. They breed during the perpetual darkness of the Antarctic...
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National Gallery of Art - All of the paintings on this tour were commissioned for Spanish churches or convents during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabel. The king and queen, famous for their patronage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, also unified Spain and forged strong cultural ti...
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Emperor Penguin - Emperor penguins, largest of the penguin family, endure the worst breeding conditions of any bird. These penguins never actually come to land but gather in huge colonies on the pack ice of the antarctic seas.
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