Definition and meaning of Historical Figures

Historical Figures

People associated with past happenings who achieve some notability are historical figures.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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Definition and meaning of Historical Figures

Historical Figures

People associated with past happenings who achieve some notability are historical figures.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

Also see these pages:  Social Studies, Social Studies Sitemap, History, History Sitemap

Michel de Notre-dame, or Nostradamus as he was commonly known, is believed to have employed a small bowl of water as a scrying aid. Other historical figures include Dr. John Dee's assistant Edward Kelley, who employed the more familiar form of a small crystal ball or shew stone. The crystal ball and wax tablets used by Dee and Kelley are on display at the British Museum in London. ...

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Scrying, Scrying - Etymology, Scrying - Art of scrying, Scrying - History of visual scrying, Scrying - Scrying terms, Scrying - Other forms of scrying, Scrying - Historical figures, Scrying - Ideology, Scrying - Recommended reading

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List of Georgians - Leaders & Politicians. Nino Burjanadze (1964- ), politician Eduard Shevardnadze (1928- ), the former President until-2004 Alexandre Bagrationi (1770-1844), Prince, leader of National-Liberation movement in 1801-1832 Lavrenty Beria (1899-1953), head of the Soviet NKVD David the Builder (1073-1125), king in 1089-1125 Nikolay Chkheidze (1864-1926) Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993), the First President Evgen Gvaladze (1900-1937) ...

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List of Georgians, List of Georgians - Historical Figures, List of Georgians - Leaders & Politicians, List of Georgians - Military Figures, List of Georgians - Religious Figures, List of Georgians - Academic Figures, List of Georgians - Cultural Figures, List of Georgians - Actors, List of Georgians - Ballet dancers, List of Georgians - Composers, List of Georgians - Folk Musicians, List of Georgians - Filmmakers, List of Georgians - Opera singers, List of Georgians - Painters, List of Georgians - Pianists, List of Georgians - Poets, List of Georgians - Sculptors, List of Georgians - Theatre producers, List of Georgians - Writers, List of Georgians - Other

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Western Muslims - Theologians and Philosophers. Hamza Yusuf Hanson, influential modern-day Islamic scholar. Rene Guenon, philosopher and scholar. Yusuf Estes, modern-day Islamic scholar. Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, modern-day Islamic scholar. Ingrid Mattson (converted) Jamal Badawi Mohamed Elmasry Alexander Russell Webb (converted) Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, American Muslim, Islamic studies scholar. Siraj Wahaj, American Mu ...

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Western Muslims, Western Muslims - Historical Figures, Western Muslims - Theologians and Philosophers, Western Muslims - Historiographers political scientists and sociologists, Western Muslims - Scientists Philosophers and Mathematicians, Western Muslims - Politicians, Western Muslims - The Various Arts, Western Muslims - Writers and Poets, Western Muslims - Entertainers, Western Muslims - Television, Western Muslims - Other, Western Muslims - Business Figures, Western Muslims - Sport Figures, Western Muslims - Others

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See List of Muslim historical figures List of Muslims - Military Leaders. See List of Muslim military leaders List of Muslims - Dynasties. See List of Muslim Dynasties List of Muslims - Politicians. See List of Muslim politicians ...

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List of Muslims, List of Muslims - Theologians, List of Muslims - Mystics, List of Muslims - Historical Figures, List of Muslims - Military Leaders, List of Muslims - Dynasties, List of Muslims - Politicians, List of Muslims - Arts and Literature, List of Muslims - Science, List of Muslims - By Location, List of Muslims - Miscellaneous

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List of Danes - Government statesmanship. Absalon, (c. 1128-1201) Fredrik Bajer, (1837-1922), pacifist politician Ritt Bjerregaard, former European Union commissioner Anker Jørgensen Peter von Scholten Thorvald Stauning List of Danes - Kings and Queens. Margrethe I, (1353-1412), unified the Scandinavian countries. Margrethe II, (1940- ), also a writer, painter, translator and illustrator of books. See also:

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The historicity of Jesus (i.e., his existence as an actual historical figure), is accepted by three major world religions, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith based on their respective scriptures, the Bible, the Qur'an and the Kitáb-i-Íqán. However, while Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith consider Jesus to be the Christ (Messiah) and Son of God, and Islam views him as a prophet, secular historians and followers of most other world religions (including Judaism) tend to regard him as an ordinary human, and a few dispute whe ...

