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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • | 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced [rʌˈmanəf] ) was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled ...
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  • has such standing. There are also a variety of ways such endorsement occurs ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...
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  • Founded by a group of separatists who later came to be known as the ... Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of people who later came to ...
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