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  • 31HISTORICAL 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… …

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  • 32Colour revolution — Colour revolutions is a term that was widely used by the media to describe related movements that developed in several societies in the CIS (former USSR) and Balkan states during the early 2000s. The term has also been applied to a number of… …

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  • 332007 Karachi riots — On May 12, 2007, riots erupted across Karachi, capital of the province of Sindh and the most populous city in Pakistan.[1][2] During the riots city roads were blocked, cars burned and hundreds of people were injured, killed and arrested, most of… …

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  • 34stir up — verb 1. try to stir up public opinion (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑agitate, ↑foment • Derivationally related forms: ↑fomentation (for: ↑foment), ↑fomenter ( …

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  • 35Jelali revolts — ( tr. Celalî ayaklanmaları), were a series of rebellions in Anatolia against the authority of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. The first revolt termed as such occurred in 1519, during sultan Selim I s reign, near Tokat under the …

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  • 36World War I — This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses, see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). World War I …

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  • 37First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …

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  • 38fer|ment — «verb. fuhr MEHNT; noun. FUR mehnt», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to undergo a gradual chemical change in which substances, especially bacteria or yeast, change sugar into alcohol and produce carbon dioxide. Vinegar is formed when cider ferments. 2. to… …

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  • 39Yen Bai mutiny — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Yen Bai mutiny caption= partof= date=February 10, 1930 place=Yen Bai, Vietnam result=Uprising crushed VNQDD severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authoritiesRettig, pp. 316… …

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  • 40Military reforms resulting from the Yen Bai mutiny — For the mutiny, see Yen Bai mutiny. The failure of the Yen Bai mutiny by Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army on February 10, 1930 caused the French authorities to engage in a reform of military policies which were aimed at preventing… …

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