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136 Cards in this Set
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Son is Gingalain, The Fair Unknown
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Gawain
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Son of King Lot of Orkney, called "courteous"
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Gawain
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Marries Dame Ragnelle, gets information on women
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Gawain
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Receives three kisses from Lady Bercilak
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Gawain
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Nephew of King Arthur who goes on a quest to defeat the Green Knight
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Gawain
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Life was taken five years early to prevent him from seeing his evil grandson
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Abraham
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Buried in a cave purchased from Ephron
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Abraham
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Built an altar at Sechem
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Abraham
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Had a child with servant Hagar
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Abraham
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Went to Mount Moriah with son
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Abraham
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Quelled Sertorius’s revolt in Lusitania
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Pompey
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Financed a building featuring a temple to Venus Victrix which was the world’s largest theater
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Pompey
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Won the Third Mithridatic War
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Pompey
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Killed after fleeing the Battle of Pharsalus in 49 BCE
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Pompey
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Father of Sextus
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Pompey
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Persuaded Adalbert Falk to pass the May Laws
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Bismarck
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Advocated Anti-Socialist Laws five years before his country started the first state health insurance program
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Bismarck
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Succeeded by Leo Caprivi
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Bismarck
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Iron Chancellor
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Bismarck
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Ran a campaign against Catholic influence called the Kulturkampf
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Bismarck
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Why Not Me?
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Franken
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Spent seven months challenging results of a contest initially won by Norm Coleman
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Franken
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Directed the Admirable Campaign
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Bolivar
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Responded to Henry Cullen in his Letter from Jamaica
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Bolivar
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Cartagena Manifesto
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Bolivar
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Winning commander at Carabobo
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Bolivar
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Joined with Antonio Jose de Sucre to win at Ayacucho
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Bolivar
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Only president of Gran Colombia
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Bolivar
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The Liberator
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Bolivar
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London Conference confirmed its independence
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Greece
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Quelled Sertorius’s revolt in Lusitania
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Pompey
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Financed a building featuring a temple to Venus Victrix which was the world’s largest theater
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Pompey
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Won the Third Mithridatic War
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Pompey
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Killed after fleeing the Battle of Pharsalus in 49 BCE
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Pompey
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Father of Sextus
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Pompey
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Persuaded Adalbert Falk to pass the May Laws
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Bismarck
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Advocated Anti-Socialist Laws five years before his country started the first state health insurance program
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Bismarck
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Succeeded by Leo Caprivi
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Bismarck
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Iron Chancellor
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Bismarck
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Ran a campaign against Catholic influence called the Kulturkampf
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Bismarck
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Admirable Campaign
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Bolivar
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Responded to Henry Cullen in his Letter from Jamaica
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Bolivar
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Cartagena Manifesto
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Bolivar
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Winning commander at Carabobo
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Bolivar
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Joined with Antonio Jose de Sucre to win at Ayacucho
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Bolivar
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Partnered with Jose de San Martin at the Guayaquil Conference
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Bolivar
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Only president of Gran Colombia
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Bolivar
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The Liberator
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Bolivar
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Nation that defeated Nikola Ivanov at Kilkis
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Greece
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Its independence was confirmed by the London Conference
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Greece
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Ioannis Kapodistrias led this nation
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Greece
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Multinational fleet defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Navarino for this nation
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Greece
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The Siege of Missolonghi and Massacre of Chios inspired support for this nation
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Greece
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Party was “neither left nor right, nor even center"
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Mobutu
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Shut down Zaire's copper mines
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Mobutu
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Party was Popular Movement of the Revolution, or MPR
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Mobutu
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Almighty warrior who goes from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake
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Mobutu
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Appointed Chief of the Army by Patrice Lumumba
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Mobutu
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Given a magic belt by the giantess Grid
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Thor
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Killed Geirrod and his children
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Thor
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Fooled King Thrym into returning his stolen property
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Thor
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Had a eunuch named Narses as his general
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Justinian I
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His general defeated King Totila at the Battle of Taginae
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Justinian I
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His general defeated King Gelimer at the Battle of Tricamarum
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Justinian I
