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111Childrenswear — Prior to 1800, children were simply thought of as little adults in regard to clothing attire. Their clothing was a miniature version of adult society. As with adult fashion, direction was initiated in Europe and was further influenced by the… …
112NAGASAKI — Prior to the Tokugawa period, Nagasaki, a port city on the extreme western coast of Kyushu, became a center of European trade owing to the conversion of its feudal lord to the newly introduced Christianity. After Christianity and the… …
113Law and Law Codes — Prior to their contacts with the Roman Empire in the migration period, the Germanic, or barbarian, peoples of Europe had no written laws or legal codes. The nature of the law was customary. Law was remembered and passed along through an oral… …
114Parties in the European Council between January and April 2004 — Prior to 1 May 2004 the European Union had fifteen members. On that date ten new member states were admitted. This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member state represented in the European Council from the beginning …
115Economic history of South Africa — Prior to the arrival of European settlers in the fifteenth century the economy of what was to become South Africa was dominated by subsistence farming and hunting. In the north, central and east of the country tribes of Bantu peoples occupied… …
116Aliyah and yishuv during World War I — Prior to and during the period of World War I, the area of Palestine was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. This regime imposed many harsh demands on the Jewish settlement, and was ended in 1918 when the British Mandate became valid.The… …
117before — Prior to; preceding; in front of; at the disposal of; in a higher position. In the presence of; under the official purview of; as in a magistrate s jurat, before me personally appeared, etc. When used as a preposition, does not indicate a period… …
118before — Prior to; preceding; in front of; at the disposal of; in a higher position. In the presence of; under the official purview of; as in a magistrate s jurat, before me personally appeared, etc. When used as a preposition, does not indicate a period… …
119biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
120HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
