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Eemian interglacial
The Last Interglacial, also known as the Eemian, was the interglacial period that began about 130,000 years ago at the end of the Penultimate Glacial Period, and ended about 115,000 years ago at th
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Brahmi numerals
Brahmi numerals are a numeral system attested in the Indian subcontinent from the 3rd century BCE. It is the direct graphic ancestor of the modern Hindu–Arabic numeral system. However, the Brahmi n
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Rural flight
Rural flight (also known as rural-to-urban migration, rural depopulation, or rural exodus) is the migratory pattern of people from rural areas into urban areas. It is urbanization seen from the rur
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Cura Annonae
In Imperial Rome, Cura Annonae ("care of Annona") was the logistics system which procured and distributed grain for the cities of Rome and, after its foundation, Constantinople. The term was used i
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European hare
The European hare (Lepus europaeus), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is among the largest hare species and is adapted to temperate, open co
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Vosges mountains
The Vosges (/v oʊ ʒ / VOHZH,French: [voʒ] ; German: Vogesen [voˈɡeːzn̩] ;Franconian and Alemannic German: Vogese) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Tog
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Lithuanian people
Lithuanians (Lithuanian: lietuviai) are a Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people. Another two million make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely
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Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey (/ˈ w ʊ l z i / WUUL -zee;c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's al
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National border
Borders are generally defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, an
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Petru Șchiopul
Peter V the Lame (Romanian: Petru Șchiopul; 1534 – 1 July 1594) was Prince of Moldavia from June 1574 to 23 November 1577. He also ruled 1 January 1578 to 21 November 1579 and 17 October 1583 to 29
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