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71Balkans — [bôl′kənz] countries of the Balkan Peninsula (Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, & the European part of Turkey) & Romania: also …
72Roman agriculture — Ancient Roman agriculture was highly regarded in Roman culture. Of the many commentators who praised simple rural life and endowed it with the aura of ancient Roman virtues, Virgil in his Georgics stands pre eminent. Cicero considered farming the …
73Agriculture — In the early Middle Ages the vast majority of the population of Europe was dedicated in some fashion or other to food production, which invariably involved agriculture. In early medieval Europe, as well as in later medieval and modern Europe,… …
74modernization — See modernize. * * * Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important,… …
75Norway — /nawr way/, n. Norwegian, Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 4,404,456; 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Cap.: Oslo. * * * Norway Introduction Norway Background: Despite its neutrality, Norway was not able …
76ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …
77Kolkhoz — A kolkhoz (audio ru|колхоз|ru kolkhoz.ogg, IPA ru|kɐlˈxos), plural kolkhozy , was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms (sovkhoz, plural sovkhozy ). The word is a contraction of коллективное… …
78Pharaoh (video game) — Pharaoh Developer(s) Impressions Games Publisher(s) Sierra Entertainment …
79Economy of the People's Republic of China — Economies of Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau are administered separately from the rest of People s Republic of China. Therefore, the information below pertains only to mainland China unless specified otherwise. For the… …
80Collectivization in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic — Holodomor topics Historical background Famines in Russia and USSR · Soviet famine of 1932–1933 Soviet government Institutions: All Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) · Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine · …
