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America
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Scientist and early advocate for industrial uses for farm crops (bio-energy). Carver earned a…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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The zodiac is an area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in…
Gaius Julius Caesar is remembered as one of history's greatest generals and a key ruler of the…
Muhammad was the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet and God's…
Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante, was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle…
John Dalton was an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist. He is best known for his…
Asia + Oceania
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Qin Shi Huang is the modern Chinese name of King Zheng of Qin (r.246221 BC), who ended the…
Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, was a Chinese sovereign, who ruled officially under the name of her…
Kublai Khan was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Ikh Mongol Uls (Mongol Empire), reigning…
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father…