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_ Who they were, what they were, where they lived,
----Aesop---------------Fabulist-------Greece---------550--?-B.C.
----Alexander-----------King-----------Macedon--------356--323-B.C.
----Alfred-the-Great----King-----------England--------849--901
----Al-Mansour----------Caliph---------Spain----------939--1002
----Al-Mansur-----------Caliph---------Persia---------712--775
----Arion---------------Musician-------Greece---------6th-Century-B.C.
----Aristomenes---------General--------Greece---------685--?-B.C.
----Bruce,-Robert-------King-----------Sweden---------1274--1329
----Burritt,-Elihu------Philanthropist-Connecticut----1811--1879
----Caedmon-------------Poet-----------England--------650--720-(?)
----Charles-XII---------King-----------Sweden---------1682--1718
----Coriolanus----------General--------Rome-----------5th-Century-B.C.
----Cyrus---------------King-----------Persia---------6th-Century-B.C.
----Davenport,-A.-------Legislator-----Connecticut----1715--1780
----Everett,-Edward-----Statesman------Massachusetts--1794--1865
----Franklin,-Benj.-----Statesman------Pennsylvania---1706--1790
----Frederick-the-Great-King-----------Prussia--------1712--1786
----Fulton,-Robert------Inventor-------New-York-------1765--1815
----Gautama-------------Prince---------India----------562--472-B.C.
----Giotto,-Bondone-----Painter--------Italy----------1276--1337
----Haroun-al-Raschid---Caliph---------Bagdad---------750--809
----Henry-IV------------King-----------France---------1553--1610
----Hogg,-James---------Poet-----------Scotland-------1770--1835
----Jackson,-Andrew-----President------United-States--1767--1835
----Jefferson,-Thos.----President------United-States--1743--1826
----Jones,-Sir-William--Scholar--------England--------1746--1794
----Lafayette------------General--------France---------1757--1834
----Lee,-Robert-E.------General--------Virginia-------1807--1870
----Lincoln,-Abraham----President------United-States--1809--1865
----Longfellow,-H.-W.---Poet-----------Massachusetts--1807--1882
----Louis-XIV-----------King-----------France---------1638--1715
----Mamoun--------------Caliph---------Persia---------785--?
----Marshall,-John------Statesman------Virginia-------1755--1835
----Otanes--------------General--------Persia---------6th-Century-B.C.
----Psammeticus---------King-----------Egypt----------7th-Century-B.C.
----Putnam,-Israel------General--------Connecticut----1718--1790
----Randolph,-John------Statesman------Virginia-------1773--1833
----Revere,-Paul--------Patriot--------Massachusetts--1735--1818
----Richard-III---------King-----------England--------1452--1485
----St.-Francis---------Saint----------Italy----------1182--1226
----Selkirk,-Alexander--Sailor---------Scotland-------1676--1723
----Solomon-------------King-----------Jerusalem------10th-Century-B.C.
----Solon---------------Philosopher----Athens---------6th-Century-B.C.
----Swift,-Jonathan-----Author---------Ireland--------1667--1745
----Tamerlane-----------Conqueror------Tartary--------1333--1405
----Thales--------------Philosopher----Miletus--------6th-Century-B.C.
----Washington,-G.------President------United-States--1732--1799
----Webster,-Daniel-----Statesman------Massachusetts--1782--1852
----West,-Benjamin------Painter--------Pennsylvania---1738--1820
----Zeuxis--------------Painter--------Greece---------5th-Century-B.C.
A-few-other-famous-people-mentioned-in-this-volume.
----Astyages------------King-----------Media----------6th-Century-B.C.
----Bias----------------Philosopher----Priene---------6th-Century-B.C.
----Chilon--------------Philosopher----Sparta---------6th-Century-B.C.
----Cimabue-------------Painter--------Florence-------1240--1302
----Cleobulus-----------King-----------Rhodes---------6th-Century-B.C.
----Defoe,-Daniel-------Author---------England--------1661--1731
----Mazarin-------------Cardinal-------France---------1602--1661
----Parrhasius----------Painter--------Greece-----------400-B.C.
----Periander-----------King-----------Corinth--------6th-Century-B.C.
----Pittacus------------Philosopher----Mitylene-------6th-Century-B.C.
----Sheba,-The-Queen-of-------------------------------10th-Century-B.C.
THE END.
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