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111French Socialist Party — Though there had been socialist parties in France since the 1880s, the first mass Marxist organization was launched in 1905 under the leadership of Jean Jaurés as the Socialist Party–French Section of the Workers International (Section… …
112Anschluss — Though the term is especially associated with the Nazi takeover of Austria on 11 March 1938, the notion of Anschluss, from the German anschliessen (Eng.: to connect), has a long history in Austrian thinking. For centuries the Austrian lands… …
113Art — Though Austria has a long and rich tradition in painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts, the country’s enormous collections are, on the whole, more notable than individual Austrian artists. There is a fine gallery dedicated to Austrian… …
114July Putsch — Though National Socialism had been outlawed in Austria since 1933, an Austrian National Socialist (DNSAP) overthrow of the government of Engelbert Dollfuss and the installation of a Nazi regime had been discussed since the late winter of 1934 …
115Trade — Though centrally placed in Europe, Austria was historically a side road in European and worldwide trading patterns. Vienna and Linz, both on the Danube River, had lively mercantile communities in the Middle Ages, but their turnover did not… …
116NATURE — Though the Bible is full of the awareness and appreciation of nature from the creation narrative up to the Psalmist s declaration, The heavens declare the glory of God… (Ps. 19:2), it does not profess a comprehensive doctrine of nature in… …
117Ligne de Sceaux — though the name is still used informally.The line originally opened in 1846, built under the supervision of chief engineer Jean Claude Arnoux. It ran from a Paris terminal near the present day metro station of Denfert Rochereau through Bourg la… …
118Female gladiator — Though rare in the Roman world, female gladiators or gladiatrices (sing. gladiatrix) did exist, and are attested in archaeology and literature. In classical literatureJulio Claudian eraThe Larinum decree under Tiberius banned senators daughters,… …
119Germany and weapons of mass destruction — Though Germany is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, since World War II it has generally refrained from using this technology to outfit its own armed forces with weapons of mass destruction (WMD), although it… …
120History of fantasy — Though the fantasy genre in its modern sense is less than two centuries old, its antecedents have a long and distinguished history. Elements of the supernatural and the fantastic were an element of literature from its beginning. The hallmarks… …
