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rabbi  – in Judaism, a person acting as a religious teacher and a spiritual leader in a Jewish community

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the Bosphorus  – the strait uniting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara

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Ascalon  – a city located on the Mediterranean coast, in Palestine; its history goes back to 2000 BC

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Normandy  – a historical and cultural region in the north of France

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Guienne  – a historical and cultural region in southwestern France

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Jaffa  – an ancient port on the Mediterranean coast northwest of Jerusalem, first mentioned in the 15th century BC

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Acre  – also spelled Akko , a city in northwestern Israel on the Mediterranean coast, first mentioned in the 19th century BC

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Blois  – a city in central France, first mentioned in the 6th century

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Epte  – a river in northwestern France

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Gascony  – a historical and cultural region in southwestern France

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Saladin (1137–1193) – a Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, a famous hero of the wars against the Crusaders

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Templar  – a member of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, a religious military order founded in the 12th century

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Edward the Confessor (1002–1066) – the King of England who kept the kingdom united during the 24 years of his reign

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Huntingdon  – a town in south-central England, founded by the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes

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Botany Bay  – a historic town in Enfield, an outer borough of London

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Jorvaulx  – an area in Wensleydale, in the historic county of Yorkshire

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Calais  – a seaport in northern France on the Strait of Dover

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Westminster Hall  – a large hall in the Palace of Westminster on the left bank of the River Thames built in the 11th century for Edward the Confessor

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Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571) – a famous Florentine sculptor and goldsmith

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Dover  – a town and seaport on the Strait of Dover in the historic county of Kent in southeastern England

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St. Richard (1198–1253) – the bishop of Chichester

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St. George  – a Christian martyr of the 3rd century AD, a patron saint of England; in the Middle Ages, St. George was considered an ideal of valour

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Toledan steel  – a high-quality steel manufactured in Toledo, a city in Spain, and used for making weapon

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King Canute  – Canute I (d. 1035), the king of England, Denmark and Norway

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Enoch  – in the Old Testament Book of Genesis, the seventh biblical patriarch

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Lamech  – in the Book of Genesis, one of the patriarchs, the son of Methusela and the father of Noah

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Cainan, Mahaleel  – biblical characters

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Methusela  – the Old Testament patriarch, the longest-lived human, the father of Lamech and the grandfather of Noah

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Richard Plantagenet  – Richard III (1452–1485), the last Plantagenet king of England

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Dr. Goldsmith  – Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774), an English essayist, poet and novelist of Irish origin

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King Philip of France  – Philip IV (1268–1314), noted for his long struggle with the Roman papacy

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Saracen  – in the Middle Ages, the term was used for all persons who professed the religion of Islam (Arabs, Turks, etc.)