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  • 41Samurai — For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). Samurai in armor, 1860s. Hand coloured photograph by Felice Beato …

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  • 42Migration Period sword — Hilt of a Vendel period sword found at Valsgärde. Swords of the Migration Period (4th to 7th centuries AD) show a transition from the Roman era Spatha to the Viking sword types of the Early Middle Ages. The blade is normally smooth or shows a… …

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  • 43military technology — Introduction       range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …

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  • 44World of A Song of Ice and Fire — Westeros and across the narrow sea A Song of Ice and Fire location Creator George R. R. Martin Genre Novel Type Fantasy world …

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  • 45Latin America, history of — Introduction       history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… …

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  • 46Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne — Turenne redirects here. For other uses, see Turenne (disambiguation). Turenne. Henri de la Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often called simply Turenne (11 September 1611, Sedan, Ardennes – 27 July 1675) was the most illustrious member of the …

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  • 47C. N. Annadurai — சி. என். அண்ணாதுரை Chief Minister of Madras State(from August 1968 onwards, Tamil Nadu) In office February, 1967 – 3 February 1969 Prime Minister …

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  • 48Shen Kuo — Infobox Scientist name = Shen Kuo zh. 沈括 image width = 280px caption = Shen Kuo, a Chinese scientist famous for his concepts of true north and land formation, among others. (Modern artist s impression) birth date = 1031 birth place = Qiantang… …

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  • 49contention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of contending Nouns 1. (act of contending) contention, strife, contest, contestation, altercation, infighting; struggle; belligerency, pugnacity, combativeness (see irascibility); competition,… …

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  • 50Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as  Persia        historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… …

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