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(kl p ´tr , –p ´–, –pä´–) (KEY) , 69 B.C.–30 B.C., queen of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of all time. Her name was widely ...
d. 229 or 228 B.C., Carthaginian general. He was assigned the command in Sicily in 247 in the First Punic War (see Punic Wars). From mountain bases ne...
1741–1820, English agriculturist. His writings hastened the progress of scientific farming. He traveled widely, always observing techniques of farmi...
( m ´s s) (KEY) , d. c.1545 B.C., king of ancient Egypt (c.1570–1545 B.C.), founder of the XVIII dynasty. He drove the Hyksos out of the Nile delta...
(b r n ´s ) (KEY) , b. c.340 B.C., d. 281 or 271 B.C., consort and half sister of Ptolemy I, king of ancient Egypt. A Macedonian, she was the widow o...
d. 207 B.C., Carthaginian general; son of Hamilcar Barca. During the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars), his brother Hannibal, on leaving for Italy, ma...