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  • of 1830, which exchanged Native American land in the East for lands west ... to the national government its western land claims (which became the states ...
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  • , 240. The Catholic church was the largest land-owner and exercised considerable ... in 1852) he welcomed this because it promised increased democracy. Affre ...
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  • After the Tehran Conference in 1943, the three leaders promised to ... forcing out millions of Germans. Stalin promised free elections in Poland ...
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  • drained and transformed into agricultural land. The southern end of the valley ... the people, the Israelites entered the Promised Land by crossing the Jordan ...
    11 KB (1,837 words) - 07:37, 27 February 2023
  • According to myth, Queen Dido was granted land in North Africa to build a ... territory in Northern Africa. In losing the land, the Roman Empire lost a pinnacle ...
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  • of squatters, who were barred from buying land in the west without already ... the United States." Each man was promised about 4,600 acres (19 square ...
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  • of its Women's League. Following the Land Reform in Sri Lanka in 1972 ... Western Province of Sri Lanka in 1993 in a land slide election victory. ...
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  • arming its fleet, while assistance was promised in the event of war by the ... the Venetians were strengthened, as the promised help started to arrive in ...
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  • demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the ... soap...” (3:1-2). He will carry out the promised purification of the Levite ...
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  • In the earliest Sumerian sources, beginning about 2400 B.C.E., the ... does not bend his knees [to cultivate the land], who eats raw meat, who has ...
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  • Some sources say that while Edward had promised the throne to his cousin ... and shouted "I now take hold of the land of England!" This bears ...
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  • She promised to reform the land tenure system, a source of dispute ... She also promised to "encourage woman across Africa to seek high ...
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  • |"Promised Land" !#41 ! !#26 |- |1965 |"Dear Dad" ... singles "Nadine" through "Promised Land". ...
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  • of Josiah around 628 B.C.E. His calling promised him practically unequaled ... plant... [and] to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah ...
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  • 75 percent of Cuba's best farmable land was owned by foreign individuals ... property in the nation on August 6, 1960. Land and companies owned by upper ...
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  • knights who expected plunder or English land. To each man, William promised ... retrieving York, while the Danish army promised to depart. ...
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  • who were sent out by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Num. 13:16, 17 ... the territory of Moab, sees the "promised land" for himself, and dies. ...
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  • a traditional "trust" holding land for Islamic religious purposes ... in the Land of Canaan (the "Promised Land") and according ...
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  • and her family still lived on Laban's land. Even after this, Laban still ... where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your ...
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  • did not want its Jews and the Jews wanted a land of their own. Palestine itself ... Iraq and Jordan. During the war, they had promised the Sharif of Mecca an Arab ...
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