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Unrest, Conflict and War - 2004

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General Sir John Monash

01/08/2004
Monash was an Australian Jew whose victories in France at the end of World War I broke the 4-year stalemate of trench warfare.

Genghis Khan

04/07/2004
In his homeland of Mongolia he is the revered father of his nation and is worshipped as a demi-god.

John Locke 1632-1704

15/02/2004
Locke was a Puritan during England's tumultuous religious revolution, the Civil War. He wrote 'A Letter Concerning Toleration' (1689) during his exile in Holland, when the Catholic James II sat on the English throne. Locke's theory included the religious freedom of pagans, Muslims and Jews. It lead to the Toleration Act of 1689, the first major step toward statutory religious freedom.