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  • (March 29, 1892 - May 6, 1975) was the head of the Roman Catholic Church of ... An opponent of both Fascism and Communism, he was elevated to the ...
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  • 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for much of subsequent Western political ... Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history ...
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  • The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Spain ... Following four centuries of colonization of the Western Hemisphere ...
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  • 1494 – September 5-6,1566) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Caliph ... under his rule. His rule represented one of the most just and orderly periods ...
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  • Malthus is widely regarded as the founder of modern demography. He made ... The influence of Malthus' theories was substantial. His theory ...
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  • William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (March 2, 1705 – March ... that slavery was immoral. This is an example of how a slavish adherence to ...
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  • to facilitate and manage the logistics of mass deportation to Ghettos ... Born in Solingen, Germany, Adolf Eichmann was the son of a businessman ...
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  • He served as a professor at the University of Chicago as well as Harvard ... high school. During the Second World War, following his high school ...
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  • v. Sandford," The American Journal of Legal History 32(4): 373-390. ... " was a lawsuit, pivotal in the history of the United States, decided ...
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  • The Cretan War (205–200 B.C.E.) was fought by King Philip V of Macedon ... The Macedonians had just concluded the First Macedonian War and Philip ...
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  • existed from approximately 1270 (beginning of Solomonid Dynasty) until 1974 ... In the twentieth century, the last emperor of Ethiopia took on special ...
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  • Tongdosa Temple is one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea, representing ... bell-shaped stupa believed to contain relics of the Buddha, the main representation ...
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  • | order=7th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1829 ... | date of birth= March 15, 1767 | place of birth= Waxhaw, South Carolina ...
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  • he has now come to be regarded as one of the four or so most important ... Frege began his studies at the University of Jena in 1869, moving to Göttingen ...
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  • The Soviet Union was one of the dominant political entities of the ... During World War I, Tsarist Russia experienced famine and economic ...
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  • Inquisition, (capitalized I) as broadly used, refers to the judgment ... to the modern mindset. However, the notion of religious liberty and of freedom ...
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  • Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...
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  • 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate States of America ... The causes of the Civil War remain the subject of debate and it is ...
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  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (October 29, 1938 - ) is the current President ... For anyone to become head of their state is a significant achievement ...
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  • The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes by which ... has captured public imagination as a symbol of freedom, and figures prominently ...
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