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  • The Three Kingdoms Period of Korea (hangul: 삼국시대) featured ... Kingdoms." Founded soon after the fall of Gojoseon, the three city-states ...
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  • located in Bourges, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. The cathedral is noted for its unique feats of architecture, impressive sculptures ...
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  • Changdeokgung (Changdeok Palace or Palace of Prospering Virtue) is ... Changdeokgung was the favored palace of many kings of the Joseon Dynasty ...
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  • but is best known for her A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), a ... true virtue. Virtue, which consisted of imitating God, could only be ...
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  • slightly radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It can ... as lead. Soil commonly contains an average of around 12 parts per million ...
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  • language did not have a writing system of its own. Chinese characters ... Kanji includes new characters created in Japan, and modifications ...
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  • [[Image:Medieval writing desk.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration of a scribe ... Writing is a form of communication through the act of preserving text ...
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  • Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) is a category of Buddhist ... Historically, Abhidharma started as an elaboration of the teachings ...
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  • and is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story." ... The Akutagawa Prize, established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan in memory of Akutagawa ...
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  • Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, located in ... The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the turning away from communism ...
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  • ) of Chalcedon (396 – 314 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and third ... In his biography of Xenocrates, Diogenes Laertius recounts several ...
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  • regarded as the “crown” or the “cream” of the Vedas ... philosophy, meditation, and the nature of God; they form the core spiritual ...
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  • Fleming were among the most beloved athletes of their respective generations ... Major international competitions are sanctioned by the ISU. These ...
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  • plating. The human body needs trace amounts of trivalent chromium (chromium ... used in paints and pigments. The red color of rubies derives from the presence ...
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  • Industrial engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with ... Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering ...
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  • The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...
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  • nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...
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  • the nineteenth century with the translation of the Rosetta Stone. Yet interest ... this culture, including the great Pyramids of Giza, reveal not only their ...
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  • The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... 1800s. As immigrants from different parts of Europe spread across the U ...
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  • The most common naturally occurring minerals of barium are barite (barium sulfate ... Barium and its compounds have a variety of applications. For instance ...
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