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  • 31Thomas — ist ein männlicher Vorname. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Namens 2 Verbreitung 3 Namenstag 4 Heiligen Gedenktage …

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  • 32Ibn Baṭṭūṭah — orig. Abū ʽAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʽAbd Allāh al Lawātī al Ṭanjī ibn Baṭṭūṭah born Feb. 24, 1304, Tangier, Mor. died 1368/69, Morocco Noted Arab traveler and writer. He received a traditional juristic and literary education in Tangier. After a… …

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  • 33ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …

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  • 34Russian literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in the late 10th century.       The unusual shape of Russian literary history has been the source of numerous… …

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  • 35Maurice-Jean de Broglie —     Maurice Jean de Broglie     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Maurice Jean de Broglie     Born in Paris, 5 September, 1766; d. there, 20 June, 1821. He was the son of the Field Marshal, Victor Francois, Duc de Broglie, created, by Emperor Francis I,… …

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  • 36LANE, William (1861-1917) — social reformer was born at Bristol, England, on 6 September 1861. His father was Protestant Irish and worked in a nursery, his mother was English. When Lane was born his father was earning a miserable wage, but later on his circumstances… …

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  • 37Jo Gwang-jo — Hangul 조광조 Hanja 趙光祖 Revised Romanization …

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  • 38Dodda Krishnaraja I — Dodda Krishnaraja I, ruler of Mysore from 1714 to 1732 …

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  • 39satrap —   n. ancient Persian ruler of province; despot, especially in petty position.    ♦ satrapal, a.    ♦ satrapy, n …

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