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    Adam Olearius (born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger, 24 September 1599 – 22 February 1671) was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian...
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  • librarian Johann Olearius (1611–1684), German theologian and hymnwriter Look up olearius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Omphalotus olearius, commonly known...
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    agent of Otto Brüggemann and a ducal adviser, Philipp Crusius, and with Adam Olearius as secretary. On 14 August 1634 the delegation arrived at Moscow. Although...
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    ordinary taxes, the Armenian people paid tribute to other religions. Adam Olearius, who visited Shamakhi in 1637, wrote: "Its inhabitants are in part Armenians...
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    politician Adam Olearius (1599–1671), German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian, born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger Adam Oller (born...
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    accompanying tavern musicians (skomorokhi), as depicted in the Travels of Adam Olearius. Dancing bears were widespread throughout Europe from the Middle Ages...
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    pisolino in Southern Italy. It used to be the custom in Russia, with Adam Olearius stating such was "the custom of the Countrey, where sleep is as necessary...
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  • daughter of King James VI and I, ruler of Scotland, England & Ireland. Adam Olearius, a German scholar, widely traveled during his lifetime. Court mathematician...
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    New York: Barnes and Noble. pp. 40–41. Olearius, Adam (1967). Samuel H. Baron (ed.). The Travels of Olearius in Seventeenth Century Russia. Stanford:...
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    it has fallen a lot; it is predominantly populated by Armenians..." Adam Olearius, who visited Shamakhi in 1637, wrote: "Its inhabitants are in part Armenians...
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