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  • 19, 2007. , perhaps induced by the use of natural hallucinogens. Many of the ... C.E. to 100 C.E. and reflect cultural and natural changes in the area.UNESCO ...
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  • displayed in the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. ... edu/~MA96/PUCK/part1.html Part I: A Brief History of Political Cartoons] The ...
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  • during which Jehoiakim died, apparently of natural causes. ... is publicly displayed in the Pergamon Museum of Berlin. ...
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  • the Parliament, the twin museums of natural history and fine art, and ... jewels of the Hapsburg dynasty. The Sisi Museum (a museum devoted to Empress ...
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  • zoogeographic distribution.] Journal of Natural History 29(2): 271–561 ... up in knots.] University of California Museum of Paleontology. Retrieved ...
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  • online reference. Version 5.1]. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved ... Dendrobatidae)]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 299: 1–262 ...
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  • with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... cultural sphere, the Egyptians viewed both history and cosmology as being well ...
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  • the valley where the Pont d'Arc, a natural limestone bridge carved ... to preserve the cave and its contents. A museum has been constructed at Vallon ...
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  • adult forms that appeared in its evolutionary history. Modern biology ... spirit of the age with a creative natural force, and reviving the ...
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  • frequency of wing beats of one of their natural enemies (Fitzgerald 1995). ... and Diversity. Oxford: The Natural History Museum in association with ...
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  • of Sagami Bay on the fourth, Kamakura is a natural fortress, only one hour’s ... *Kamakura Museum of Literature – The building is an important architectural ...
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  • == History == Nitroglycerin was discovered by chemist Ascanio Sobrero ... Early in the history of this explosive it was discovered that liquid ...
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  • about geography, popular science, world history, culture, current events ... [http://www.trivia-library.com/b/history-of-national-geographic-magazine ...
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  • and fragments containing texts on history, geography, philosophy, ... Vienna, Beirut, Paris, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and London ...
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  • The development of plastics can be traced from the use of natural ... People have been using natural organic polymers for centuries, in ...
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  • The FIFA historical collection is held by the National Football Museum ... FIFA Club World Cup. It was slated as the natural progression of the European/South ...
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  • examples of jewelry as art can be seen in museum displays, and paintings. ... housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. [https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope ...
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  • powers. Supposedly there are a series of natural tunnels weaving through ... of time and as changes occur in the natural environment, even those ...
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  • === History of the scientific name === [[Image:Alpacas (506819564) ... Alpaca fleece is a lustrous and silky natural fiber. While similar ...
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  • . The city boasts more than 1,000 years of history, and that of the past few ... Hanoi has had many names throughout history, all of them of Sino-Vietnamese ...
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  • known as Sydney Harbor, is the largest natural harbor in the world. There ... Sydney has several museums. The biggest are the Australian Museum ...
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  • * Parker, H. W., and A. G. C. Grandison. 1977. Snakes: A Natural History, 2nd edition. British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University ...
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  • to be sure what is going to happen. History is replete with examples ... Revolution has no precedent in biological history. If this rate of extinction ...
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  • Hill the highest hill, home to the Uganda Museum; Namirembe; Kibuli; Kabalagala; ... Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils ...
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  • == History == === Early peoples === The history of the Ancestral Puebloans can be divided into six time ...
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  • == History == |left|250px|The Namib Desert, stretching 1,000 miles ... the gravel plains. The destruction of this natural barrier would have serious ...
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  • the paper would begin to show signs of natural decay, and he concluded ... Because so many museum holdings are unique, including print materials ...
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  • a valuable material since early in human history. During the Stone Age, flint ... The color of "natural glass" usually varies between green ...
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  • In 1870 Pavlov enrolled in the Natural Sciences program at the University ... thumb|300px|right|Pavlov’s Dog, Pavlov Museum, 2005]] ...
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  • China. The province's abundance in natural resources, including mineral ... == History == The general territory of the province and its neighboring ...
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  • The same with Islam. Yet Islam has a history of political influence in ... == History == <!-- History of Andhra --> The Sanskrit epics Aitareya ...
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  • . The District of Columbia has three major natural flowing streams: The Potomac ... The U.S. National Park Service manages most of the natural habitat ...
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  • Eyes: Writings on Gender in Chinese History (Berkeley, CA: University ... attributed to Saimdang reflect the natural affinity and order between ...
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  • In 1905, Oskar von Miller (1855-1934) of the Deutsches Museum in Munich ... built a large projector for the Boston Museum of Science, which was unique ...
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  • Notwithstanding their genealogical history--which is inconclusive- ... cat books do not shed much light on the history of this breed because there ...
