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		<title>Ephesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Augustus became Emperor in 27 BC, he made Ephesus the capital of proconsul Asia. Ephesus entered an era of prosperity, becoming the seat of the governor, growing into a metropolis and major center of commerce. Second in importance and size only to Rome, Ephesus has been estimated to have had 500,000 inhabitants in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1299, the Ottoman Empire was ruled by 36 sultans for 624 years until October 29, 1923. One of the most expansive empires ever, the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents controlling much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. At their height, the Ottomans ruled 29 provinces including what would be present-day Turkey, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apollo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Greek mythology, Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; medicine, healing, music, poetry, and the arts; and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. When Hera discovered that Leto was pregnant and that her husband [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitallers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a disastrous 1095-9 First Crusade, the Order of St. John (“Hospitallers”) was established by Pope Paschal II in 1113 to guard the Holy Sepulchre, to tend Christian pilgrims with a hospice in Jerusalem… and to fight. But by 1187 these Knights were driven from Jerusalem. In 1306, after two centuries fighting infidels from their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaudi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gaudí designed La Sagratha Familia to have 18 towers, 12 for the 12 apostles, 4 for the 4 evangelists, one for Mary and one for Jesus. He developed a new method of structural calculation based on a model built with cords and small sacks of lead shot. The outline of the church was traced on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tsunami</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Chilean earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 in the morning, rating a magnitude of 8.8 on the Richter scale and lasting 90 seconds. The earthquake triggered a tsunami which devastated several coastal towns in south-central Chile. Tsunami warnings were issued in 53 countries, causing minor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doric</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Segesta&#8217;s 5th Century B.C. Doric temple is one of the best preserved in the world. The 36 columns represent one system of ancient Greek classical architecture, following strict rules of harmony. And the temple was built with great care, so as to look true to the eye and to convey a sort of magical attraction. The terraces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayonnaise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many civilizations have flourished on Menorca, a strategic island in the Balearic Islands with naval control over the western Mediterranean. Talayotic culture, circa 1200 – 800 BC within the Bronze Age, is the first accurate historical civilization recorded on the island. Structures include taules or monuments in the form of a T made up of two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cornell 45th Reunion Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Torrence Harder Class of ‘65 Reunion E-mail Interview Questions
By Peter Barton
November 22, 2009

You fund a chair in the Cornell Literature Department and host the annual William H. and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture and Garden Party at Cornell Plantations each September. Yet you graduated Cum Laude in Economics at Cornell then went on to similar scholarship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I on December 2, 1804 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The coronation of Napoleon I has been said to mark a transparently masterminded piece of modern propaganda. Napoleon had faced Jacobin plots as France&#8217;s ruler and his police uncovered an assassination plot against him which was ostensibly sponsored by the Bourbon [...]]]></description>
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