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Gravettian culture
History; World history

A phase (c.28,000-23,000 ya) of the European Upper Paleolithic that is characterized by a stone-tool industry with small pointed blades used for big-game hunting (bison, horse, ...

Gran Colombia
History; World history

Quito, Venezuela and New Granada, united as one republic by the South American patriot Simon Bol'var in 1819. The union ended in 1830 and the name Colombia was adopted by New ...

Goths
History; World history

One of the ancient German peoples. According to legend they derived from southern Scandinavia and crossed to northern Germany, where they defeated the Vandals. In the 2nd century ...

Göteborg
History; World history

Sweden's chief seaport, founded by Charles IX in 1603, and for many years Sweden's only outlet onto the North Sea. The Swedish East India Company brought it great prosperity in ...

Gospels
History; World history

The accounts of the life of Jesus that form the first four books of the New Testament of the Bible, probably written by the evangelists Mark (the earliest), Matthew, Luke and John ...

Gordion
History; World history

City in Anatolia, the capital of the Phrygian kingdom from about 800 BC. It was destroyed by the Cimmerians in 695 BC, when the last king of the Phrygians, Mitas, was killed. The ...

Hatshepsut
History; World history

The only female pharaoh of ancient Egypt. dAppointed regent to her stepson, Tuthmosis III, on her husband's death, she seized power in 1473 BC. She used 'male' images of herself ...

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