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  • 41France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 42Acheulean — (also spelled Acheulian, pron en|əˈʃuːliən) is the name given to an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture associated with prehistoric hominins during the Lower Palaeolithic era across Africa and much of West Asia and Europe. Acheulean …

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  • 43plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …

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  • 44Architecture and Civil Engineering — ▪ 2009 Introduction Architecture       For Notable Civil Engineering Projects in work or completed in 2008, see Table (Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 2008)).        Beijing was the centre of the world of architecture… …

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  • 45INDE - Les arts — L’art indien a fourni une contribution importante et originale au patrimoine artistique de l’humanité. Contribution importante par la persistance, jusqu’à l’époque contemporaine, d’une tradition dont les manifestations matérielles n’apparaissent… …

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  • 46Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …

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  • 47Vidya Academy of Science and Technology — (VAST), locally also known as Vidya Engineering College or Vidya College or simply Vidya, is a new generation private self financing engineering college functioning in Thrissur District in Kerala. The college is located in a 30 acre lush green… …

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  • 48Angel Phase — The Angel Phase describes a 300 400 year cultural manifestation of the Mississippian culture of the central portions of the United States of America, as defined in the discipline of archaeology. Angel Phase archaeological sites date from c. 1050… …

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  • 49Brillevast — 49° 37′ 42″ N 1° 24′ 47″ W / 49.6283333333, 1.41305555556 …

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  • 50technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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