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• Historicity of Jesus - Contemporary sources
• Historicity of Jesus - Christian writings
• Historicity of Jesus - Non-Christian writings
• Historicity of Jesus - Jesus as historical figure
• Historicity of Jesus - Jesus as myth
• Historicity of Jesus - Jesus and syncretism
• Historicity of Jesus - Other views
• Historicity of Jesus - Notes

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Dattatreya (Sanskrit: दत्तात्रेय) is a Hindu God who is an incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. The word Datta means "Given", Datta is called so because the divine trinity have "given" themselves in the form of a son to the sage couple Atri and Anasuya. He is the son of Atri, hence the name "Atreya". In the Natha tradition, Dattatreya is recognized as an Avatar or incarnation of the Lord Shiva and as the Adi-Guru (First Teacher) of the Adi-Nath sampradaya of the Nathas. Although ...

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• Dattatreya - Dattatreya as an Historical Figure
• Dattatreya - Dattatreya as a Devotional Deity

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A basket is a woven container which is constructed at least partially from stiff fibers. The top is often left open. Basket - Historical usage. Wood, bamboo, wheat, other grasses, rushes, twigs, osiers or wicker are often used to make baskets, but they are also made today out of plastic. The first baskets were woven by gatherers to collect fruits, grains, nuts and other edible plant materials to be brought back and eaten, as well as for holding fish by early fishing peoples. A creel is a basket made especia ...

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• Basket - Historical usage
• Basket - Modern usage
• Basket - Figurative and literary usage
• Basket - Gallery of baskets

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In Chinese and Korean mythology, Chi You is a war deity. For Hmongs, Chi You is a sagacious mythical king. Some Koreans see Chi You as a mythical emperor of ancient Korea, mythology of which is either traditional or formed in 20th century. Chi You is also sometimes known as Qi Yu, the god of rain, and a descendant of Shen Nong, the inventor of agriculture. His appearance is half giant, half bull, with the front of his head covered with (or made of) iron. ...

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• Chi You - Mythology
• Chi You - Historical records
• Chi You - Figure in Korea

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Western Muslims, Muslims who reside in The West. Ever since the rise of Islam, Muslims have lived in parts of the West alongside Jews and Christians. Until the twentieth century, very few Muslims had ever lived in Western Europe, with the main exception being Al-Andalus, the period of Islamic rule of the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal. The scientific and literary accomplishments of this period are often seen as an impo ...

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• Western Muslims - Historical Figures
• Western Muslims - Theologians and Philosophers
• Western Muslims - Historiographers political scientists and sociologists
• Western Muslims - Scientists Philosophers and Mathematicians
• Western Muslims - Politicians
• Western Muslims - The Various Arts
• Western Muslims - Writers and Poets
• Western Muslims - Entertainers
• Western Muslims - Television
• Western Muslims - Other
• Western Muslims - Business Figures
• Western Muslims - Sport Figures
• Western Muslims - Others

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The Enneagram (or Enneagon) is a nine-pointed diametric figure which is used to indicate the dynamic ways that aspects of things and processes are connected and change. These days the Enneagram figure's most well-known use is in indicating a dynamic model of nine distinct yet interconnected psychological types (usually called 'personality types' or 'character types'). These types can be understood as unconsciously de ...

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• Enneagram - The diametric figure
• Enneagram - Historical development
• Enneagram - The nine types
• Enneagram - Wings
• Enneagram - Stress & security points
• Enneagram - Instinctual subtypes
• Enneagram - Ego-fixations & deadly sins
• Enneagram - Research issues
• Enneagram - Criticism

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Scrying is the occult practice of using a medium, most commonly a reflective surface or translucent body, to aid perceived psychic abilities such as clairvoyance. The mediums often used to "see" are water, polished precious stones, crystal balls, or mirrors. Scrying, in this context, uses a "visual" process. There are some who believe the art of scrying is not limited to the use of "refective" or "translucent" bodies only, but includes other mediums (see "Other forms of scrying"). Scrying has been used in many cultures as a means of seeing the past, present, or future; in this s ...

