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  • country that is bigger than Western Europe, and stretches over a vast expanse ... almost 500 nuclear weapons, above ground and often without notifying residents ...
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  • the eastern part of the Syrian Desert, and the northern part of the Arabian ... Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to ...
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  • the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister from 1973 ... for the welfare of all his fellow citizens and made providing "Bread ...
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  • Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was the first ... He came to this understanding over the course of a long and tortuous ...
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  • 1966) was an Egyptian intellectual author, and Islamist associated with the ... Alternative spellings of his first and last names include Saïd, Syed ...
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  • 28, 1991) was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately ... led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations in order ...
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  • win its independence from the Netherlands and was President from 1945 to ... The son of a Javanese school teacher and his Balinese wife from Buleleng ...
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  • American author, theologian, historian, and political activist from the ... He worked to document treaty and sovereignty laws and developed arguments ...
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  • revolution in Germany, but the revolt failed and she was killed. political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary. She was a theorist ...
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  • The Konbaung Dynasty, 1752-1885, also known as Third Burmese Empire ... Arakan, Assam, the Mon kingdom of Pegu, and the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya ...
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  • known as the Dominican Order), a philosopher and theologian in the scholastic ... young scholars of the age. The Dominicans and the Franciscans represented ...
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  • the Southern Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. ... Armenia has been populated since prehistoric times, and has been proposed ...
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  • on the group. As one of the historic peace churches, Mennonites are ... population. Mennonite experience in Europe and North America has been, and ...
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  • The Russian communist revolutionary and politician Vladimir Lenin ... Iskras base was moved from Munich to London and then to Geneva, each time ...
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  • For the civilization of China and its history see China. ... pinyin: Zhōngguó; literally "Central State"), is a country in East ...
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  • formed as the "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" after World ... –June 25, 1991), a socialist successor state to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ...
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  • ice-carved terrain of ridges, peaks, and valleys located in the U.S ... the name Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. In recognition of the ...
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  • the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and sometimes as the March Revolution, ... Russia suffered from a number of chronic economic and social problems ...
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  • but large bells such as church, clock and tower bells are normally cast ... zvon which are tuned to a common scale and installed in a bell tower ...
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  • civil war between the nations of North Korea and South Korea, which were created ... massive swings in favor of both the North and the South, at the end of the ...
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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina is a republic of the western Balkans Peninsula ... Croatia borders the country on the north, west, and south, Serbia ...
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  • pottery shards in sites of the fifth century and the sixth century, initially ... establish continuity between the stability, peace and order of Roman rule and ...
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  • 1, 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on March 8, 1702, ... Anne's life was marked by many crises, both personally and relating ...
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  • northern border are China on the Yalu River and Russia on the Tumen River ... in 1948. It is now a single-party socialist state led by the Korean Workers ...
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  • served nearly 12 years as both the 50th and 52nd Governor of Arkansas ... continued to transition from the Cold War, and the United States experienced ...
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  • Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia and a part of the Middle East ... one of the 15 cradle-of-civilization nations and is thus the home to many historical ...
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  • western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. ... Luxembourg lies on the cultural divide between Romance Europe and ...
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  • country bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Lebanon to the west, Israel ... of Civilization" states, the modern state of Syria can trace its roots ...
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  • 1939, lies in Southeast Asia, with Laos and Cambodia to its east, the ... "freedom" in the Thai language and is also the name of the majority ...
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  • Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and ... or make decisions. Everyone has a vote and is committed to respecting ...
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  • controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410 C.E. The Romans referred ... reference to His or Her Britannic Majesty and to a Pax Britannica all paid ...
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  • November 8, 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik ... whom he supported loyally for over 30 years, and whose reputation he continued ...
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  • This article is about the nation of Georgia. For the U.S. state, see ... In 327 C.E., Christianity was declared the official state religion ...
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  • of the French (Empereur des Français) and King of Italy under the name ... every European power (often simultaneously) and acquired control of most of ...
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  • Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich—officially called Deutsches Reich ... Nazi Party, with Adolf Hitler as chancellor and, from 1934, as head of state ...
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  • a variety of traditions, beliefs, and spiritual practices largely ... the goal of overcoming dukkha (suffering) and Saṃsāra (cycle of death ...
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  • July 27, 1970), served as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal ... including the importance of the family, over and against the left-wing Socialists ...
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  • controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces by creating ... As president and head of the Baath Party, Saddam espoused secular ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication ... communication between an organization and its key publics to build, ...
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  • (1592-1596)|Japan's first invasion 1592 and 1596], creating war along ... == Negotiations and Truce between China and Japan (1594–1596) == ...
