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  • most of the crinoid forms of the Paleozoic era died out, with a few surviving ... are also found in the rocks of the Paleozoic era. These extinct groups can ...
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  • Bronze was stronger than the era's iron. Quality steels were ... mechanical, and chemical properties. Some common examples are the high electrical ...
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  • specific period of jazz, known as the Swing Era (roughly the 1930s, especially ... the distinctive swing time rhythm that is common to many forms of jazz. ...
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  • that had its full place in the swing era. In the New Orleans style ... in ways similar to those of speech is common to many jazz musicians and ...
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  • Queen Victoria (1837–1901) and during the era which bears her name. It forms ... notably different from that at the start of the era. William Makepeace ...
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  • bird, similar to an ostrich, which were common in pre-historic China, similar ... and only to mark the beginning of a new era, hiding during times of trouble ...
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  • or form of works in the post-Baroque era. While modulation normally ... is determined by the number of notes in common between keys, which provides ...
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  • in a small bowl of raw, beaten egg. A common joke in Japanese comedy is ... contact with the West during the Meiji era popularized the consumption ...
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  • of the Vikrama Samvat or Vikrama's era had been created by the legendary ... had been a soothsayer of renown in his era, predicting the death of Vikramaditya’s ...
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  • uncovered. In a later Early Christian era, scrolls became quite valuable ... took place after third century before current era. ====Greece and Rome==== ...
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  • Robinson). Defining the beginning of the era is difficult, given the lack ... Common sacred genres were the mass, the motet, the madrigale spirituale ...
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  • This was the era in which photography was invented. The Camera Obscura ... photography, can be traced to Victorian era practitioners such as Julia ...
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  • organ accompaniments for choral works were common by the late sixteenth century ... becoming more significant during the Baroque era because of a new stylism in ...
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  • known as Civil law. For the area of law in common law countries governing relations ... civil law system is contrasted with the common law originating in England ...
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  • At the height of the swing era, Jones introduced a regular, lightly ... one of the premier jazz drummer of the swing era and the transitional figure ...
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  • original key. In the Baroque period it was common to repeat an entire phrase ... In common practice period compositions—and most of the Western popular ...
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  • and styles. Some specialize in playing common rhythm section instruments ... on numerous country and rock hits of the era, the two groups of musicians ...
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  • === The Patristic Era === of St. Augustine is known as the Patristic era of philosophy and theology ...
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  • for it, with humankind developing from a common origin guided from savagery ... A common principle of intelligence meets us in the savage, in the ...
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  • developed to regulate the process. A less common—but no less important—use ... * In feudal England, common people had no right to inherit property. ...
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  • composer and music theorist of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste ... present. For many composers of the Baroque era, the relationship of acoustic ...
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  • community world-wide in the early medieval era. The Geonim played a prominent ... Early in the Geonic era, the majority of the questions asked to them ...
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  • to many styles of rock music. There is a common misconception that these ... ===First era (1970s)=== In the 1970s, hard rock attained its identity ...
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  • of forms prior to the Classical music era. The term would take on increasing ... The Baroque era applied the term sonata to a variety of works, including ...
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  • Central Bank and accept the Euro as their common currency. ... removing the barrier of direct barter. In common usage, "currency" ...
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  • culture of Judaism at the turn of the Common Era, including information ... have been dated to the beginning of the Common Era, give or take several decades ...
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  • Like many intellectuals during his era, he began his career as a ... His theory was spawned during the industrial era and some critics have argued ...
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  • the age of 14. Later that year, the Japanese era name was changed to Meiji ... advance public good and promote common interests; always respect ...
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  • romances" which touched upon common life and were popular throughout ... During the Brezhnev era of stagnation in the history of the Soviet ...
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  • outlasted the now extinct trilobites, the common marine arthropod of the Cambrian ... all share similar attributes from a common lineage. ==Characteristics== ...
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  • groups; international marriages were common and were officially sanctioned ... 唐玄宗) (712–730), known as the Kaiyuan era (開元之治). The Shoku ...
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  • repession that would continue until the era of glasnost during the Mikhail ... a neologism for self-publishing, a common practice for literary works ...
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  • academies were built during the Chia-ching era (1522-1566 C.E.). ... called Shuyuan in Chinese. Despite the common name, these shuyuan are quite ...
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  • Most modern historians dismiss the notion that the era was a "Dark ... hopes, and fears. The ideal of a common world order, known earlier ...
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  • of American modernism, taking part in that era's upsurge of highly experimental ... It is a common mistake to perceive Williams' turn towards Americanism ...
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  • first centuries B.C.E.) and the early Common Era, but have faced severe ... ===The Common Era=== In the first part of the Common Era, Samaria was ...
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  • The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ... The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ...
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  • creating a repeating crossbow. The most common model, the Zhuge Nu (better ... === Interwar era and World War II=== During the interwar years, many ...
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  • go-go days gave rise to the golden era of Kansas City Jazz (now commemorated at the American Jazz Museum at Eighteenth and Vine) as well as a ...
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  • more than 3,947 square yards. Most of the common people lived in large apartment ... center until around the beginning of the common era. For many years, archaeologists ...
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  • for different applications. However, a common and well-accepted metric ... Many common active devices in transistor amplifiers are bipolar junction ...
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  • courtiers and other amateurs, apparently common in the early years of Elizabeth ... had individual differences; yet their common function necessitated a similar ...
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  • product of rural Ohio during the post-Civil War era. Denton True Young ... it looked like a cyclone had hit. The most common version of the myth is that ...
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  • and no harm, no foul that have become common basketball vernacular, and ... is all the more impressive because, in an era of specialization between ...
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  • Repetition of the nembutsu is a common feature of Jodo Shu, which ... shu/disciples/eras/4eras.html The 4 Era's of Honen's Disciples ...
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  • in medieval ages and even into the modern era as the value of people and ... A common opinion held in countries based on common law is that in ...
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  • Mediterranean states having much in common, and the northern Atlantic ... the politics of the United States that is common in Western Europe. ...
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  • pieces but most systems assume that some common feature characterizes an ... to anywhere in the world according to Common Era numbering, has a certain ...
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  • producing a unique depth of color, to common opals that have a blander ... red, yellow, green, brown, and black. Common opal is truly amorphous, ...
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  • signs are a type of folk art that became common in Pennsylvania Dutch country ... signs" dates back to the pre-Christian era in Europe, when symbols and ...
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