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  • ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People ... ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern ...
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  • metal that is found in ores in many parts of the world. It is an essential ... sunburn and diaper rash. The chloride of zinc is a deodorant, and the ...
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  • was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French ... revolutionary factions, with the passage of the Law of Suspects and the ...
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  • Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic ... It is also used for the manufacture of explosives (such as nitroglycerine ...
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  • a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, body of water, or other physical obstacle ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...
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  • from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital ... during the Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization ...
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  • and artistic movement predominant at the end of the nineteenth and beginning ... and mystical poetry and philosophy of Fyodor Tyutchev and Vladimir ...
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  • Monarchs in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea are descended from Emperor ... This genealogy shows the line of succession from the founding monarch ...
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  • true to the Genesis account, this is one of the most famous depictions ... covenants underpin the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and ...
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  • IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...
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  • and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern ... Maximilian Weber was born in Erfurt, Germany, the eldest of seven ...
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  • Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important hand-written ancient ... Originally, it contained the whole of both Testaments. The Greek Old ...
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  • than revelation—should form the basis of religion. In England and the ... In France, on the other hand, Deism in the person of Voltaire took ...
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  • chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table. The heaviest ... 235 (0.72 percent), and a very small amount of uranium-234 (0.0058 percent ...
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  • | WHS = Archaeological Site of Troy | Image = [[Image:Troy1.jpg|300px|Walls of the excavated city ...
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  • The Nobel Prizes are prizes instituted by the will of Alfred Bernhard ... have been honored more than once, a total of 813 different individuals and ...
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  • Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian ... Holberg contributed to the common literature of Denmark-Norway. With the advent ...
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  • KayEss-1.jpeg|thumb|right|225px|Painting of the Buddha's first sermon ... Sachchhani) are the foundational teachings of Buddhism, typically given as ...
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  • novel in the Spanish language, and one of the most influential and enduring ... could readily be identified within the genre of the novel. Medieval literature ...
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  • He is most celebrated for the events of 1486, when at the age of 23 ... Pico della Mirandola was one of the first to resurrect the humanism ...
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