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  • 31Historical Poetry — is a sub genre of poetry that has its roots in history. Its aim is to delineate events of the past by incorporating elements of artful composition and poetic diction. It seems that many of these events are limited to the phenomenon of war, merely …

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  • 32period — ► NOUN 1) a length or portion of time. 2) a distinct portion of time with particular characteristics. 3) a major division of geological time, forming part of an era. 4) a lesson in a school. 5) (also menstrual period) a monthly flow of blood and… …

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  • 33Historical tale — (歴史物語 rekishi monogatari) is a category of Japanese literature.Notable historical tales are: * A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari) * The Great Mirror (Okagami) * Today s Mirror (Imakagami) * The Water Mirror (Mizukagami) * The Clear… …

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  • 34historical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of or concerning history. 2) belonging to or set in the past. 3) (of the study of a subject) based on an analysis of its development over a period. DERIVATIVES historically adverb …

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  • 35historical linguistics — n. the branch of linguistics that deals with language changes over a period of time …

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  • 36HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 37Historical reenactment — Reenactment redirects here. For the 1968 Romanian film, see The Reenactment. Reenactment of the Gradara (Italy) siege of the 1446 …

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  • 38Historical background of New Testament — Palestine in Jesus time. A series of articles on …

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  • 39Historical capitals of China — The Chinese phrase Four Great Ancient Capitals of China (simplified Chinese: 中国四大古都; traditional Chinese: 中國四大古都; pinyin: Zhōngguó Sì Dà Gǔdū) traditionally refers to Beijing (the current capital of the People s Republic), Nanjing, Luoyang, and… …

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  • 40Historical revisionism — For the denial and distortion of well established historical facts see Historical revisionism (negationism). Within historiography, that is the academic field of history, historical revisionism is the reversal of orthodox views about guilt or… …

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