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101History of the Cyclades — The Cyclades (Greek: Κυκλάδες / Kykládes ) are Greek islands located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; just 33 islands are inhabited. For the ancients, they formed a circle… …
102Grand Canal (Venice) — The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande, Venetian: Canałasso) is the most important canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, but… …
103Spinoza: the moral and political philosophy — The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza Hans W.Blom Spinoza as a moral and political philosopher was the proponent of a radical and extremely consistent version of seventeenth century Dutch naturalism. As a consequence of the burgeoning… …
104EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE — The Beginning of the European Economic Community After World War II, Europe was suffering from the wide destruction caused by the war and the deep separation between two different camps: one which had struggled for freedom and the other which had …
105Liturgical books of the Roman Rite — The liturgical books of the Roman Rite at the beginning of the twentieth century, writings designed to specify the way the religious services of that liturgical rite of the Roman Catholic Church were then held, are described in this article. For… …
106History of the telescope — The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen, spectacle makers in Middelburg, and Jacob Metius of Alkmaar. The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex… …
107The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) — Infobox Film name=The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen director=Stephen Norrington writer=Comic Book: Alan Moore Kevin O Neill Screenplay: James Dale Robinson starring=Sean Connery Naseeruddin Shah Peta Wilson Tony Curran Stuart Townsend Shane… …
108Jewish Community of Venice — The Jewish Community of Venice begins with Jewish settlements in the Veneto which were found even in ancient times.BackgroundThe presence of Jews in the region that was to become the Venetian republic is documented from as early as the first… …
109Oldest synagogues in the world — The Santa María la Blanca synagogue was built in Toledo, Spain in 1190 …
110Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states — [The Italian states in 1848As with Germany, there was no Italy at the time of the Revolutions of 1848, but a collection of independent states. The most important of these states were the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the South, the Papal States… …
