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121BRUSSELS — BRUSSELS, capital of belgium . A Jewish community existed in Brussels by the mid 13th century. Its cultural standard is attested to by the fine illuminated Pentateuch completed there by the scribe Isaac for Ḥayyim, son of the martyr Ḥayyim, in… …
122BULGARIA — BULGARIA, East Balkan republic located along the Black Sea. Ancient Period A Jewish settlement is known to have existed in Macedonia in the time of Caligula (37–41 C.E.; Philo, Embassy to Gaius, par. 281). A late second century Latin inscription… …
123Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …
124RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …
125Derwent Valley Mills — Derwent Valley Mills * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country Unit …
126Whitsun — The English name for the Church festival otherwise called Pentecost, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter as the commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit and the inspiration of the Apostles. The derivation of the word Whitsun is… …
127Ems Ukaz — The Ems Ukaz, or Ems Ukase ( ru. Эмский указ, Emskiy ukaz ; uk. Емський указ, Ems’kyy ukaz ), was a secret decree ( ukaz ) of Tsar Alexander II of Russia issued in 1876, banning the use of the Ukrainian language (the so called Little Russian… …
128Smallthorne — Infobox UK place country = England official name = Smallthorne latitude = 53.0516 longitude = 2.1733 population = 4,161 (2001 Census) unitary england = Stoke on Trent region = West Midlands lieutenancy england = Staffordshire constituency… …
