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  • 22COUNCILS OF THE LANDS — COUNCILS OF THE LANDS, the central institutions of Jewish self government in Poland and Lithuania from the middle of the 16th century until 1764. The bodies in question were the Council of the Four Lands (Heb. וַעַד אַרְבַּע אֲךָצוֹת) or  … …

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  • 23jitō — In feudal Japan, a land steward appointed by the central military government to each of the estates (shōen) into which the countryside was divided. The jitō collected taxes and maintained the peace; he was also entitled to a portion of the taxes… …

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  • 25Ottoman Empire —    The Ottoman Empire originated as one of more than a dozen small Anatolian principalities that came into existence in the wake of the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century. These Turkish principalities were Islamic warrior states whose… …

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  • 26VILNA — (Pol. Wilno, Lithuanian Vilnius), from 1323 capital of the grand duchy of lithuania ; from 1940 to 1991 capital of the Lithuanian S.S.R.; from 1991 capital of Lithuania; called by East European Jewry, especially in the modern period, the… …

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  • 27Tower of London — For other uses, see Tower of London (disambiguation) Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 0°4′34″W / 51.50806°N 0.07611°W / 51 …

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  • 28Eufaula, Oklahoma — Infobox Settlement official name = Eufaula, Oklahoma settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Eufaula shown in Oklahoma mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type =… …

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  • 30Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia — This article is about the Kingdom of Cilicia under Armenian rule. For a list of other Armenian Kingdoms, see Kingdom of Armenia (disambiguation). Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Կիլիկիոյ Հայկական Թագաւորութիւն ← …

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