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  • 'De-jung') meaning "Source of happiness," is a mythical ... scriptures also speak of a closely-related land called 'Olmolungring ...
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  • Parmenides of Elea (c. 515 – 450 b.c.e.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... Earlier pre-Socratic philosophers identified the ultimate principle ...
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  • he was a Dutch painter who came to New York City. He was an important ... that he called compositions, consisting of rectangular forms of red, yellow ...
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  • James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (October 29, 1740 - May 19 ... journals that he wrote for long periods of his life, which remained undiscovered ...
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  • specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent ... had their origins in the royal collections of the sovereign or some other ...
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  • December 4, 1952) was a German psychoanalyst of Norwegian and Dutch descent ... on September 16, 1885 in the German city of Hamburg. Her father, Berndt ...
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  • 1806) was a Scottish physician and explorer of the African continent who explorations ... His career was set in the context of the early days of the European ...
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  • a philosophical model. He was a close friend of the U.S. German-born theologian ... May is best known for his work on the human struggles of living in ...
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  • [[Image:NYPDBrooklynBridge.jpg|thumb|250px|right|New York City Police ... those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and legal means to ...
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  • | work_institutions = Stony Brook University | alma_mater = ... and archaeologist, famous for his discovery of "Turkana Boy." The ...
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  • would quickly renounce these views in favor of a life-long, if sometimes cynical ... Walter Lippmann was born on September 23, 1889 in New York City to ...
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  • Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources ... The Park's 119 square miles (309 km²) of spire-filled desert forms a ...
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  • lawyer and peace activist; he is one of several people who have been ... and Otlet created the Central Office of International Associations ...
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  • Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of the New York School of poetry ... . The urgency and quickness of his voice allows the reader to experience ...
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  • The New Kingdom is the period in ancient Egyptian history between ... Some of the most famous of all the Pharaohs, such as Ramesses II and ...
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  • was a popular US jazz saxophonist and one of the premier saxophonists of ... (Segell 2005, 123). Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock ...
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  • 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red Cross. As ... with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted Mason, he had me ...
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  • she was understood as the protector of the Lower Kingdom, and represented ... In classical Egyptian religion, Bast was the subject of considerable ...
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  • , marked annually on March 8, is a major day of global celebration for the ... The holiday that developed from these beginnings blended the culture ...
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  • ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...
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