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  • 31Stalin, Joseph — orig. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili born Dec. 21, 1879, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician and dictator. The son of a cobbler, he studied at a seminary but was expelled for… …

    Universalium

  • 32Spotlight: The New Middle East — ▪ 1995       Does the normalization of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours constitute the great change that will allow the Middle East as the storybooks say to live happily ever after ? Probably not. A wider Arab Israeli peace could… …

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  • 33Southeast Asia, history of — Introduction       history of the area from prehistoric times to the contemporary period. Early society and accomplishments Origins       Knowledge of the early prehistory of Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia, history of) has undergone exceptionally …

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  • 34Prussia — • The Kingdom of Prussia covers 134,616 square miles and includes about 64.8 per cent of the area of the German Empire. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prussia     Prussia      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 35Religious Affairs Bureau (State Administration for Religious Affairs) — Formerly known as the Religious Affairs Bureau, the State Administration for Religious Affairs or SARA (Guojia zongjiaoju) is the government bureau charged with implementing the state’s religion policies and enforcing official regulations.… …

    Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

  • 36Manhattan Institute for Policy Research — Motto Turning Intellect into Influence Formation 1978 Type Public …

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  • 37absolutism — absolutism, absolutist state The term itself may be defined as a state form typical of societies in the process of transition from feudalism to capitalism , wherein power is concentrated in the person of a monarch, who has at his or her disposal… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 38labour process — Analysis of the labour process may be traced back to Karl Marx s interest in the means by which human labour is harnessed in the creation of products for human need. This process is seen to be socially organized and to vary historically between… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 39Administration of Burma, British Colonial Period —    Following the formal annexation of Upper Burma in January 1886, Upper and Lower Burma were administered as a Province of the British Indian Empire. The country was subject to essentially the same laws and procedures as the Subcontinent, though …

    Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • 40Austria: history —    Prehistory and Antiquity    The terrain covered by modern Austria has had some form of human habitation since the Early Stone Age. The first evidence for humans into the alpine valleys comes from around 150,000 years BCE. During the    Early… …

    Historical dictionary of Austria