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  • 71GREECE — (Heb. יָוָן, Yavan), country in S.E. Europe. SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (TO 330 C.E.) Although the earliest known Jews on the Greek mainland are to be found only from the third century B.C.E., it is highly probable that Jews traveled or were forcibly… …

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  • 72LIBYA — LIBYA, country in N. Africa, consisting of the regions of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica (see cyrene ), and Fezzan. Isolated finds of Jewish origin from pre Exilic Ereẓ Israel were discovered both in Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, but there is no reliable… …

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  • 73OTTOMAN EMPIRE — OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Balkan and Middle Eastern empire started by a Turkish tribe, led by ʿUthmān (1288–1326), at the beginning of the 14th century. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: sources …

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  • 74RAVENNA — RAVENNA, city in Emilia Romagna, N. central Italy. There is evidence that a Jewish settlement existed in Ravenna in the third and fourth centuries, probably the earliest Jewish community in the region. A piece of an amphora with the word Shalom… …

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  • 75aggravated — adj. 1. 1 made more severe or intense, especially in law; as, aggravated assault. Syn: intensified. [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 incited, especially deliberately, to anger. aggravated by passive resistance Syn: provoked. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 76Incito-motor — In*ci to mo tor, a. [L. incitus incited + E. motor.] (Physiol.) Inciting to motion; applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to {excito motor}.… …

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  • 77Motiveless — Mo tive*less, a. Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. {Mo tive*less*ness}, n. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 78Motivelessness — Motiveless Mo tive*less, a. Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. {Mo tive*less*ness}, n. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 79Taeping — Taiping Tai ping , or Taeping Tae ping , a. [Chin. t aip ing great peace.] (Chinese Hist.) Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung Siu Chuen, a half religious, half political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty …

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  • 80Taiping — Tai ping , or Taeping Tae ping , a. [Chin. t aip ing great peace.] (Chinese Hist.) Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung Siu Chuen, a half religious, half political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the… …

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