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  • 1Wall of London —    Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the date when the walls that encircled the ancient City of London were first erected, and no evidence is obtainable from the Anglo Saxon Chronicle or other early records.    There is no doubt… …

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  • 2Castle of São Jorge — The Castle of São Jorge (English: Castle of Saint George; Portuguese pron. IPA2|kɐʃ tɛlu dɨ sɐ̃ũ ʒɔɾʒ(ɨ)) is the Castle of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, and is located in the highest hill of the historic centre of the city. It is one of… …

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  • 3JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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  • 4Yeavering — is a very small hamlet in the north east corner of the civil parish of Kirknewton in the English county of Northumberland. It is located at latitude 55° 34’ longitude 2° 07’, on the River Glen at the northern edge of the Cheviot Hills.According… …

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  • 5Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus — The trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was the event that instigated the Dreyfus Affair, a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. It involved the wrongful conviction of Dreyfus, a Jewish military officer, for …

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  • 6Mesoamerican pyramids — Mesoamerican pyramids, pyramid shaped structures, are an important part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. These structures were usually step pyramids with temples on top – more akin to the ziggurats of Mesopotamia than to the pyramids of… …

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  • 7Echallens — Infobox Swiss town subject name = Echallens municipality name = Echallens municipality type = municipality imagepath coa = |pixel coa= languages = French canton = Vaud iso code region = CH VD district = Echallens lat d=46|lat m=38|lat NS=N|long d …

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  • 8Ox-wagon — Not to be confused with Bullock cart. Bullock wagon carrying wool in New Zealand, c1880 …

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  • 9Yeavering Bell — The Yeavering Bell is a twin peaked hill near the River Glen in Northumberland, England. The hill, 361 metres above sea level, is encircled by the wall of a late prehistoric hillfort, a tribal centre of the Votadini.ee also* History of… …

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  • 10Beijing Legation Quarter — The Beijing Legation Quarter was the area in Beijing where a number of foreign legations were located between 1861 and 1959. In Chinese, the area is known as Dōng jiāomín xiàng (東交民巷), which is the name of the hutong (lane or small street)… …

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