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  • 121Bayt Jibrin — Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine name=Bayt Jibrin imgsize=250 caption=Ruins of Bayt Jibrin in 2005 arname=بيت جبرين meaning= altSp=Beit Jibrin, Beit Guvrin, Beth Giblin district=hb population=2,430 popyear=1945 area=56,185 areakm=56.2… …

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  • 122Biblical archaeology school — This article presents information on Biblical archaeology as an academic movement; for major excavations and artifacts relating to Biblical archaeology, see Biblical archaeology The Biblical archaeology school is the name given to a school of… …

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  • 123Polynesia — (from Greek: πολύς many , νῆσος island ) is a subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. DefinitionPolynesia is generally defined as the islands within the… …

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  • 124Icelandic literature — Introduction       body of writings in Icelandic, including those from Old Icelandic (also called Old Norse) through Modern Icelandic.       Icelandic literature is best known for the richness of its classical period, which is equivalent in time… …

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  • 125Spotted hyena — Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent Ngorongoro Park, Tanzania Conservation status …

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  • 126The Amati Family —    Cremona! Who has not heard of this now celebrated Italian city? And yet but for a fiddle maker it is very probable indeed that it would never have been known beyond the circle of its own local interests and its relations with neighbouring… …

    Violins and Violin Makers. Biographical Dictionary

  • 127Oxfordian theory — The Oxfordian theory of Shakespearean authorship holds that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550 1604), wrote the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon. While mainstream scholars who take the Stratfordian… …

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  • 128Sham El Nessim — (Coptic: Coptic|Ϭⲱⲙ‘ⲛⲛⲓⲥⲓⲙ shom en nisim ), ( ar. شم النسيم, literally sniffing the air or breathing the air ) is an Egyptian holiday which can be traced back as far as 2700 B.C. It is a public holiday occurring annually on Easter Monday, the day …

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