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• Scrying - Etymology
• Scrying - Art of scrying
• Scrying - History of visual scrying
• Scrying - Scrying terms
• Scrying - Other forms of scrying
• Scrying - Historical figures
• Scrying - Ideology
• Scrying - Recommended reading

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The Baroque Cycle, a series of books written by Neal Stephenson, appeared in print in 2003 and 2004. The cycle contains eight novels published in three volumes: Quicksilver, Vol. I of the Baroque Cycle Book 1 - Quicksilver Book 2 - The King of the Vagabonds Book 3 - Odalisque The Confusion, Vol. II of the Baroque Cycle Book 4 - Bonanza Book 5 - The Juncto The System of the World, Vol. III of the Baroque Cycle Book 6 - Solomon's Gold Book 7 - Currency ...

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• The Baroque Cycle - Main characters
• The Baroque Cycle - Other characters
• The Baroque Cycle - Historical figures who appear as characters in the novel
• The Baroque Cycle - Quote
• The Baroque Cycle - Deviations from Real History

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Ashtabula is a city located in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and the center of the Ashtabula Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003). A major location on the Underground Railroad in the middle 19th century, the city today is major coal port on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River northeast of Cleveland. The name Ashtabula means "river of many fish" in the Iroquois language. As of the 2 ...

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• Ashtabula Ohio - History
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• Ashtabula Ohio - Demographics
• Ashtabula Ohio - Historic population figures
• Ashtabula Ohio - Colleges
• Ashtabula Ohio - Media
• Ashtabula Ohio - Radio
• Ashtabula Ohio - Print Media

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A eunuch is an infertile human male whose testicles have either been removed (deliberately or by accident) or are otherwise non-functional. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 21st century B.C. Over the millennia since, they have performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures such as courtiers or equivalent domestics, treble singers, religious specialists, government officials, military commanders, and guardians of women or harem servants. ...

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• Eunuch - History
• Eunuch - Religious castration
• Eunuch - Castrato singers
• Eunuch - Eunuchs in modern times
• Eunuch - Figurative use
• Eunuch - Involuntary disorder
• Eunuch - Myths
• Eunuch - Historically significant eunuchs
• Eunuch - Some other famous eunuchs
• Eunuch - Related articles

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Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia "Waterford remains the untaken city" Waterford (Irish: Port Lairge) is, historically, the capital of County Waterford in Ireland, though today the city is administered separately from the county, the latter having its seat in Dungarvan. Waterford was Ireland's first city, founded by the vikings in 914 AD, which is approximately 1-2 hundred years older than Dublin. Today Waterford is the ...

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• Waterford - History
• Waterford - Notable Historical Figures
• Waterford - Today

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Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main river, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken. The regional dialect spoken by people in Würzburg is Franconian. Würzburg is approximately 80 minutes train journey from Frankfurt, and almost an hour from Nuremberg. Distances to the nearest cities by motorway: Frankfurt 115 km, Nuremberg 115 km, Stuttgart 150 km, Kassel 215 km. The city of Würzburg is not i ...

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• Würzburg - History
• Würzburg - Town Structure
• Würzburg - Commerce Business and Transportation
• Würzburg - Arts and Architecture
• Würzburg - Other Famous Citizens
• Würzburg - Historic Buildings in Würzburg
• Würzburg - Würzburg's Old Bridge - Alte Mainbrücke
• Würzburg - Historic population figures for Würzburg
• Würzburg - Twin Cities

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Location in the state of Ohio Aurora is a city located in Portage County, Ohio. It is co-extant with, and formed from, the former township of Aurora, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 13,556. Aurora Ohio - Geography. Aurora is located at 41°19'9" North, 81°21'21" West (41.319254, -81.355859)GR1. It borders or touches the following other townships and municipalities: The cit ...

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• Aurora Ohio - Geography
• Aurora Ohio - History
• Aurora Ohio - Demographics
• Aurora Ohio - Historic population figures

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