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  • 41Third Servile War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Third Servile War partof=the Servile Wars caption=Italia and surrounding territory, 218 BC date=73 to 71 BC place=Italia result=Decisive Roman victory combatant1=Army of escaped slaves combatant2=Roman Republic… …

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  • 42Belgaum border dispute — The Belgaum border dispute is a dispute involving the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Belgaum, currently a part of Karnataka and earlier the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, is claimed by Maharashtra on linguistic grounds. Contents 1… …

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  • 43Mesopotamia, 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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  • 44Eusebius of Caesarea — Eusebius redirects here. For other uses, see Eusebius (disambiguation). Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius of Caesarea (c. AD 263 – 339) also called Eusebius Pamphili, was a Roman historian, exegete and Christian polemicist. He became the Bishop of… …

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  • 45J. G. Ballard — Infobox Writer name = J.G. Ballard imagesize = 225px birthdate = Birth date and age|1930|11|15|df=y birthplace = Shanghai, China birthname = James Graham Ballard deathdate = deathplace = occupation = novelist, short story writer genre = science… …

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  • 46John Paul Jones — Infobox Military Person name=John Paul Jones born=July 6, 1747 died=July 18, 1792 caption= John Paul Jones nickname= Father of the American Navy placeofbirth= Kirkcudbright, Scotland placeofdeath= Paris, France allegiance= United States of… …

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  • 47Photios I of Constantinople — Infobox Saint name=Photios birth date=c. 820 death date= February 6, 893 feast day=February 6/19 venerated in=Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Catholicism imagesize=200px caption=Greek Icon : St. Photios birth place=Constantinople death place=Bordi,… …

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  • 48Agatharchides — (Ἀγαθαρχίδης or Agatharchus Ἀγάθαρχος) of Cnidus, was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC).LifeHe is believed to have been born at Cnidus; this leading to his appellation. As Stanley M. Burstein notes, the evidence for… …

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  • 49Adrienne Clarkson — The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson 伍冰枝 PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, FRSC(hon), FRAIC(hon), FRCPSC(hon) …

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  • 50Tibullus — Albius Tibullus (ca. 54 19 BC) was a Latin poet and writer of elegies.Little is known about his life. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to Tibullus are of questionable origins. There are only a few… …

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