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  • in the earliest-known religious system of the Han Chinese people. The ... seemingly understood as a composite ancestor of the ruling dynasty. From the ...
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  • for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...
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  • The Book of the Dead is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary ... One component of the text that has received extensive scholarly attention ...
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  • psychologist who helped found the school of transpersonal psychology. He ... His humanistic model allowed psychologists and students of psychology ...
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  • [[Image:Glieseupdated.jpg|thumb|235px|right|Artist's impression ... Extraterrestrial life is the term used to define any form of life ...
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  • American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to ... to have been the author of the phrase "Information Superhighway ...
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  • American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots ... Flying Cross and the French Legion of Honor, and she still holds ...
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  • on July 24, 1897 (missing in flight as of July 2, 1937), daughter of ... Daughter of a railroad attorney, she grew up as a tomboy in the American ...
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  • the Indo-Aryan language. Populations of Dravidian speakers live mainly ... The origins of the Dravidian people and language has been difficult ...
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  • often called "The Dean of Western Writers". Stegner ... As a historian, Stegner concerned himself with the issues of community ...
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  • Brown dwarfs are celestial objects ranging in mass between that of ... Early theories concerning the nature of the lowest mass stars and ...
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  • temple complex in Japan. Located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, in southeastern ... Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of over one hundred individual ...
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  • The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region ... Arizona is a crossroad of culture and heritage intertwining many different ...
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  • An otter is any member of 13 extant species of semi-aquatic and aquatic ... being generally at or near the top of food chains, consuming fish ...
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  • John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 – December 20 1968) was one ... conditions and events in the first half of the twentieth century. His ...
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  • - 1898), also known as John Manjiro, was one of the first Japanese people to ... on another whaling ship and in the California Gold Rush, Manjiro risked ...
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  • States thereafter. He was a leading member of the Vienna Circle and probably ... Hempel wrote, "Carnap's ingenious and illuminating methods ...
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  • Sita (Sanskrit: meaning "furrow") is one of the principal ... term held by ancient Indians to be redolent of fecundity and the many blessings ...
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  • reason for the survival and prosperity of the Korean people in the face ... Although a variety of different Asian peoples had migrated to the ...
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  • Iðunn (romanized "Idun") is one of the goddesses of the ... Despite the lack of any evidence of extensive cultic worship, Idun ...
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