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  • nearly the whole round of knowledge — history, travels, poetry, philosophy ... * [http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr Ampere and the history of electricity ...
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  • Generally the history of Korean painting is dated to approximately ... Throughout the history of Korean painting, there has been a constant ...
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  • (a) significant stage(s) in human history the country Brasilia is a landmark in the history of town planning, from the ...
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  • The history of Phoenix as a city begins with Jack Swilling, an American ... One of the most well-known museums in the area is the Heard Museum ...
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  • Buddha, the young prince displays a natural capacity for swift learning ... For those reasons, Atisha remains a central figure in the history ...
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  • scientific achievements in human history. Although his model of the ... called physics (or what is today called natural science) and mathematics ...
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  • and meetings—on the cities, on natural beauty, on the quality of ... Intergovernmental fiscal cooperation, Natural resources, Pollution of ...
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  • has occurred, with ginkgos seeding into natural forests. ... of years, many of the Ginkgo's life-history parameters fit. These are ...
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  • == History == === First human settlement === Human habitation of the ... of Patagonia. There is an abundance of natural resources such as timber ...
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  • == History == Shanxi, the location of the powerful state of Jin during ... The Yellow River acts as a natural western border between Shanxi and ...
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  • for two millennia, London's history goes back to its founding ... == History == [[Image:Westminster Abbey - West Door.jpg|thumb|right ...
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  • of Korea covers the longest period of history on the Korean Peninsula ... See History of Korea, History of North Korea, and History of South ...
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  • #039;s earliest black civilization with a history which can be traced from ... spoken in the Nubia region due to its long history of organized civilizations ...
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  • which largely depends upon the cooling history, and (b) mineral composition ... information about the Earth's history. In particular, they contain ...
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  • main roads. Berlin's unique recent history has left the city with an ... Berlin is home to 153 museums, including the Altes Museum (Old Museum ...
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  • text&itemID=A540&pageseq=85 A history of Darwin's parish: ... [http://www.bwcharity.org.uk/our_story/our-history Our history] The Bank Workers ...
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  • to Central Asian cultural and political history from the thirteenth century ... for export earnings, along with gold, natural gas, and oil. Uzbekistan ...
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  • Slowly unspoiled nature and spectacular natural areas of the West became ... "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and ...
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  • of the Ukrainian nation in modern history with direct loss of human ... biggest and most sophisticated booby trap in history." ...
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  • ==Behavior, life history, diet, and predation== [[Image:Green turtle ... One natural protection is their shell. Other protections include the ...
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  • factor in Canadian foreign trade. Natural gas and oil are abundant ... away. Along rivers, streams and the many natural and man-made lakes live ...
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  • the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The university ... today; conscious and proud of its long history, the university pays special ...
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  • and occupation throughout it 800 year history. Riga is situated on a sandy ... Riga has large areas of natural habitat with 43.4 square miles (11 ...
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  • important industrial center because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from ... the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages), its history continues to be discovered ...
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  • Beyond camouflage, sloths' claws serve as their only natural ... The evolutionary history of the three-toed sloths is not at all well ...
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  • Philadelphia's architectural history dates back to Colonial times ... For much of Philadelphia's history, the typical home has been ...
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  • == History == [[Image:staritrgburze.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Burza square ... * The Croatian Natural History Museum, which holds the remains, stone ...
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  • responsibility in relation to eternal law, natural law, and civic law. ... but rather an extended expression of natural acts. The doctrine of karma ...
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  • was largely determined by rarity and a history of ecclesiastical, devotional ... common and cost only a fraction of the natural stones. Smaller synthetic ...
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  • However, tourists are attracted by the natural beauty rather than the strategic ... because of the island's long history and preservation efforts ...
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  • *University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP). 2006. [http://www ... *Voelker, W. 1986. The Natural History of Living Mammals. Medford ...
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  • firmly committed to the Stoic concept of natural order and man’s place ... of which is now on display in the Vatican Museum. Three arches were raised ...
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  • of the Recent Crustacea.] Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. * Schram, F. 1986. Crustacea. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503742-1. ...
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  • == History == ===Early History (before 746)=== [[Image:Zurich.jpeg|thumb|left|250px ...
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  • occurring between November and April. Natural resources include fish and ... Typhoons pose the main natural hazard. There is increasing attention ...
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  • in microchiroptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 235: 1-182. * Whitaker, J. O., H. K. Dannelly, and D. A. Prentice. 2004 ...
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  • several children after the death of their natural child from complications ... the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ...
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  • Birds in the Collections of the Natural History Museum, Volume 1. (British ... Birds in the Collections of the Natural History Museum, Volume 1. British ...
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  • In his History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, the contemporary ... the symptoms of the disease within his history of the war (Finley 1977): ...
