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Pygmalion in Greek mythology, a sculptor who made an ivory statue of a woman and then fell in love with it; Venus, the goddess of love, brought life into the statue in answer for Pygmalions prayer.
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Albertus Magnus (12001280) a bishop, philosopher and teacher of German origin; he is considered patron saint of those who cultivate natural sciences.
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Cornelius Agrippa (14861535) a physician, theologian, philosopher and expert in occultism.
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Paracelsus (14131541) a German-Swiss physician and alchemist; he was the first to establish the role of chemistry in medicine.
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Kidd William Kidd (16451701), a British pirate, one of the most colourful outlaws of all time.
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tomahawk a war hatchet of the North American Indians.
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quakers Society of Friends, a religious Christian group that first appeared in the 17th century England with the idea of direct apprehension of God.
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Anabaptists a radical movement of the Protestant Reformation, the spiritual ancestor of Baptists and Quakers.
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the Salem witches in 1692, nineteen women were accused of witchcraft and hanged in the town of Salem in Massachusetts.
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Eldorado a mythical country of gold and other riches.
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Zionward in the Old Testament, Zion is a hill in ancient Jerusalem where God dwells; in Christian literature and hymns it is a heavenly city or the earthly city of true Christian faith.
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the Solomons a group of islands in southwestern Pacific Ocean, discovered by the Spanish explorers in 1568.
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Sydney a city and port on the southeastern coast of Australia.
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Winchester rifle a famous rifle developed by Oliver Winchester (18101880), an American manufacturer of guns.
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Santa Cruz a group of volcanic islands in the Solomon Islands
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Samoans residents of Samoa, an island in the Pacific northwest of New Zealand.
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Tongans residents of Tonga, an island in the South Pacific Ocean.
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Fiji an island group of Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean, west of Samoa and Tonga.
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Queensland a state in northeastern Australia.
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New Britain, New Ireland islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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New Guinea an island of the Malay Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
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the Admiralties the island group of 40 islands in Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Guadalcanal the largest island of the Solomon Islands in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
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the Yukon a river in North America; it flows through northwestern Canada and the central regions of Alaska, US.
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the Chilcoot Pass a pass in the Rocky Mountains used as a way to the lands rich in gold.
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Dyea a river and town in the Rocky Mountains in Canada.
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Dawson a city in Canada on the border with Alaska, at the confluence of the Klondike and the Yukon Rivers, named for geologist George Dawson.
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Nulato a settlement on the Yukon River in Alaska.
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St. Michael an island on the Yukon River.
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Bering Sea a part of the Pacific Ocean in the north; it separates Asia from Alaska in North America.
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Sixty Mile a fort on the Yukon River.
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Mercury the closest to the Sun planet of the solar system.
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anaesthetic medicine that relieves pain or produces general loss of sensation.
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Dagon in the Middle East, the Semitic god of fertility, the legendary inventor of the plow.
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the Great War World War I of 19141918.
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the Hun(s) primitive nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century and built an enormous empire.
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Paradise Lost a famous poem by John Milton.
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Stygian 1) related to Styx, in Greek mythology, the river of the underworld, the symbol of death; 2) dark, gloomy.
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Cyclopean in Greek mythology, Cyclops are one-eyed giants and cannibals living a rude primitive life in a distant land.
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hieroglyphics a system of writing in the form of pictures which are used as symbols for words or syllables.
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Doré Gustave Doré (18321883), a famous French printmaker and book illustrator.
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Piltdown (man) an extinct man whose remains were discovered in 1810 by Charles Dawson, an English lawyer and geologist.
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Neanderthal man an archaic man who appeared 300 000 years ago and was replaced by modern humans 25 00030 000 years ago.
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Polyphemus in Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclops.
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ethnologist a scientist who studies ethnology, a division of anthropology that deals with culture of different peoples of the world.
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Philistine(s) a people who lived in Palestine in the 12th century BC.
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Cassius 1) an active participant of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar in 44 BC; 2) a fictional character in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
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Drury Lane a London theatre famous for its musicals, founded in 1663 and officially known as the Theatre Royal.
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jigembob = jig and bob; jig a solo folk dance popular in Scotland, northern England and Ireland in the 16th18th centuries; bob an old Scottish dance.
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Yankee Doodle a popular song of the time of the American Revolution, written by Richard Shuckburgh.
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Orpheus in Greek mythology, a legendary hero with outstanding musical gift.
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Cicero (106 BC43 BC) the greatest Roman orator, statesman, lawyer and writer.