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  • 61AMSTERDAM — AMSTERDAM, constitutional capital of the netherlands . Ashkenazim until 1795 DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMY The beginning The first Ashkenazim arrived in Amsterdam from the end of the 1610s onwards. They left the German countries owing to the Thirty… …

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  • 62disorder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of order Nouns 1. disorder, derangement; irregularity; misrule, anarchy, anarchism; untidiness, disunion; disquiet, discord; confusion, confusedness; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, mess, mishmash …

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  • 63tempestuousness — noun 1. a state of wild storminess • Derivationally related forms: ↑tempestuous • Hypernyms: ↑storminess 2. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development the political ferment produced new leadership social unrest …

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  • 64feminism — feminist, n., adj. feministic, adj. /fem euh niz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men. 2. (sometimes cap.) an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women. 3 …

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  • 65Violence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Violence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 violence violence inclemency vehemence might impetuosity Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 effervescence effervescence ebullition Sgm …

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  • 66CRACOW — (Pol. Kraków; Heb. קראקא, קרקא, קראקוב), city in S. Poland (within the historic region lesser poland (Malopolska); in western galicia under Austria). Cracow was the residence of the leading Polish princes during the 12th century, and later became …

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  • 67Types of tobacco — There are many types of tobacco. Types Aromatic Fire cured Aromatic Fire cured smoking tobacco is a robust variety of tobacco used as a condimental for pipe blends. It is cured by smoking over gentle fires. In the United States, it is grown in… …

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  • 68Manifestations de la place Tian'anmen — 39°54′12″N 116°23′30″E / 39.90333, 116.39167 …

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  • 69Économie de la dynastie Song — Extrait du Qingming Shang He Tu (Le Jour de Qingming au bord de la rivière), une grande peinture sur rouleau horizontale de Zhang Zeduan, début du XIIe siècle. L économie de la Chine sous la dynastie Song (960 1279) est marquée par une… …

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  • 70ZEALOTS AND SICARII — Introduction This article deals not only with the group of fighters for the freedom of Israel known from josephus as the Zealots, but includes in its survey other groups with similar aims, particularly the Sicarii. Judea differed from the other… …

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