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Topic: rhodes
Definition:

  • British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa
  • made a fortune in gold and diamond mining
  • helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe
  • he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast
  • the largest of the Dodecanese
  • it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos
  • site of the Colossus of Rhodes

    Related tag cloud:

  • greece
  • rodos
  • crete
  • athens
  • rhodos
  • santorini
  • greek islands
  • mykonos
  • travel
  • corfu
  • hotels
  • greek
  • lindos
  • griechenland
  • rodi
  • kos
  • faliraki
  • island
  • dodecanese
  • paros
  • holiday
    • Resources:

    Rhodes College
    Memphis (Presbyterian-associated)
    http://www.rhodes.edu/

    ORB: the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
    Academic site with a wealth of resources for medieval studies. Includes sections on Anglo-Saxon England and Old English literature. Provides essays, bibliographies, images, documents, links, and other resources.
    http://www.the-orb.net/

    Rhodes University
    An internationally recognised University located in Grahamstown, South Africa.
    http://www.ru.ac.za/

    U.S. Rhodes Scholars
    Official site of U.S. Rhodes Scholarship information. Includes biographies of each year's appointees.
    http://www.rhodesscholar.org/