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  • In his acting, he gave a new life to some of the greatest classics in the ... He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE ...
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  • The Deccan sultanates refer to five Muslim-ruled late medieval kingdoms– ... Although generally rivals, they allied against the Vijayanagara empire ...
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  • Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures ... ==Meaning of the term== Orientalism derives from a Latin word oriens ...
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  • March 23, 1921 – January 4, 1967), was a British car and motorboat racer ... The Campbell's were wealthy from the family's diamond business ...
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  • The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...
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  • The Battle of Gallipoli took place at Gallipoli from April 1915 to ... In Turkey, the campaign is known as the Çanakkale Savaşları, after ...
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  • that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military ... is lost; this does not necessarily mean that the captain is suspected of wrongdoing ...
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  • who pioneered modern education for the Muslim community in India ... scholar while working as a jurist for the British East India Company ...
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  • The Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝) (born Hongli, September 25, 1711 ... During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, China attained its maximum ...
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  • a German naval leader, who was in command of the Kriegsmarine during World ... After the war, he was charged and convicted of "crimes against ...
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  • The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller ... At times it competed in popularity with the Knights Templar, a more ...
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  • The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit ... The Dome of the Rock has a striking presence in the holy city of Jerusalem ...
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  • The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... Although barbarian cultures generally worked against the advancement ...
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  • Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...
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  • generally known as Cornplanter, was the son of a Seneca (Indian) mother ... Cornplanter urged neutrality during the American Revolutionary War ...
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  • A hierarchical Sinocentric model of international relations, dominated ... The central position was not always held by the same ethnic group; ...
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  • Precognition (from the Latin praecognitio, or "to know beforehand ... Precognition is the most frequently reported type of ESP, occurring ...
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  • The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ...
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  • The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...
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  • The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...
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