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  • 1Atsumori —    by Zeami (ca. 1400)    ZEAMI’s play Atsumori is the most anthologized and probably the most performed drama of medieval Japanese Nō theater. Like many Nō plays, Atsumori is based on an incident in classical Japanese literature in this case the …

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  • 2Muhammad — For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). For other uses, see Muhammad (disambiguation). Prophet Muhammad Prophet, Messenger, Apostle, Witness, Bearer of Good Tidings, Warne …

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  • 3Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya — For the Southeast Asian organization of the same name, see Jemaah Islamiyah. al Gama a al Islamiyya ( ar. الجماعه الإسلاميه ) (Arabic for the Islamic Group ; also transliterated Gamaat Islamiya, Jamaat al Islamiya, al Jamā ah al Islāmiyah etc.)… …

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  • 4List of MÄR characters — MÄR characters from the anime. Going clockwise: Ginta and Babbo (top right); Alan (upper right corner); Jack (right); Dorothy (lower right corner); Belle on top of Edward (bottom); Snow (lower left corner); Nanashi (left, lower side); Alviss… …

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  • 5South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 6Natural History (Pliny) — Naturalis Historia, 1669 edition, title page. The title at the top reads: Volume I of the Natural History of Gaius Plinius Secundus. The Natural History (Latin: Naturalis Historia) is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77–79 by Pliny the… …

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  • 7Pedro II of Brazil — Pedro II Emperor Dom Pedro II at age 61, 1887 Emperor of Brazil Reign …

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  • 8Bosnia and Herzegovina — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945 92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 2,607,734; 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Cap.: Sarajevo. * * * Bosnia and Herzegovina Introduction Bosnia and Herzegovina Background: Bosnia and Herzegovina s… …

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  • 9Japan — • Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …

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  • 10Ryan Tubridy — in Bray on his last day of presenting The Tubridy Show (2010). Born 28 May 1973 (1973 05 28) (age 38) …

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