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  • 31History of wood carving — From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian… …

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  • 32Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

    Universalium

  • 33maximum — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. supreme, utmost; greatest, highest. n. most, utmost. See superiority. Ant., minimum. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. supreme, highest, most, greatest; see best 1 . n. Syn. supremacy, height, pinnacle,… …

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  • 34arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 35pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …

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  • 36Noah's Ark — Noah s Arc redirects here. For the TV series, see Noah s Arc (TV series). For other uses, see Noah s Ark (disambiguation). An 1846 painting by the American folk painter Edward Hicks, depicting the animals boarding Noah s Ark in pairs. Noah s Ark… …

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  • 37Ayr —    AYR, a sea port, burgh, and market town, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, of which it is the capital, 77 miles (S. W. by W.) from Edinburgh, and 34 (S. S. W.) from Glasgow; containing 8264 inhabitants. This place derives its name from… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 38JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 39Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt     Egypt     † …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 40top — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crown, head; acme, summit, pinnacle; pick, elite; lid, cover. v. crown, cap; prune, excel, dominate. See superiority, height. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Highest] Syn. topmost, uppermost, highest, on… …

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