de Klerk, F. W.
(1936 - ) The white South African president who ended Apartheid in the early 1990s.
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World History
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de Cervantes, Miguel
(1547-1616) Spanish Renaissance writer. His greatest work is the comedic tale Don Quixote.
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Darius I
(558?BCE ﾖ 486BCE) King of Persia who expanded his empire to extend from the Mediterranean to the Indus River.
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Dante
(1265-1321) Italian poet and Renaissance writer. His greatest work is The Divine Comedy.
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dam
A structure built to hold water in place.
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Dalai Lama
The spiritual leader of the Tibetan sect of Buddhism, and is considered to be the reincarnation of the bodhisattva, or "Buddha-to-be."
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daimyo
Land owning feudal lords in Japan.
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Daimler, Gottlieb
(1834-1900) German inventor. He is best know for his work in the development of the gasoline internal combustion engine.
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Da Vinci, Leonardo
(1452-1519) An Italian painter, sculptor, engineer, and inventor. Famous works include paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Also left a variety of sketches showing flying machines and underwater boats centuries before the invention of planes and submarines.
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Da Gama, Vasco
(1469?-1524) Portuguese explorer who, in 1498, established an all water route to India
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