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  • 21Age of Liberty — The Age of Liberty ( sv. Frihetstiden) is the half a century long experiment with a parliamentary system and increasing Civil Rights in the period from Charles XII s death in 1718 to Gustav III s coup d état in 1772. The shift of power from the… …

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  • 22counterbalance — 1. noun a) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance. b) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one. Syn: counterpoise …

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  • 23balance — or Balance [bal′əns] n. [ME & OFr, prob. via ML < VL * bilancia < LL bilanx, having two scales < L bis, twice + lanx, a dish, scale < IE * elek , extended stem of base * el , to bend > ELBOW] 1. an instrument for weighing, esp. one …

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  • 24DIASPORA — Introduction The word Diaspora, from the Greek διασπορά ( dispersion ), is used in the present context for the voluntary dispersion of the Jewish people as distinct from their forced dispersion, which is treated under galut . As such it confines… …

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  • 25Persianate society — Articleissues citationstyle = October 2008 jargon = October 2008 long = October 2008 OR = October 2008 weasel = October 2008A Persianate society (PerB|جوامع پارسی زبان Djāma ye Pārsīzabān ) is a society that is either based on, or strongly… …

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  • 26setoff — I noun counter, counterbalance, counterdebt, counterdemand, counterpoise, counterweight, debt owed, equivalent claim, money due, offset, offsetting claim, recoupment associated concepts: counterclaim, cross claim II index indemnity …

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  • 27Military history of Sweden — History of Sweden Prehistoric Viking Age 800–1050 Consolidation Middle Ages 1050–1397 …

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  • 28The Centre Party —     The Centre     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Centre     (THE CENTRE PARTY).     This name is given to a political party in the German Reichstag and to a number of parties in the diets of the various states of the German Empire. The oldest… …

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  • 29Baroque — art redirects here. Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc. In the arts, the Baroque (pronounced /bə rɒk/) was a Western cultural epoch, commencing roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy.… …

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  • 30Gediminas — (ca. 1275 – winter 1341) was the monarch of medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the title lt. didysis kunigaikštis ( be. вялікі князь) which would be literally translated as Grand Duke , but more correctly High King according to the… …

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