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A governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy, with large military and civil powers; when the central authority began to wane, some of them set up as independent rulers.
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A great Caucasian chief, head of the Lesghians, who combined the functions of priest and warrior; consolidated the Caucasian tribes in their resistance to the Russians, and carried on a successful struggle in his mountain fastnesses for thirty years, till his forces were worn out and himself made captive in 1859; d. 1871.
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A Greek poet who flourished in the 7th century B.C.; dealt in gnome and satire, among the latter on the different classes of women.
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A group of some 30 islands, largest Mahe (59 sq. m.), situated in the Indian Ocean, 600 m. NE. of Madagascar; taken from the French by Britain in 1798, and now under the governor of Mauritius; are mountainous and mostly surrounded by coral reefs; export fibres, nuts, palm-oil, etc.; Victoria, in Mahe, is the chief town, and an imperial coaling station.
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A handsome city of Russia, on the Volga, 500 m. SE. of Moscow; has thriving industries in distilling, flour, oil, and tobacco, and trades in corn, salt, textiles, etc.; the government of Saratoff (2,433) is a prosperous agricultural district.
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A hard, close-grained acacia wood of an orange-brown color found in the Arabian Desert, and employed in constructing the Jewish Tabernacle.
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A hardy Slavonic people, a branch of the Little Russian stock, numbering close upon 3½ millions, dwelling in Galicia and Northern Hungary.
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A hero of various Scandinavian and Teutonic legends, and especially of the "Nibelungen Lied", was rendered invulnerable by bathing in the blood of a dragon which he had slain, except at a spot on his body which had been covered by a falling leaf; he wore a cloak which rendered him invisible, and wielded a miraculous sword named Balmung.
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A High Churchman who attaches a special sacred virtue to the sacraments of the Church.
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A Highland freebooter, second son of Macgregor of Glengyle; assumed the name of Campbell on account of the outlawry of the Macgregor clan; traded in cattle, took part in the rebellion of 1715, had his estates confiscated, and indemnified himself by raiding (1671-1734).
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