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11German Confederation — Deutscher Bund ← …
12Orseolo — Orseolo, the name of a Venetian family, three members of which filled the office of doge. Pietro I Orseolo (c. 928–997) acted as ambassador to the emperor Otto I before he was elected doge in August 976. Just previous to this event part of Venice …
13First and Second Samuel — First and Second Books of Kings † Catholic Encyclopedia ► First and Second Books of Kings (Also know as the FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL. For the First and Second Books of Kings in the Authorized Version see KINGS, THIRD AND… …
14a brand from the burning — A person snatched out of a pressing danger (Bible, Amos 4.11) • • • Main Entry: ↑brand …
15Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
16international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
17colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …
18animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn. That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… …
19United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
204-4-2 — Dispositifs tactiques en football Le gain ou la perte d un match de football ne dépend pas seulement de l habileté des joueurs à manier le ballon. Le football étant un sport d équipe, les questions d intelligence collective sont primordiales. L… …
