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  • 92Mesopotamian religion — Introduction  beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the millennia before the Christian era. These religious beliefs and… …

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  • 93List of Metamorphoses characters — Cover of George Sandys s 1632 edition of Ovid s Metamorphosis Englished This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where they appear. The… …

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  • 94Mosuo — A Mosuo woman near Lugu Lake …

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  • 95Delphi — For other uses, see Delphi (disambiguation). Archaeological Site of Delphi * UNESCO World Heritage Site The theatr …

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  • 96Kalash — Ethnic group group=Kalash caption= A Young Kalash Man poptime=ca. 6,000 popplace=Chitral District, Pakistan langs=Kalash, and Urdu rels=Polytheism (ca. 3,000), Islam (ca. 3,000)Ahmed, A.S., 1986. The Islamization of The Kalash Kafirs. Pakistan… …

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  • 97Olympian Gods (DC Comics) — Olympian Gods Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) Created by William Moult …

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  • 98Jul i Valhal — ( Yule in Valhalla ) is a Danish television advent calendar (or Christmas miniseries). It first aired in the December 2005 on TV 2 Denmark television station, on TV 2 Norway in December 2006 (with Norwegian subtitles) and in December 2007 on the… …

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  • 99Gabija — Gabija, a mosaic by Vitolis Trušys (1978) Gabija (also known as Gabieta, Gabeta) is the goddess of fire and hearth in the Lithuanian mythology. She is the protector of home and family, provider of happiness and fertility.[1] Her name is derived… …

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  • 100India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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