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121History of Ohio Wesleyan University — The history of Ohio Wesleyan University began with discussions of a college in Ohio in 1821 when the Ohio Methodist Conference in connection with the Kentucky Conference had established Augusta, the first Methodist institution of higher learning… …
122Frankfurter Judengasse — The Frankfurter Judengasse (from German: “Jews Alley”) was the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt and one of the earliest ghettos in Germany. It existed from 1462 until 1796 and was home to Germany s largest Jewish community in early modern times.At the… …
123History of Uttar Pradesh — The history of Uttar Pradesh, an Indian State, can be divided into five periods: (1) the prehistory Early Vedic Period(up to c. 600 BC), (2) the Buddhist Hindu period (c. 600 BC to c. AD 1200), (3) the Muslim period (c. 1200 to c. 1857), (4) the… …
124History of modern Tunisia — The present day Republic of Tunisia, al Jumhuriyyah at Tunisiyyah , has over ten million citizens, almost all of Arab Berber descent. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north and east, Libya to the southeast, and Algeria to the west. [See map at end …
125Adrienne Clarkson — The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson 伍冰枝 PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, FRSC(hon), FRAIC(hon), FRCPSC(hon) …
126Priestly source — The Priestly Source (P) is posited as the most recent of the four chief sources of the Torah, as postulated by the long established standard Wellhausen (or Graf Wellhausen) formulation of the Documentary Hypothesis (DH). It is seen as the work of …
127Freedom of religion in Russia — The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice; however, in some cases authorities imposed restrictions on certain groups. Although the constitution provides for the equality of… …
128Amidah — The Amidah (Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah The Standing Prayer ), also called the Shmona Esre (שמנה עשרה, Shmonah Esreh The Eighteen [Blessings] ), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. As Judaism s prayer par excellence , the… …
