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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Enheduanna was a Sumerian/Akkadian high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, who came to…
In the Western classical tradition, Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is…
Marcus Antoninus the Philosopher, Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. It is this…
Michelangelo Buonarroti was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the…
Asia + Oceania
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Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn…
Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki) (c.978c.1014 or 1025) was a Japanese novelist, poet and…
Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death,…