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- Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
1: ...as come down to us. In contrast, those Celtic peoples who maintained either their political or lingui...
4: ...anything of religious significance [http://www.simplyscottish.com/readingroom/history/gaelic_druids.ht...
12: ... justified differently: many may be mere labels applied to key gods worshiped in extensive Pan-Celtic ...
47: ...]], [[Nemain]], [[Niamh]], [[Nuada]], [[Ogma]], [[Plor na mBan]], [[Sheila-na-gig]], [[Tailtiu]], [[Te...
74: ...c religion (although certain motifs—for example, the god [[Lugh]]—appear to have diffused ... - Early history of Ireland (30651 bytes)
5: ...thology|myth]], and [[archaeology]]. During the [[Pleistocene]] [[ice age]], Ireland was extensively g...
9: ...ey constructed by stretching animal skins over simple wooden frames. They had outdoor hearths for cook...
14: ...and pottery, and the use of more advanced stone implements. It was once thought that these innovations...
20: ...onuments. The largest of these tombs were clearly places of religious and ceremonial importance to the...
32: ...t have been the result of colonisation: it may simply have been the natural consequence of the introdu... - Viking Age (10637 bytes)
2: ... Scandinavian warriors and traders, raided, and explored large parts of [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]...
6: ... to the [[Black Sea]] and then on to [[Constantinople]].
10: In 911, the French king, [[Charles the Simple]], was able to make an agreement with the viking...
17: ...rning the causes of the Viking invasions. For people living along the coast, it would seem natural to...
28: ... [[Ireland]] and founded a few towns, including [[Dublin]]. At some points, they seemingly came close to t... - Troy (22846 bytes)
5: ...lourished until the establishment of [[Constantinople]], and declined gradually during [[Byzantine Em...
10: ...d the sea monster snatches away the people of the plain.
12: ...ga]] ([[Rome]]), Britain, and the [[Elymi]], a people of [[Sicily]]. The Maxyans are a west Libyan tri...
14: Trojan rule in Asia Minor is replaced by the "sons of Herakles" dynasty in [[Sardis...
20: ...where [[Helenus]], the Trojan [[seer]], built a replica of Troy. [[Aeneas]] landed there and Helenus f... - Slavery (26455 bytes)
1: ... specific form, known as '''chattel slavery''', implies the [[property|legal ownership]] of a person o...
4: ... be returned if they escape. Control may be accomplished through official or tacit arrangements with ...
6: ... the strictest sense of the word, "slaves" are people who work for someone else but are not paid, and ...
8: ...gally be killed or beaten by their overseers. People subject to the above conditions are all covered ...
10: ...nsent. It is not necessarily experiencing the complete lack of freedom found in chattel slavery. Man... - White House (15373 bytes)
4: ...se''' is the official residence and principal workplace of the [[President of the United States|Presid...
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26: ...second inaugural in [[1805]], when many of the people at his swearing-in ceremony at the [[United Stat...
32: ...er ways as well; President [[Abraham Lincoln]] complained that he was constantly beleaguered by job-se...
40: Very few people realize the size of the White House, since much ... - Culture of Ireland (27885 bytes)
2: ...aking majority population, between the settled people and the [[Irish Traveller|Traveller]]s, and, inc...
8: ...uarter of the population of the Republic lives in Dublin, the cattle population is of the order of 6.7 mil...
12: ...her forms of local identity are built and most people feel a strong sense of loyalty to their native c...
16: ...e and open range cattle breeding died out to be replaced by a structure of great landed estates, small...
17: ... Cathedral, Dublin|Christ Church Cathedral]] in [[Dublin]], contributed to city expansion]] - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (32608 bytes)
3: ...urth largest nationally, with some 5.7 million people. Philadelphia is the central city for the [[Dela...
5: ...and social importance, with [[Benjamin Franklin]] playing an extraordinary role in Philadelphia's rise...
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34: ...as the capital of his new colony founded on principles of freedom and religious tolerance, would be a ...
39: ... Crown rule (after [[London]], [[Bristol]], and [[Dublin]]).
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