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  2. Helge Ingstad - Wikipedia

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    Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) [1] was a Norwegian explorer. In 1960, after mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the province of Newfoundland in Canada.

  3. Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Bolding, for The Escapist, highlighted that the book fails to meet its $40 MSRP — "Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, taken as a whole, is not a very good roleplaying game book. It's a 20-page whirlwind tour of thirty-some years of Forgotten Realms history and geography, a kinda-useful 40-page whirlwind tour of the Sword Coast region.

  4. List of famines - Wikipedia

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    Location Death toll (where known; estimated) c. 2,700 BC Seven year famine [1] [2] Egypt: 2200 BC – 2100 BC: The 4.2-kiloyear event caused famines and civilizational collapse worldwide: Global: 441 BC: The first famine recorded in ancient Rome. Ancient Rome [3] 114 BC Famine caused by drought during the third year in the Yuanding period.

  5. The Land of Feast or Famine - Wikipedia

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    The Land of Feast or Famine was the title of several books about Canada's north: The Land of Feast or Famine, the name of a 36-page manuscript John Hornby left when he starved to death in 1927; The Land of Feast or Famine, Helge Ingstad published a book by this title in 1931

  6. Works based on A Song of Ice and Fire - Wikipedia

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    A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, has formed the basis of several works in different media. Novellas Dunk and Egg Main article: Tales of Dunk and Egg Martin wrote three separate novellas set ninety years before the events of the novels. These novellas are known as the Tales of Dunk and Egg after the main protagonists, Ser Duncan the Tall and his ...

  7. Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast - Wikipedia

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    Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast, one of a series of guidebooks written in the voice of inveterate traveller Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm, is a detailed look at the various cities, communities and notable sights along the coast from Daggerford in the north through to Amn in the south, with a special focus on the various taverns that can be found.

  8. Against the Giants - Wikipedia

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    Against the Giants is an adventure module written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR in 1981 for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.It combines the G series of modules previously published in 1978: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, and Hall of the Fire Giant King.

  9. Swordquest - Wikipedia

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    Swordquest is a series of video games originally produced by Atari, Inc. in the 1980s as part of a contest, consisting of three finished games, Earthworld, Fireworld and Waterworld (with these titles occasionally appearing on cartridge labels and boxes with capitalized central Ws, e.g. EarthWorld), and a planned fourth game, Airworld.