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  • 1The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …

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  • 2The Towers of Silence — infobox Book | name = The Towers of Silence title orig = translator = image caption = author = Paul Scott cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Historical novel publisher = Heinemann release date = October… …

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  • 3The Black Jewels — is a series of fantasy novels by Anne Bishop.The World of the Black JewelsThe Black Jewels Trilogy is set in a unique world consisting of three Realms: Terreille, Kaeleer, and Hell. These three realms, although being situated upon the same land,… …

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  • 4HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 5Native Americans in the United States — This article is about the indigenous people of the United States. For other indigenous people see Indigenous peoples by geographic regions Native Americans …

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  • 6History of the Netherlands — This article is part of a series Early History …

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  • 7Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain — Trentham Hall demolished in 1912. The Italianate Trentham was so lavish that the Shah of Persia in 1873 remarked to the future King Edward VII, of their host too grand for a subject, you ll have to have his head off when you come to the throne.… …

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  • 8Reconstruction Era of the United States — In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern… …

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  • 9Spanish colonization of the Americas — Conquista redirects here. For other uses, see Conquista (disambiguation). Farthest extent of Spanish colonization in America. Red: Farthest extent of Spanish colonies under the House of Bourbon in the 1790s. Pink: Disputed claims of Spanish… …

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  • 10Taxation in the United Kingdom — This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United Kingdom Central government HM Treasury HM Revenue and Customs …

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