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Great Men and Women Whose Bodies Were Never Found

celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 16 Nov 21

I found this interesting and wanted to share it. Several historical figures' bodies down through history have just disappeared. Take the tyrant ruler, Genghis Khan for instance. He died in his sixties from what historians believe...

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# 22 ODD Facts

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 23 Dec 17

Now, this was something that I never knew until I read it today. When Alexander the Great, conquered Persia, he ordered 10,000 of his soldiers to marry Persian women to solidify his control. He also married a Persian woman...

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I'll Bet You Didn't Know This About Bananas

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 30 Jun 17

I sure didn’t know all these things. But, I thought I would share this research that I did several years ago, after a trip to Jamaica. The photo is me with a banana tree in Jamaica. Alexander the Great and his armies discovered...

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Who Was Bucephalus?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 4 Apr 17

Horses have played an important part in the history of humankind. Researching horses was something I did a lot of, when I wrote my novel back in the 1980s. Now, I’m revisiting some of my notes. I can’t write about famous...

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Alexander the Great

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 21 Mar 17

For a man who only lived to the age of 33, Alexander the Great, accomplished some very amazing feats. He was considered to be one of the greatest military leaders the world has ever known. Something I found in my research is...

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Bucephalus - Scared of his own shadow

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar 17

Miranda Hunt (@Brittnyrose) wrote recently about her dog being scared of her shadow which brought to mind the saying about being 'scared of their own shadow'. Another animal that was scared of its own shadow was Bucephalus, the...

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Who is 'the Great' Alexander or Akbar?

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 31 Jul 16

Recently there had been a discussion while I was sitting in the cafeteria which I usually prefer to sit for a cup of coffee listening to the discussions of others interestingly. A discussion on Alexander and Akbar interested me...

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Lessons from the life of Alexander the Great

Shiva @Shiva49 (28394) • Singapore 16 Apr 16

The legendary Greek king of yonder Alexander the Great had everything going for him. And he was also industrious to extend his empire by leaps and bounds. He was young and led a great army with panache. But his tenure in this...

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alexander the great is he the greatest or not

ranjoo4 @ranjoo4 (79) • India 8 Feb 07

Alexander the great is know to be the greatest ruler of all time...he conquered most of the known world in his time and also considered the son of god.....What do u people all think... WAS HE OR WAS HE NOT

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