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Elysium

In Greek mythology, the place at the ends of the earth to which certain favoured heroes were conveyed by the gods after death.

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Netherlands: c. 20 BCE - 2006

Timeline: Netherlands ; 1579. The Union of Arras and the Union of Utrecht split the Netherlands into Catholic and Protestant camps. Go to Arras, Union of in The ...

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Hottentot

Used to refer to Khoikhoi peoples of South Africa and Namibia. The term comes from Dutch, perhaps a repetitive formula in a Nama dancing-song.

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Hortus conclusus

literally an enclosed garden, a secret garden within a garden. There is a literary/religious symbolism dating back to the Song of Songs which associated the ...

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Night of the Long Knives

(29–30 June 1934). The name coined by Hitler for a weekend of murders throughout Germany. It followed a secret deal between himself and units of his ...

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