Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus was a great navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic.†
Christopher Columbus = Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
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Joan of Arc
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King Alfred conquered the Dames, King Arthur lived in the Age of Shivery, King Harold mustarded his troops before the Battle of Hastings, Joan of Arc was canonized by Bernard Shaw.†
Joan of Arc = French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English; captured by the English, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake when she was 19 years old (1412-1431)
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Martin Luther
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Martin Luther was nailed to the church door at Wittenburg for selling papal indulgences.†
Martin Luther = German theologian who led the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines of Lutheran, Protestant and other Christian traditions with his belief that salvation comes from personal faith (not deeds) and does not require mediation from the church (1483-1546)
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Marx
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And Karl Marx became one of the Marx brothers.†
Karl Marx = founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)
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Nero
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Nero was a cruel tyranny who would torture his poor subjects by playing the fiddle to them.†
Nero = Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
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precedent
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Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent.†
precedent = an example from a prior time — typically used to justify similar occurrences at a later time (especially a judicial decision)
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| SAT®* | top 1000 |