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  • The institution faced a history of some difficulties as a result of ... Classical Studies, Religion, Languages, History, Fine Arts, and Drama. In ...
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  • the trumpet as a musical instrument. The natural trumpets of this era consisted ... composers owing to the limitations of the natural trumpet. Berlioz wrote in 1844: ...
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  • of the United States, North Dakota has a history deeply interlinked with ... Minnesota. Devil's Lake, the largest natural lake in the state, is also ...
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  • during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. ... province into a central role in Chinese history. The first city existed ...
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  • of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. ... and his or her interaction with the natural world's elements. For ...
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  • * Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian NMNH). 2007. [http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/ha/hab.html Homo habilis ...
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  • the 1920s, when Carl Akely of the American Museum of Natural History traveled ... *Groves, C. A history of gorilla taxonomy. In Gorilla Biology: A Multidisciplinary ...
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  • Havana has a long and colorful history dating to earliest human habitation ... people,Richard Gott. 2004. Cuba: A new history. (New Haven: Yale University ...
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  • greatly valued throughout China's history and are mounted on scrolls ... the mist, and impressionistic treatment of natural phenomena. Emphasis was ...
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  • == History of Sculpture == The history of sculpture began focused on the materials used and as ...
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  • Throughout its history, the city has been influenced richly by its ... ljubljana.si/en/tourism/ljubljana/history/first-settlers/default.html ...
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  • indicative of the richness of the cultural history of the area. Aboriginal ... it as an historical site and living museum. Not far away, in the town ...
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  • in the caves. Since the caves have no natural light, torches and stone ... ca. 15,000 B.C.E.] The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved July 16 ...
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  • only served the purpose of gaining strong natural frontiers for the empire ... learn from his inscription in the Vatican Museum), and gave him full powers ...
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  • artistry in rock, formed by years of natural erosion—the forces of ... Dutton divided this layer cake of Earth history into five steps from the ...
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  • world's greatest concentrations of natural and cultural features, due ... City, Utah, features the world’s longest natural arch, Kolob Arch. ...
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  • in almost everything for most of their history, notably academics, rowing ... Harvard had not.[http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_057300_m ...
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  • and sweeping curves (unlike the sinuous, natural curves of the Art Nouveau ... Art Deco (London: Victoria and Albert Museum Publications, 2003), 21. ...
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  • Few records exist dealing with the early history of Gangtok. The earliest ... Due to the abundance of natural springs in the vicinity, Gangtok enjoys ...
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  • by an expedition sponsored by the British Museum led by John Turtle Wood, ... at Ephesus are Pliny the Elder's Natural History [http://penelope ...
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  • The Grammy Museum was built across the street from the Crypto.com ... giving, and when Christmas music is at its natural peak. ...
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  • one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is referred ... to death, or the opposite would occur and natural processes would make the ...
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  • A major producer of natural gas, oil and food, the state relies on ... corner, semi-arid high plains harbor few natural forests and rolling to flat ...
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  • A natural spring flows into the cave and travels underground for 1 ... com/publications/ruca/nrr-2019-1942.pdf Natural Resource Condition Assessment ...
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  • At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching ... [[Image:O henry museum 2007.jpg|thumb|The O. Henry Museum in Austin ...
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  • an important model organism throughout the history of science and today dead ... the interest of biochemists as a "natural pharmacy." The alkaloid ...
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  • have charge over various aspects of the natural world. There are literally ... which is a popular attraction; and a tribal museum. ==Zuni in popular ...
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  • thick, was built from 1335–1364 on a natural spur of rock, rendering ... that see. At least in tradition if not in history, it was thus the seat of ...
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  • time of Bede (672-735), who completed his History in that year. Around 960 ... On the more sinister side, famous criminals from Edinburgh's ...
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  • real story of how Toronto got its name] Natural Resources Canada (2005) ... of land in the Toronto area.Carl Benn, The History of Toronto, an 11,000 Year ...
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  • == History == [[Image:Cerro Rico Potosi (pixinn.net).jpg|thumb|right ... acquired wealth by controlling and selling natural resources. The living conditions ...
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  • National Institute of Anthropology and History (Instituto Nacional de Antropología ... above-ground rivers. There are two large, natural sink holes, called cenotes ...
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  • sought to document. Given the tragic history that ensued for these peoples ... Land of the Head-Hunters to the American Museum of Natural History. He was ...
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  • successful, then and later, because of his natural amiability, showmanship ... In 1941, the George Washington Carver Museum was dedicated at the Tuskegee ...
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  • is that he had military experience, was a natural leader, and ended up, for ... the Dead Famous series of children's history books. ...
