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Bruijn (7)

Home again Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller When Cornelis de Bruin returned home, he was about forty years old. Almost…

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Cornelis de Bruijn's books

Editions Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia (1698) Corneille le Brun, Voyage au Levant (1700) Corneille le Brun, A Voyage to the Levant: or Travels in the Principal Parts of Asia Minor (1702) Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie…

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Bull of Phalaris

Phalaris: tyrant of Acragas on Sicily between c.570 and c.554, the proverbial "evil tyrant".Between 570 and 544, Phalaris was tyrant of Acragas, a newly founded city in southern Sicily, which he made very powerful. Our sources portray him as a clever but cruel man.…

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Bulla Regia

Bulla Regia: Numidian-Roman city on a great plain in western Africa.Bulla Regia House of Amphitrite, Triumph of Venus Situated on a large…

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Buran

Buran: queen of Persia, ruling from 630 to 632, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Buran Main deeds: Name: Buran The Sasanian king Khusrau II…

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