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  More info about: Ptolemy, Astronomer / Geographer
  Ptolemy, Astronomer / Geographer
Claudius Ptolemy lived in Alexandria (in Egypt) from approx. 87 -150 AD. He was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer. He codified the Greek geocentric view of the...
         
  More info about: Arius and Arianism
  Arius and Arianism
ARIUS was one of the most famous heretics; b. about 256, in Libya (according to others, in Alexandria); d. 336, at Constantinople. He was educated by Lucian, presbyter in...
         
  More info about: The Vandals, Invading Roman Territory
  The Vandals, Invading Roman Territory
It's not known to many people today that long time ago the Vandal warriors, a Germanic tribe, once established a kingdom in North Africa as their base for raiding the Med...
         
  More info about: Timbuktu
  Timbuktu
Timbuktu is a city in Tombouctou Region, in the West African nation of Mali. It was made prosperous by Mansa Musa. It is home to the prestigious Sankore University and ot...
         
  More info about: Saladin, Opponent of Crusaders
  Saladin, Opponent of Crusaders
Saladin is a hero of Islam, he united Arab forces and recaptured the holy city of Jerusalem from Christian Crusaders in the 12th century A.D. Of Kurdish origin, Saladin b...
         
  More info about: Ibn Battutah, Muslim Traveler
  Ibn Battutah, Muslim Traveler
Ibn Battuta, Muslim traveler from Tangier. No other medieval traveler is known to have journeyed so extensively. In 30 years (from c.1325) he made a series of journeys re...
         
  More info about: Slavery and Religion in America
  Slavery and Religion in America
The years 1450-1750 brought enormous changes to the North American continent. The native Americans, or Indians, as the Europeans came to call them, first encountered Euro...
         
  More info about: Khair ad Din (Barbarossa)
  Khair ad Din (Barbarossa)
Khair ad Din was an Ottoman-Turkish admiral and privateer who served in the Ottoman Empire and in the Barbary Coast. He was born on the island of Lesbos, in today's Greec...
         
  More info about: Discovery Sea Route to India, Da Gama
  Discovery Sea Route to India, Da Gama
Prince John and Prince Manuel continued the efforts of Prince Henry to find a sea route to India, and in 1497 Manuel placed Vasco da Gama, who already had some reputation...
         
  More info about: The Underground Railroad
  The Underground Railroad
You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never t...
         
  More info about: Republic of Mauritius
  Republic of Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 kilometers (560 mi) east of Madagasca...
         
  More info about: Black History Month - Timeline
  Black History Month - Timeline
Events in African-American History...
         
  More info about: Jan van Riebeeck, Founder Cape Town
  Jan van Riebeeck, Founder Cape Town
6 April 1652: First commander at the Cape. Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck, was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands on 21 April 1619. He was an administrator for the Dut...
         
  More info about: Tragedy of the Dodo, Mauritius
  Tragedy of the Dodo, Mauritius
In the year 1598 AD, Portuguese sailors landing on the shores of the island of Mauritius discovered a previously unknown species of bird, the Dodo. Having been isolated b...
         
  More info about: François Le Vaillant, French Explorer
  François Le Vaillant, French Explorer
François Le Vaillant was a French explorer, collector and ornithologist. Hugely popular in his lifetime for his engaging and colourful travel accounts, Le Vaillant is bes...
         
       


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