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| A.D. |
after the birth of Jesus Christ. A.D. is an abbreviation for anno domini, which means "in the year of the Lord" in Latin. Something that happened in A.D. 50 happened fifty years after the birth of Christ. |
| Jesus Christ |
the teacher and prophet who founded the Christian faith. He is considered by Christians to be the son of God and the Christ or savior. Jesus lived from about 4 B.C. to 29 A.D. |
| Middle Ages |
the period of European history between ancient times and the Renaissance, from A.D. 500 to A.D. 1500. |
| Muhammad |
an Arab religious leader and the person who started Islam. He lived from A.D. 570 to A.D. 632. |
| Saint Nicholas |
a Greek priest of the fourth century and Christian saint famous for his giving of small gifts and from whose legend was based the cultural figure of Santa Claus associated with the Christmas holiday (b. 270 A.D.?--d. 343 A.D.). [1/2 definitions] |
| Viking |
(sometimes lower case) any of the Scandinavian sea warriors and traders who were active from around A.D. 700 to 1100. The Vikings raided the coasts of Europe and settled parts of Britain, western Europe, Russia, and elsewhere. |
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