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  • Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. a nineteenth century truce between Britain and several Arab sheikhs. The ...
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  • but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William Harrison Bonney. He ... McCarty was 5'8" with blue eyes, smooth cheeks, and prominent ...
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  • Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located ... The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list ...
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  • or Kalilag and Damnag (in Syriac) Ion Keith-Falconer. Kalilah and Dimnah ... or Kalila and Dimna (also Kalilah and Dimnah, Arabic: كليلة و ...
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  • religious depth, quintessential Upanishadic and Yogic philosophy and beauty ... the form of a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield ...
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  • was a Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist. He was one of the ... into Latin in the twelfth century, and was used for several centuries ...
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  • Silk is a fine, soft and yet strong proteinaceous fiber that is naturally ... While the best-known and commercially important silk is obtained from ...
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  • singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. He was particularly ... over hit that won him a Grammy Award in 1980 and was selected in 2018 for preservation ...
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  • traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols ... sense to designate a specific type of play dates from Nineteenth-century theatre ...
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  • 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded ... Shakespeare was born and lived in Stratford-upon-Avon. From 1585 until ...
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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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  • , also Arabic transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, and sometimes ... was born c. 570 C.E. in Mecca (Makkah) and died June 8, 632 in Medina ...
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  • Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ... absorbed many foreign artistic traditions and carried on intermittent exchanges ...
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  • was a Genoese-born navigator, explorer, and colonizer whose epochal voyage ... following advances in ship design and navigational instrumentation ...
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  • their heroes, which outline their own cultic and ritual practices and view ... Greek mythology has exercised an extensive and profound influence ...
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  • author, actor, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand ... During the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in what is considered ...
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  • border between the region of Emilia Romagna and Marche. It covers an area ... The climate is Mediterranean, with warm summers and mild winters. ...
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  • Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. In general, the term ... is used to denote the literature that began and flourished due to Charles ...
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  • of Serbia is a landlocked country in central and south-eastern Europe, covering ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...
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  • with the most points when the time expires and the last play ends. November 6, 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University. The ...
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