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Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Enheduanna was a Sumerian/Akkadian high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, who came to…
In the Western classical tradition, Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is…
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist,…
Saint Isidore of Seville served as Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and is…
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest…
Asia + Oceania
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The Duke of Zhou was a member of the Zhou Dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the…
Sima Qian was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206 BC AD 220). He is…
Li Bai or Li Po was a Chinese poet who lived during the Tang Dynasty. Called the Poet…
Bahadur Shah II, also known as Zafar (his name as an Urdu poet), last Mughal emperor of India…