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  • lie detector) is an instrument that measures and records several physiological ... Vittorio Benussi used to measure breathing, and an abandoned project by American ...
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  • wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin ... People's Crusade passed through Germany and indulged in wide-ranging anti ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... authentic experience that will have benefits and consequences. Students make ...
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  • region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River and various ... Palestine have been used over the millennia, and these definitions themselves ...
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  • migrants who spread across most of central and southern Africa in waves between ... ruled by military dictators from 1966-1979 and 1983-1998. ...
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  • is a coastal Alpine country bordering Italy and the Adriatic Sea. Hungary, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Socialist ...
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  • Nations, to which it was admitted in 1993, and other international institutions ... Macedonia is located at "the crossroads between East and West ...
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  • in Poland, were marred by social unrest and economic depression. Poland by the advancing Soviet Red Army, and the Yalta Conference sanctioned ...
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  • order known for its rigorous scholarship and apostolic zeal. Founded in ... the Pope but their intellectual independence and separate leader in the order ...
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  • Sparta (Doric Σπάρτα; Attic Σπάρτη Spartē) was a city ... names commonly used in the works of Homer and the Athenian historians Herodotus ...
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  • de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. Prior to World War II he was mostly known as a tank tactician and ...
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  • which "the Word of God purely preached and listened to, and the sacraments ... churches, Assyrian Church of the East, and the Ancient Church of the East. ...
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  • overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international ... The Comintern held seven World Congresses, the first in March 1919 ...
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  • 19, 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and a recent leader ... Inheriting the social and institutional problems left over from the ...
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  • to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Ethiopia to the west. Its ... countries (Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and northeastern Kenya) that were ...
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  • the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Empire. The dynasty ... reaching Western Europe, Africa, China and India and played a prominent ...
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  • the first President of the French Republic and the only emperor of the Second ... due to his own moral failings. The leaders and the people of Post-revolutionary ...
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  • Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and the indigenous forces of the ... desire to establish a single Vietnamese state. Ho viewed the existence ...
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  • civilization of antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the modern era. The period ... the West, trade, infrastructure, learning, and security declined. A feudal ...
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  • United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot ... he was awarded the Harmon Trophy (1953), and the Collier Trophy and Mackay ...
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  • jure Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and de facto from 1916 to 1936 ... dynasty possibly descended from Solomon, and in his later years he enjoyed ...
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  • was fought between Portugal’s military and the emerging nationalist movements ... withdrew its remaining colonial forces and agreed a quick handover of ...
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  • its location at a crossroads between land and river trade routes in lands ... in English and [paʀi] in French, derives from that of its pre-Roman ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law are physically confined or interned, and usually deprived of a range ...
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  • one of the most important figures in the development of Christianity. His writings ... a secular career as a teacher of rhetoric and philosophy while living a ...
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  • of South Korea in August of that year, and the ROK was recognized by ... South Korea is an East Asian state on the southern half of the Korean ...
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  • the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern ... to mark the border between Europe and Asia, thus making Turkey transcontinental ...
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  • particular those involving social behavior and society. These disciplines ... However, the origins of their ideas and goals are located much further ...
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  • literally "the red") is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish ... castle into his private royal residence, and it is this which we now know ...
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  • Worshiping in various separatist churches in London, Norfolk and the ... The founding of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and its historic ...
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  • Chinese history, serving between Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong. He was a military ... serving as the President of the Republic and Director-General of the KMT ...
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  • to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. An Islamic nation, it is home mainly to the Tajiks, who share culture ...
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  • was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the historical founder of ... not a god; he was simply "awake" and not asleep. He described himself ...
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  • America's foremost civil rights leader and is deemed by many as the greatest ... 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s impact and legacy was not limited to ...
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  • with around 480,000 in England, Scotland and Ireland alone, and over two ... each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There are also ...
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  • by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France, with a short coastline ... Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law An authorized official can pardon, or forgive, a crime and its penalty; ...
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  • the north (mostly along the Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia ... The region was once inhabited by the ancient Thracians, and was later ...
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  • that comprises Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox ... to adapt to China's unique cultural and religious contexts and incorporate ...
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  • Borden Parker Bowne (1847-1910) was an American Christian philosopher ... within a Christian theistic context. Bowne and his students at Boston University ...
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  • Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Unstable governments and rapidly changing political parties make the ...
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  • Eastern religions (such as Buddhism, Daoism, and Hinduism), where these practices ... Mikel Burley, Hatha Yoga: Its Context, Theory and Practice (New Delhi: ...
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  • King Otto. His nomination was both suggested and supported by the Great Powers ... reigns of his successors would prove short and insecure. George did much ...
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  • years, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of antisemitic violence ... world, the movement to found an independent state for Jews where they would ...
