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  • 1Cleobulus — Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum Cleobulus (Greek: Κλεόβουλος, Kleoboulos; 6th century BC) was a Greek poet and a native of Lindos, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Contents …

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  • 2sovereignty — n. 1. Dominion, supremacy, empire, supreme power, supreme rule, absolute authority, chief sway. 2. Supremacy, supreme excellence …

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  • 3South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 4India — • The peninsula is separated on the north from Tibet and Central Asia by the Himalaya, Hindu Kush, and Karakoram mountains, and some lower ranges divide it from Afghanistan and Baluchistan Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. India      …

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  • 5japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 6Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 7Construction of the World Trade Center — For the post 9/11 rebuilding and ongoing construction at the World Trade Center site, see World Trade Center site. The completed World Trade Center in March 2001 The construction of the World Trade Center was conceived as an urban renewal project …

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  • 8Macedonia — /mas i doh nee euh, dohn yeuh/, n. 1. Also, Macedon /mas i don /. an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia. 2. a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945 92) a… …

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  • 9arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 10Haxey Hood — Sport imagesize = 300px caption = union = nickname = first = 14th century, Haxey, Lincolnshire registered = clubs = contact = Contact team = mgender = category = ball = olympic = The Haxey Hood is a traditional event in at the village of Haxey in …

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