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6190/60/90 — Weibliches Schönheitsideal der Hochrenaissance La Velata von Raffael (1516) Ein Schönheitsideal ist eine bestimmte Vorstellung von Schönheit innerhalb einer Kultur. In der Regel bezieht sich der Begriff auf das Aussehen des menschlichen Körpers… …
62Theresienstadt — Nazi concentration camp in World War II. Originally a town in northern Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic), it became a walled ghetto for Jews in 1941. After the small non Jewish population was evacuated in 1942, Jewish captives were shipped… …
63Soup beans — is a term common in the Southern United States, particularly the regions around the Appalachian Mountains. It refers to pinto or other brown dried beans cooked with smoked pork as flavoring.1 Soup beans are usually served with cornbread, greens… …
64Fertility symbol — A fertility symbol is an object used by early historical human societies representing fertility. These symbols took on several different forms.For example, some fertility symbols took on the appearance of a rotund human female as obesity was seen …
65during — [door′iŋ, dyoor′iŋ, dʉr′iŋ] prep. [ME duringe, prep., orig. prp. of duren, ENDURE] 1. throughout the entire time of; all through [food was scarce during the war] 2. at some point in the entire time of; in the course of [he left during the… …
66Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
67Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
68Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies — North American colonies 1763–76 The cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies includes the foods, eating habits, and cooking methods of the British colonies in North America before the establishment of the United States in the 1770s and 1780s. It was… …
69Maritime history of California — History of California This article is part of a series Timeline …
70Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
