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  • expanded over the course of the nineteenth century to include the whole of ... 250px|A modern reconstruction of the 18th century [[VOC ship Amsterdam|VOC ...
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  • back to the middle of the fourteenth century. James Laver, The Concise ... The pace of change accelerated considerably in the following century ...
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  • power in the later half of the nineteenth century, new thoughts were sweeping ... *Adrastea: Events and Characters of the 18th century (6 vols.)(an ...
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  • of the Ruse Jewish colony in the late 18th century. The Ardittis can be traced ... #039;s Die Blendung", Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Volume ...
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  • arrival in the fable city on the preceding 18th of August, and the insecurity ... and transportation. Within a century, with the exception of Ethiopia ...
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  • notes that had been used since the 7th century. However, they did not displace ... a fact observed by David Hume in the 18th century. Thus, paper money would ...
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  • elements, and that some texts were second-century forgeries. Today, biblical ... Exposed: A Recollection of the 18th Century and a Contribution to ...
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  • him the foremost filmmaker of the twentieth century. Bela Tarr (Satantango ... scholar retraces the footsteps of an 18th century Russian composer in Italy ...
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  • concept. In the early nineteenth century, Georges Cuvier's observations ... Because of these concerns, many scientists in the 17th and 18th century ...
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  • Westport, the Crossroads Arts District, 18th and Vine Historic District ... At the turn of the century, political machines attempted to gain clout ...
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  • their pitch by a half step. In the 18th century, a link mechanism was ... music by the organ by the end of the 18th century. author=John Mendell ...
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  • jpg|thumb|right|250px|This picture, from an 18th century [[Iceland|Icelandic]] manuscript, shows Loki with his invention - the fishing net.]] ...
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  • Spanish explorers in the southwest in the late 18th century. By the early 19th century, fur trappers from the Hudson's Bay Company had explored ...
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  • 10,000 Western Abenaki. In the sixteenth century, European fisherman began ... [[Image:Abenakis.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Abenaki couple, 18th-century]] ...
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  • On July 3, a reconnaissance patrol from the 18th (Eastern) Division ranged ... the German fortress of Thiepval. The 18th (Eastern) Division, which ...
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  • 500 years from the sixteenth to eleventh century B.C.E., tombs were constructed ... since the end of the eighteenth century, and its tombs and burials ...
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  • of the gun is from the work of the 13th century scientist Hasan al-Rammah ... reloaded and fired, although by the mid-18th century, when muzzleloaders became ...
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  • "English church." In the mid-18th century, the only members of the ... Protracted conflict through the seventeenth century with more radical ...
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  • in the poem. Like a lot of eighteen century work, it is characterized ... Considered by many to be the seminal radical text of the 18th century ...
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  • amanuensis. Examples include the blind 18th-century composer John Stanley ... Before the fifteenth century, western music was written by hand and ...
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