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  • 2The Knights Templar —     The Knights Templars     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Knights Templars     The Knights Templars were the earliest founders of the military orders, and are the type on which the others are modelled. They are marked in history     (1) by their …

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  • 4The Wealth of Nations — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a clearly written account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rhetorical piece written… …

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  • 5The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …

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  • 7History of the Cyclades — The Cyclades (Greek: Κυκλάδες / Kykládes ) are Greek islands located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; just 33 islands are inhabited. For the ancients, they formed a circle… …

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  • 8Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period — The Temple Mount …

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  • 9List of characters in The Roman Mysteries — The following is a list of characters in the Roman Mysteries, a series of historical novels for children by Caroline Lawrence. The four main characters, Flavia Gemina, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus, are listed at the top. Other characters are listed… …

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