Geography

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Eratosthenes of Cyrene

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.275-192): mathematician, geographer, astronomer, social theorist, historian, scholar, librarian in Alexandria.One of the students of the great poet Callimachus of Cyrene was Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.275-192 BCE), who became librarian in the Museum, the scientific institute of…

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Etna

Etna: volcano in Sicily. The Etna, seen from an airplane Mount Etna, here seen from the southwest, is situated in the northeast…

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Euboea

Euboea (Greek Εὔβοια): large island in Greece, north of Boeotia and Attica, southeast of Thessaly.Euboea Euboea's northern shore, the "hollows" Large island…

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Eumenes II Soter

Eumenes II Soter: Attalid king of Pergamon, ruled 197-159. Eumenes II Successor of: Attalus I Soter Relatives Father: Attalus I Soter Mother: Apollonis of Cyzicus Wife:…

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Euphrates

Euphrates (Greek Εὐφράτης): river in ancient Mesopotamia. The Euphrates at Birecik (Turkey) The Euphrates is the longest river of the Near East: it…

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Fayyum

Fayyum or Lake Moeris: large lake in Egypt, about 80 kilometer southwest of Memphis. Soknopaiou Nesos, Stele of Isis, Horus, and…

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Feresnes

Feresnes: Roman town along the Meuse. Pottery from Heerlen, made my a potter from Feresnes The remains of ancient walls were discovered…

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Garamantes

Garamantes: name of a nation of desert dwellers in the Fezzan (southwestern Libya, near modern Germa).Country and Ethnogenesis A Garamantian chariot…

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