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5 (amiliarised name of the th centur[ 'nglish American pamphleteer, author of Common Sense and Rights of Man
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9 $ritish naXal ship on which a famous mutin[ took place in
10 6he controXersial RA( 7SA( base at Greenham Common was located at the edge of this southern 'nglish town
12 0apoleon had a notable Xictor[ oXer the 2russian arm[ here in
13/17 'steemed th centur[ science writer she and Caroline *erschel were the rst female members of the Ro[al Astronomical Societ[ ,
14 6he last great ruler of this /esopotamian empire was Ashurbanipal in the seXenth centur[ $C
15 +talian surname of &aXid, the courtier born near 6urin who became priXate secretar[ to /ar[, 3ueen of Scots
16 A probabl[ legendar[ ancient Greek author of moral tales, often inXolXing animals
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22 6his small 7S cit[ gained international notoriet[ in , when nine black students were denied entr[ to its Central *igh School ,
23 $artolomÅ de AAA, th centur[ historian and missionar[ who eZposed 'uropean oppression of the indigenous peoples of the Americas ,
25 (amous librar[ of the 7niXersit[ of 1Zford, named after the man responsible for its restoration and reopening in
27 'nglish monarch during whose reign man[ nhereticso, including 0icholas Ridle[, were burned at the stake ,
29 6he capture of this cit[ b[ the 7nion 0aX[ in was one of the greatest disasters suʘered b[ the Confederac[ in the American CiXil War ,
31 (irst name of the wife of Roman emperor Augustus, and the mother of his successor, 6iberius
34 0ame of the .incolnshire famil[ that holds the hereditar[ title of -ingos or 3ueenos Champion anagram of nke[ modo
35 6he countr[ which, in s , saw the popular uprising known as the nJasmine ReXolutiono, forcing the resignation of its president
37 +mre AAA, *ungarian leader of the countr[os failed reXolution of , who was eXentuall[ eZecuted
38 6he 2eace of Westphalia ceded this town, and two other bishoprics, 6oul and 8erdun, to (rance 39 'nglish 2lantagenet monarch also a (rench king who regained Calais from the 'nglish ,
40 1ne of a number of diXine prophets, particularl[ those associated with Apollo
41 +ts adoption in spelt the end of rotten boroughs in $ritain ,
42 James AAA, the nA murderero hanged in . ControXers[ surrounding his conXiction persisted, despite &0A eXidence pointing to his guilt that emerged in
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