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111United States House Committee on Rules — The Committee on Rules, or (more commonly) Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. Rather than being responsible for a specific area of policy, as most other committees are, it is in charge of determining… …
112Abdolhossein Teymourtash — Abdolhosein Teymūrtāsh (1883 1933) (PerB|عبدالحسین تیمورتاش) served as the first Minister of Court of the Pahlavi Dynasty from 1925 to 1932, and is credited with playing a crucial role in laying the foundations of modern Iran in the 20th… …
113FTL Newsfeed — The first show ever shown on the SciFi Channel, FTL Newsfeeds were 30 second snippets of fictitious news info that were supposed to have come from the year 2142. This future timeline was fraught with stories of genetic engineering issues,… …
114political machine — In U.S. politics, a political organization that controls enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of its community. The rapid growth of cities in the 19th century created huge problems for city governments, which were often… …
115Prague Spring — This article is about the 1968 reform movement in Czechoslovakia. For the music festival, see Prague Spring International Music Festival. History of Czechoslovakia This article is part of a series …
116Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor — Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam (March 13 1741ndash February 20, 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I.… …
117Portuguese Empire — Portuguese Empire …
118Rise of the Ottoman Empire — History of the Ottoman Empire This article is part of a series Foundation (1299–1402) …
119Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans — The weaknesses of the fragmented Balkan states following the death of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1355 opened wide the door to the conquest of the Balkan Peninsula by the Ottoman Turks. The Balkan states proved no match for those militantly …
120Types of societies — are categories of social groups that differ according to subsistence strategies; the way that humans use technology to provide needs for themselves. Although humans have established many types of societies throughout history, anthropologists tend …
