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  • April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was emperor of Rome from 161 C.E. until his ... Pius, so that he would be in the direct line of succession. After becoming ...
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  • The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with ... 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly ...
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  • nature," derived from the arrangement of Aristotle's works) is ... A central part of metaphysics is ontology, which is the study of being ...
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  • observation statements, and judgments of perception have also been used ... A number of questions arose about such alleged protocol sentences: ...
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  • or the Mazarin Bible) is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation ... The advent of the printed Bible ushered in an age in which Bibles ...
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  • remains are buried, usually with some form of marker to establish their identity ... A cemetery is generally a place of respect for the dead where the ...
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  • He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with ... As a social critic, he wrote a number of controversial books, including ...
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  • who is best remembered for her portraits of Marie Antoinette, and for her ... Today she is generally regarded as the most famous woman painter of ...
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  • and the Holy Land, he observed the methods of physicians, chemists, and spiritual ... Paracelsus’ aggressive manner of teaching and his outspoken criticism ...
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  • political sociology and the philosophy of history. His Lettres Persanes ... Montesquieu defined three forms of government: republics, monarchies ...
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  • On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the ... in its provinces was not only the death of the heir to the throne but ...
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  • philosopher, theologian and historian of science. His surname is pronounced ... Whewell’s philosophy of science included the claim that through ...
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  • 29, 1973) was an English poet and one of the most influential poets ... Auden was a poet of prodigious talent and output, living at a time ...
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  • from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") ... are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven ...
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  • Dutch) chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade ... its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of ...
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  • Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies ... One of Europe's oldest cities, with a history of 7000 years, ...
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  • that carries its own motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles ... The automobile is one of the technologies—along with such others ...
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  • chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter ... (astronomical). The first symbol derives from the name of its discoverer ...
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  • He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during ... A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow's work continued ...
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  • c. 1532 - 1625) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. After her ... Anguissola established a new style of portraiture, with subjects set ...
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