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Ignored general Belisarius
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Justinian I
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Put down Nika riots
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Justinian I
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Statue at Mamayev Hill
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Operation Blue
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Operation Uranus
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Georgi Zhukov
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Maghi
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Sikhism
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Forty Immortals
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Sikhism
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Vaisakhi
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Sikhism
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Baptism from an iron bowl
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Sikhism
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Adi Granth
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Sikhism
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Indigenous inhabitants known as Yaghan
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Tierra del Fuego
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Highest point is Monte Darwin
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Tierra del Fuego
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One segment called Staten Island, not New York
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Tierra del Fuego
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Isla Desolacion
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Tierra del Fuego
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Ushuaia
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Tierra del Fuego
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Beagle Channel
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Tierra del Fuego
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Flag fell from heaven at the Battle of Lyndanisse
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Denmark
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King Valdemar IV signed the Treaty of Stralsund
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Denmark
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Nation’s last three prime ministers have shared the surname Rasmussen
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Denmark
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Jutland Peninsula
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Denmark
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King Christian X wore yellow star during WWII
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Denmark
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Tryst with Destiny
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Nehru
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Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
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Nehru
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Annexation of Aksai Chin
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Nehru
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Coined "non-aligned movement"
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Nehru
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Elkins and Hepburn Acts
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Simplified Spelling Board
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Teddy Roosevelt
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New York City Police Commissioner at the age of 27
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Teddy Roosevelt
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John Schrank’s assassination attempt
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Nobel Peace Prize for Treaty of Portsmouth
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Only New Testament book in which Jesus speaks Aramaic
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Gospel of Mark
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Parable of the mustard seed
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Gospel of Mark
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First Biblical book to be written chronologically
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Gospel of Mark
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Morton Smith discovered a “secret” version
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Gospel of Mark
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Naked man running from Jesus’ arrest
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Gospel of Mark
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Gaius Claudius Glaber unsuccessfully attempted to defeat him
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Spartacus
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Died fighting near the Siler River
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Spartacus
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Base was located at Mount Vesuvius
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Spartacus
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Aid named Crixus
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Spartacus
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Jaffna Peninsula
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Sri Lanka
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Sacred Footprint
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Sri Lanka
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Adam's Peak
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Sri Lanka
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Uva basin
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Sri Lanka
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Mullaitivu
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Sri Lanka
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Mahaweli
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Sri Lanka
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Serendib
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Sri Lanka
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Dueled Humphrey Marshall and John Randolph
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Clay
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Fourth in the presidential election of 1824
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Clay
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Nominated Secretary of State in John Quincy Adams’ “corrupt bargain”
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Clay
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First Chinese dynasty to use a unified paper money system not backed by silver or gold
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Yuan
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Abolished and reinstated Chinese civil service exams
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Yuan
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Had one capital at Dadu
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Yuan
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Defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang
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Yuan
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Defeated during Red Turban Rebellion
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Yuan
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Produced "Final Act"
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Congress of Vienna
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Earl of Clancarty replaced Viscount Castlereagh
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Congress of Vienna
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38-state German Confederation was formed
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Congress of Vienna
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French monarchy, represented by Talleyrand, restored with Louis XVIII
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Congress of Vienna
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Chaired by Metternich
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Congress of Vienna
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Founded through an oath taken at Pontida
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Lombard League
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Only witness to the assumption of Mary
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Saint Thomas
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Mohammad Hassan established an empire in this country after killing Richard Corfield at Dul Madoba
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Somalia
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Namesake Youth League under Abdullahi Issa
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Somalia
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Siad Barre ruled
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Somalia
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“People don't do such things”
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Hedda Gabler
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"River bed of thoughts"
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Wittgenstein
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On Certainty
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Wittgenstein
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Watts Riots
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Lyndon Johnson
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Leader of the "Little Congress"
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Lyndon Johnson
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Essay on the Origin of Languages
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Rousseau
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Discourse on Inequality
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Rousseau
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