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Walter Raleigh was an English landowner, statesman, soldier, writer, and explorer. He founded two colonies in the land that he named Virginia, after Elizabeth I, called the Virgin Queen. Not much is known about Raleigh's birth, but it is believed that he was born in 1552 (or 1554)
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One day, Alexander the Great decided to take a bath! He was overheated, and he wanted to cool off. The river which he decided to use was called Cydnus, and was so cold that when he entered the water, he got a cramp and almost drowned, but was saved by
Ancient Greek History
There once was a cynic philosopher named Diogenes who did not care for any earthly positions and lived like an animal. It was said that this man ate food raw and drank only out of a bowl. A cynic's mindset is that every luxury is worthless. One day,
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Samuel De Champlain was one of the greatest explorers of his time. He mapped much of what is today Canada, founded Quebec, and colonized Montreal. Samuel was born in 1574 in a small port town called Brouage, in France. Even though he wrote a lot about his travels, Samuel didn&
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Hernán Cortés was a Spanish explorer and conquistador, most famous for his conquering of Tenochtitlan in today's Mexico. Hernán Cortés was born in Spain in 1485 to minor nobles in Medellín. He went to the New World at the age of 19 to explore it. In 1511, Cortés
Ancient Greek History
After Paris kidnapped Helen from the king of Sparta, Menelaus (Spartan King) amasses a giant army and attacks Troy, Paris' city. Achilles, the greatest Greek hero, kills a Trojan hero named Hector. After killing this Trojan, the Greek attaches his dead body to a chariot that he drives around
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Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal in 1480 and died in 1521. He was one of the world's greatest explorers, having named the Pacific Ocean, and was the first person whose fleet of ships circumnavigated the whole world. At the age of 12, Magellan was sent to the
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Amerigo Vespucci was a banker, merchant, steward, ship business owner, and, most importantly, an explorer. Amerigo was born in Italy in 1454 and died in Seville in 1512. He was probably in Spain when Christopher Columbus came back from his first journey to the New World and talked to the
Ancient Greek History
“He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” This quote from the Spartan Creed tells a little about Spartan life that consisted of a lot of training and war. When a boy was born to a family, he was immediately taken to the wise men of the city
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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, in 1451. He had three brothers and one sister, and his parents didn't have a lot of money, so he wasn't schooled too much. That didn't bother Columbus because he wanted to become a sailor. Christopher Columbus sailed
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In the 17th century, many people lived and worked on farms. One of the most important seasons in an English farmer's life was the autumn. Then, they would plant the field and collect foods, like apples and mushrooms. People planted fields using teams of oxen, two to eight
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Life in the Tudor times was very dangerous. One could get executed for almost any crime, from murdering someone or stealing an object worth more than 5 pence. In fact, more than 54,000 people were executed during the reign of King Henry VIII. Even if you survived your first