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- Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ... [[Greenland]] (long before it had been named Greenland, it had perhaps been inhabited by the [[Dorset...
4: ... discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has been dubbed the genuine d...
6: ...ted in the north and the south, proved to be the only two areas suitable for farming. During the summe...
8: ... title was that of [[paramount chieftain]] of Greenland and there Erik was both greatly respected and ...
12: ...eif was the first Viking to explore the land of Vinland (North America). Leif invited his father on th... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
9: ...cal career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him ...
29: ...t he with his company of riders may be seen by moonlight in the forests of Britain or Brittany or Savo...
78: * [[Susan Cooper]]'s five volume saga, ''The Dark is Rising''.
93: ...orth a read and the Authors notes at the end are enlightening. "There is a sword and there is a stone,...
110: ...n series ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' featuring related characters Morgan Le Fa... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
10: ...que and cast her in a major role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story o...
58: * [[The Saga of Gosta Berling]] (1924) - Oboe (5230 bytes)
9: ...g concert A (earlier 440 Hz everywhere, now only in the [[United States]]; in [[Europe]] mostly 4...
13: ... (staple). The reed is held on the lips. The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭...
22: ...te and saxophone. The modern Oboe mechanism is mainly of two types: (a) the French conservatoire syste...
44: * Tess Bagthorpe (in the ''Bagthorpe Saga'' by [[Helen Cresswell]]) - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
5: ...Europe]], and since the Church was virtually the only source of education, Latin was a common language...
7: ...wulf]]'', the [[Middle High German]] ''[[Nibelungenlied]]'', and the [[Old French]] ''[[Chanson de Rol...
10: ...edieval literature is [[anonymous]]. This is not only due to the lack of documents from a period, but ...
22: ...rm used by some clerics to express dissent. The only widespread religious writing that was not produc...
32: ... distinguished from the ''chanson de geste'' not only by its subject matter, but also by its emphasis ... - Leif Ericson (4502 bytes)
6: ...n Settlement and the Eastern Settlement, in [[Greenland]], which he had named. As far as it is known, ...
8: ...Norway|Olaf Tryggvason]]. When he returned to Greenland, he bought the boat of [[Bjarni Herjólfsson]]...
10: ...crew members, but in the opposite direction.{{ref|saga-of-eric-the-red}} The first land he met was cover...
12: ...]]s, and that Leif named the country [[Vinland|Vínland]] after them.
16: ...he settlement of Leif Ericson and his party in Vínland was actually the tip of Newfoundland later kno... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
5: ...lark as "Captain" ([http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.appendix.a.html]).
7: ...r [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she could aid them...
77: ...t" diplomatic innovation to defuse hostility and enlist the support of exotic tribes, scientific obser...
86: ...he complete text of the Lewis and Clark Journals online], University of Nebraska-Lincoln (in progress)
87: *[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8419 Online text of the Expedition's Journal] at [[Project... - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
3: ...d by, for example, [[Beowulf]] and the [[Volsunga saga]]. The existence of a common identity is testifie...
14: ...than today) deteriorated considerably, which not only dramatically changed the flora, but forced peopl...
20: The details of the expansion are known only generally, but it is clear that the forebears of...
85: ...ury hypothesis of linguists. Many Greek scholars only classified Celts and Scyths in the Northwest and...
90: ... German people, or ''[[Volk]],'' was expressed openly in print by [[19th century]] [[Ethnic nationalis... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
28: ...rd Baltimore]] who died soon afterwards. It was only in 1695 when Sir [[Francis Nicholson]] moved the...
65: ...rials to [[Alex Haley]], author of ''[[Roots: The Saga of an American Family|Roots]]'', and his ancestor... - Literature (25676 bytes)
5: ...zation|historical periods]]. Popular belief commonly holds that the literature of a [[nation]], for e...
9: ...as well as letters. To others, a literature must only include examples of text composed of letters, or...
54: ...y the aesthetic richness typical of poetry using only prose
62: ...]]s and the modern [[psychological novel]]. In mainland Europe, the [[Spain|Spaniard]] [[Miguel de Cer...
105: ::[[Family Saga]] - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
12: ...]]'' (21e - 25d) and his ''[[Critias]]'' are the only written accounts of Atlantis; in these Plato giv...
20: ...nd described a class of [[earthquake]]s that suddenly, by a violent motion, opened up huge mouths and ...
23: ...world: it showed an inner continent, a compact mainland surrounded by sea, and this was surrounded by ...
36: ...ct that is absent in Plato, who describes them mainly as a military threat to the Greeks), and describ...
38: ...e references to this, and the myth was published only posthumously, in the ''[[Silmarillion]]'' ([[197... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
5: ...e king, and he plays major roles in three [[Norse saga]]s.
15: ...iated a successful treaty: the Romans agreed not only to return the fugitive tribes (who had been a we...
21: ... the Roman force outside Constantinople and were only halted by their lack of [[siege|siege equipment]...
33: ...ver. His dress, too, was quite simple, affecting only to be clean. The sword he carried at his side, t...
49: ...[dowry]]. When Valentinian discovered the plan, only the influence of his mother [[Galla Placidia]] c... - Viking (18085 bytes)
46: ===Icelandic sagas===
52: ...es, as opposed to the descriptions in the [[Norse saga]].
64: ...to territories under North Germanic dominance, mainly the [[Danelaw]], [[Scotland]], the [[Isle of Man...
66: ...land]], the [[Faroe Islands]], [[Iceland]], [[Greenland]], and even a short expedition to [[Newfoundla...
68: ...n only for the later part of the Viking Age, and only after the end of the Viking Age did the separate... - Thor Heyerdahl (6085 bytes)
5: ...ast, migration having begun from the [[Asia]]n mainland.
7: ...could have traveled from [[South America]]. The only modern technology they had was communications eq...
16: ...eality of our time.... We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers...
18: ...seas, and yet small enough to run the same risks unless those of us still alive open our eyes and mind...
22: ...the account of [[Snorri Sturluson]] in [[Ynglinga saga]] about the emigrating tribe of [[Aesir]] with th... - Cane Toads (5279 bytes)
18: Adults possess enlarged paratoid glands behind the eyes and other gl...
37: The saga of the Cane toad in Australia was popularized by ...
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