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  • November 25, 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary. He governed ... a revolutionary group with his brother Raúl and Che Guevara. After Batista ...
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  • the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in ... boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The country also ...
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  • 27, 2008) was an Indonesian military leader, and from 1967 to 1998 the second ... Suharto lived his post-presidential years in near seclusion, and died ...
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  • in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and then as a United States Senator ... Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where ...
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  • a successful mining engineer, humanitarian, and administrator. He exemplified ... Hoover took office in 1929, amid high hopes for the country and his ...
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  • leaders in the fight for freedom in India and its struggle for independence ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...
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  • States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001 and re-elected in the 2004 U.S ... U.S. Senator from Connecticut Prescott Bush, and older brother to Jeb Bush ...
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  • Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...
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  • various times a soldier, journalist, author, and politician, Churchill is generally ... Churchill saw himself as a champion of democracy against tyranny, ...
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  • For the civilization of China and its history see China ... Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East ...
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  • From 1953 to the early 1980s, rich rewards and fame awaited defectors. However ... Since the division of the Korean Peninsula after World War II and ...
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  • fell in 1644, remnants of the Ming throne and power (now collectively called ... masted ships of 1,500 tons displacement, and a standing army of 1,000,000 ...
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  • the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific ... country in the Americas by total area and 14th largest in the world ...
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  • ==Birth and early life== having been active in the Liberal Party and then having joined the Labour ...
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  • rabbi, philosopher, theologian, author, and public figure. He served as ... from the covenant that God made with Noah and all his descendants, gained ...
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  • dictatorship are controlled by the dictator and facilitated through an inner ... which included Bonapartism in Europe and caudillos in Latin America ...
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  • The First World War, known as the Great War before 1939 and as World ... somewhat simplistic analysis because rivalry and jealousy between the two sides ...
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  • The Reconquista (a Spanish and Portuguese word for "Reconquest ... In reality the situation was much more nuanced and complicated. Christian ...
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  • of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and several adjacent small islands ... in the Caribbean. Its people, culture and customs draw from several ...
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  • Europe, approximately between Germany, Italy and Hungary. ninth century, when the countryside of upper and lower Austria became increasingly ...
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  • an important leader of the Democratic Party, and, as president, attempted to ... In 1973, Johnson's years of overeating, excessive drinking, and ...
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  • The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national and social turmoil ... Defeat in World War I and the February and October Revolutions in ...
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  • The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between Britain and the Zulus ... who, as did the Boer settlers, resisted and resented British influence ...
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  • for numerous acts of terrorism in Iraq and Jordan. These acts include ... opposed the presence of United States and Western military forces in ...
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  • along with the Brazil (Portuguese) and Suriname (Dutch) and the French ... on loan repayments to foreign governments and the multilateral banks, and ...
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  • quot;) denotes a set of common beliefs and practices pertaining to the ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...
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  • based movement that had significant social and political consequences for ... #039;s inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, ...
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  • conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. It was the largest and ... up of Poland, the British Empire, France, and others. In May, 1940, Germany ...
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  • It is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Ecuador ... Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth-largest ...
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  • century evangelical revival in Great Britain and founder of the Methodist movement ... Wesley's long and eventful life bridged the Reformation and modern ...
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  • Romania is a country in Southeastern Europe bordering Hungary and ... The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the Danubian ...
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  • heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess ... Austria had over the years allowed the development of greater democracy. ...
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  • Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical ... During the latter half of the 19th and the first decades of the twentieth ...
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  • India, officially the British Indian Empire, and internationally and contemporaneously ... Prior to 1858, Britain's interests and possessions in India had been ...
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  • over much of northern Eurasia (Asia and Europe). The largest country ... After the Soviet era, the area, population, and industrial production of the ...
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  • of languages. It developed under Persian and to a lesser degree Arabic ... calligraphy style of the Perso-Arabic script and draws vocabulary more heavily ...
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  • The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and the subsequent rise of German ...
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  • Under the rule of kings Narasaraja Wodeyar and Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar, the ... court, which patronized such famous artists and musicians as Veena Sheshanna ...
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  • Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree, as evidenced ...
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  • Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Church from the Roman Catholic Church and established Henry as the supreme ...
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  • which lasted from July 1964Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer, The ... land are not genuine war veterans. Some are, and they are cultivating the land ...
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  • in the northeast of the island of Ireland, and consists of six of the nine ... Northern Ireland has been for many years the site of a violent and ...
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  • the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly ... the provisional suspension of King Louis XVI and the convocation of a National ...
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  • the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. It is a constitutional ... Amsterdam is the capital city (hoofdstad), and The Hague (Dutch: Den ...
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