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  • into useful mechanical power or motion. If the engine produces kinetic energy ... ==Usage of the term "engine"== Originally, an engine was ...
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  • meaning "initiated") is a name in the Hebrew Bible used ... Today, Enoch is commemorated on July 26 as one of the Holy Forefathers ...
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  • instrument for finding directions on the earth. It consists of a magnetized ... a magnetic device using a needle to indicate the direction of the magnetic ...
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  • from undivided India, who contributed to the foundations of experimental ... He is also considered the father of Bengali science fiction. ...
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  • In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... The modern state is relatively new to human history, emerging after ...
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  • The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...
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  • ), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province ...
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  • Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November ... reputed to be a good poet. He was a devout Muslim, although his Hindu subjects ...
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  • or 1837Sharon Halevi and Fruma Zachs, Gendering Culture in Greater ... He traveled throughout West Asia and France in his youth, and after some medical ...
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  • |mascot = Marty the Martlet |website= [http://www.mcgill ... McGill University is a public university located in Montreal, Quebec ...
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  • 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Tokyo, the largest metropolis in the world.]] ... and businesses, benefiting all parties in the process. Historically, ...
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  • This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ...
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  • The word culture, from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate ... culture is an attribute of a community: The complex web of shifting patterns ...
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  • :For other articles that otherwise might have the same name, see Print ... In photography, the process of making a picture on photosensitive ...
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  • The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...
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  • The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, was a devastating ... Notable later outbreaks include the Italian Plague of 1629–1631 ...
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  • For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...
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  • The British Empire is the most extensive empire in world history and ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...
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  • In biological terms, a human being, or human, is any member of the ... biologically and anatomically, but also in psychological, social, and ...
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  • Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked ... After a Celtic and a Roman period, the foundation of Hungary was laid ...
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