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  • 101Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …

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  • 102Macedonia — /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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  • 103Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction  history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …

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  • 104Kulturkampf — • The name given to the political struggle for the rights and self government of the Catholic Church, carried out chiefly in Prussia and afterwards in Baden, Hesse, and Bavaria Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Kulturkampf      …

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  • 105Mothers for Peace — San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) is a participant in the anti nuclear movement in California which is depicted in the anti nuclear Dark Circle for its activity in the early years of protests against the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) …

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  • 106Христианство и гомосексуальность — В настоящее время среди христиан существуют различные мнения по поводу гомосексуальности и гомосексуальных отношений. На протяжении практически всей христианской истории гомосексуальные отношения рассматривались в христианстве как грех, а его… …

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  • 107ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …

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  • 108DAVID — (Heb. דָּוִד), youngest son of Jesse of the Ephrathite family that lived in Beth Lehem in Judah (I Sam. 16:1; 20:27–28; I Chron. 2:13–15; cf. Micah 5:1). In the Bible SOURCES I Samuel 16–II Kings 2 is our main source for David, supplemented by I… …

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  • 109September Six — The September Six were six members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints who were excommunicated or disfellowshipped by the LDS Church (also known as the Mormons) in September 1993 for speaking against Church doctrine and leadership …

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  • 110Lord of the Isles — The designation Lord of the Isles ( gd. Triath nan Eilean or Rí Innse Gall), now a Scottish title of nobility, emerged from a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea… …

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