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  • == History == [[Image:Aa tatton bonsai.jpg|thumb|285px|Bonsai at garden ... also began to reproduce entire miniature natural landscapes (sai-kei). ...
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  • their right to resist on reasons of natural and constitutional justice ... There was no significant German literary history, so part of what motivated ...
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  • subjects are unknown, are in modern art history conventionally called "Venuses ... quot; figure for whom nudity was her natural state, it was socially acceptable ...
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  • The natural vegetation of the Faroe Islands is dominated by Arctic ... == History == The early history of the Faroe Islands is not well known ...
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  • cities in the world with a recorded history of at least 3,000 years. ... in English), each with its own distinct history and characteristics. Those ...
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  • 1879 in Babylon, and today is kept in the British Museum. ... has been partially restored to counter its natural deterioration over the years. ...
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  • honored female popular singer in Grammy history, Franklin won eighteen Grammy ... "the most imitated soul preacher in history" by the Reverend Jesse ...
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  • pottery factory facilities. However, some natural scientists, such as Israeli ... theory of using the press and misleading museum exhibits to promote questionable ...
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  • him the third highest total in baseball history when he retired. His feat ... highest-paid player in their three-year history with a $70,000 salary. Also ...
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  • 3B2&ct=1 Unraveling the evolutionary history of the liverworts (Marchantiophyta ... amp;SRETRY=0 Illuminating the evolutionary history of liverworts (Marchantiophyta ...
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  • called the most recorded musician in history, first performed on the ... however, was his voice. Arnold was a natural singer, whose voice has ...
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  • == History == Human activities are dated back to the last part of the ... Chongqing is rich in natural resources, with more than forty kinds ...
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  • the Ducal Palace, including the University Museum in Oxford. ... glazed courtyard of the Oxford University Museum were erected, which appeared ...
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  • blades, beads, and shells.Archaeological Museum Varna "The Varna Eneolithic ... sarcophagi are now on display in the Museum of Ancient Arles, which has ...
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  • together with drainage, which is the natural or artificial removal of ... where barley was grown in areas where the natural rainfall was insufficient ...
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  • attempts to get the new Oxford University Museum of Natural History built ... over 250 works which started from art history, but expanded to cover topics ...
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  • edge of the city, much of the river's natural habitat is still preserved ... It also hosts a variety of museums on subjects ranging from history ...
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  • foundation of education and abundance of natural resources, all of which ... The climate supports a natural vegetation of open woodland. The most ...
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  • A Malesk, in contrast, is an adventure or history tale that purports to entertain ... European explorers were preceded by a long history of monumental carving, particularly ...
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  • To his devotees, Shamash was sovereign over the natural world and ... category:History of the Middle East Category:mythology Category:religion ...
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  • of years in close relationship to the natural environment. In many ways ... n_River/NativeHistory.html Native History] Indian Tribes of Alberta ...
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  • The Caribbean coastline is marked by several good natural harbors ... == History == Panama had a rich Pre-Colombian heritage of native populations ...
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  • of the theory of evolution through natural selection. for that observed pattern, the theory of natural selection. This is a dynamic ...
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  • cities of medieval Europe. Situated at a natural crossroads on the Elbe, ... Magdeburg's most significant role in history is as the site of ...
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  • It is known for its harsh conditions, dark history and stark beauty. This setting, however, belies a dark history. The British Empire founded ...
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  • of other men…There is room enough for a natural painter. The great vice ... He also began to deliver public lectures on the history of landscape ...
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  • [http://www.sewardpark.org/sewardpark/history.html. "SkEba'kst: ... the sacred relationship between the Lummi history and culture and the salmon. ...
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  • These rituals are intended to maintain the natural world and to ensure a continuation ... Despite the dark period of Yurok history in which their language and ...
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  • an odd arrangement that results from a natural process constrained by history ... pandas have any problems breeding in their natural habitat (McShea 2015). A ...
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  • artistic manner.[http://www.holophile.com/history.htm The History and Development ... In 1960, Dalí began work on the Dalí Theatre and Museum in his home ...
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  • *Diction is natural vernacular, not heightened or poetic; tone may ... and Romanticism, and for the entire group, history had no artistic relevance ...
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  • a major factor in its rapid growth. Natural resources and raw materials ... Residential heating is 81 percent natural gas compared to less than ...
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  • in Pittsburgh's Carnegie Natural History Museum in 1907. ... Victoria, Owen established the Natural History Museum in South Kensington ...
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  • == History == History of Tokyo [[Image:Tokugawa Ieyasu.jpg|thumb|Tokugawa ... to make Ogasawara National Park a UNESCO natural World Heritage Site. ...
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