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  • 63RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …

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  • 64Culture of France — Masterpiece painting by Eugène Delacroix called Liberty Leading the People portrays the July Revolution using the stylistic views of Romanticism. Since Liberty is part of the motto «Liberté, égalité, fraternité», as the French put it, this… …

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  • 65List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …

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  • 67Chontal Maya people — Chontal Total population 60,000 Regions with significant populations Mexico (Tabasco) Languages Mayan languages, Spanish Religion Catholicism, May …

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  • 68Early Telugu epigraphy — Historians have deciphered writings on the walls of temples describing the names and gotra s (family groupings) of some Telugu Rajus and the contributions made by them to the temples and towns. Ancient Inscriptions Vishnukundina *No. 1. (A. R. No …

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  • 69Joseph Pomeroy Widney — (December 26, 1841 mdash; July 4, 1938) was a polymathic pioneer American physician, medical topographer, scholar educator, clergyman, entrepreneur philanthropist, proto environmentalist, prohibitionist, philosopher of religion, controversial… …

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