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41Genghis Khan — /jeng gis kahn / or, often, /geng / 1162 1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River. Also, Jenghis Khan, Jenghiz Khan. * * * or Chinggis Khan orig. Temüjin born 1155, or 1162, or 1167, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia… …
42Napoleon I — (Napoleon Bonaparte) ( the Little Corporal ) 1769 1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804 15. * * * ▪ emperor of France Introduction French in full Napoléon Bonaparte , original Italian Napoleone Buonaparte , byname the… …
43family law — Introduction body of law regulating family relationships, including marriage and divorce, the treatment of children, and related economic matters. In the past, family law was closely connected with the law of property and succession… …
44Crusades — • Expeditions undertaken, in fulfilment of a solemn vow, to deliver the Holy Places from Mohammedan tyranny. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Crusades Crusades …
45Giotto di Bondone — • A Florentine painter, and founder of the Italian school of painting, b. most probably, in the village of Vespignano near Florence; d. at Milan, 8 Jan., 1337 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Giotto di Bondone Giotto …
46straiten — verb a) To squeeze something together to make it narrow, or to confine it in a smaller space The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream. b) To restrict, especially financially. Rising …
47straiten — verb 1》 [as adjective straitened] restricted in range. ↘restricted because of poverty: they lived in straitened circumstances. 2》 archaic make or become narrow …
48strait|ened — «STRAY tuhnd», adjective. 1. limited or reduced, especially to insufficiency: »straitened means or income. 2. needing money badly; hampered by insufficiency of means: »The day before payday found him in straitened circumstances. 3. Archaic.… …
49Louis Lucien Bonaparte — (January 4, 1813 ndash; November 3, 1891), was a French anglophile linguist, and the third son of Napoleon s second surviving brother, Lucien Bonaparte, and Lucien s second wife Alexandrine de Bleschamp. He is particularly noted for his scholarly …
50Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine — (10 January,1750 ndash; 17 November 1823), Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom, was the third and youngest son of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, and was born in Edinburgh. From an early age he showed a strong desire to enter one of… …
