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  • 41Vita Karoli Magni — ( Life of Charles the Great ) is a biography of Charlemagne written by Einhard. Ogg, p. 109 ] The biography was the first ever of a European king. [ Anzovin, P. 162 item 2930 The first biography of a European king was Vita, Karoli Magni (Life of… …

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  • 42cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …

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  • 43ZOHAR — (Heb. זֹהַר; (The Book of) Splendor ), the central work in the literature of the kabbalah . Introduction In some parts of the book the name Zohar is mentioned as the title of the work. It is also cited by the Spanish kabbalists under other names …

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  • 44Bhumibol Adulyadej — Infobox Monarch name = Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama IX of Thailand ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช title = King of Thailand caption = King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand reign = 9 June 1946 – present coronation = 6 May 1950 predecessor = Ananda Mahidol suc… …

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  • 45Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …

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  • 46Carel Gabriel Cobet — (November 28, 1813 October 26, 1889), was a Dutch classical scholar.He was born in Paris, but educated in the Netherlands, at the Hague Gymnasium and the University of Leiden. In 1836 he won a gold medal for an essay entitled Prosopographia… …

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  • 47Giovanni Villani — Infobox Person name = Giovanni Villani image size = 220px caption = Statue of Giovanni Villani in the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo. birth date = c. 1276 or 1280 birth place = Florence death date = 1348 death place = Florence occupation = Banker,… …

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  • 48folk literature — Introduction also called  folklore  or  oral tradition        the lore (traditional knowledge and beliefs) of cultures having no written language. It is transmitted by word of mouth and consists, as does written literature, of both prose and… …

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  • 49ANGELS AND ANGELOLOGY — ANGELS AND ANGELOLOGY. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: bible terminology angels as a group the angel of the lord in the hagiographa silence of the prophets ezekiel and zechariah daniel apocrypha among the jewish sects… …

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  • 50COMMUNITY — antiquity middle ages character and structures functions and duties individual centers the muslim caliphate in the east …

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