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The Original Wizard
Merlin begins in many places. There is the possibly historical figure named Lailoken, a man who went mad after the ca. 575 Battle of Arfderydd in Cumbria. Having taken part in the horrors of war, Lailoken fled to the Caledonian Forest in Scotland and
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Wild Days In Cairo
But this is an article about medieval Egypt, which brings up the first question: why was celebrated in Egypt in the first place? Much of our knowledge about this festival comes from the works of Taqī al-Dīn Ahmad ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Maqrīzī (1364–1442),
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The Game Of Kings
The game ends with checkmate when one side captures the king of the opposite party. And, while the figures and the rules kept changing over centuries, the modern game of chess still draws in many ways on the same principles as when it first appeared

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