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List of wars and disasters by death toll - Fire. ca. 2,500 - Church of La Compana (Santiago, Chile, 1863) ca. 2,000 - Peshtigo Fire, (Wisconsin, 1871) 1,700 - Waterfront fire, (Chongqing, China, 1949) 1,670 - theater fire (Canton, China, 1845) 1,100–2,700 - Salang tunnel fire (Afghanistan, 1982) 694 - theater fire (Xinjiang, China, 1977) 658 - Antoung Movie Theater (China, 1937) 620 - Ring Theatre (Vienna, Austria, 1881) 602 - Iroquoi ...

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List of wars and disasters by death toll, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Deaths caused by humans, List of wars and disasters by death toll - War and military action, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Genocide and democide, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Terrorism, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Murder by individuals other than through terrorism, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Human sacrifice and mass suicide, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Riot or political demonstration, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Deaths caused by natural disasters, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Earthquake, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Volcanic eruption, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Tsunami, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Limnic eruption, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Extreme weather, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Hurricane typhoon and tropical cyclone, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Floods, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Blizzards, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Contractible disease, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Famine, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Death from other causes, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Fire, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Explosion, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Coal mine disasters, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Aviation, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Maritime, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Space travel, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Sporting events, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Industrial accidents, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Stampedes and Panics, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Other accidents, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Nuclear accidents

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Early belief in the Church is that Jesus granted Peter jurisdiction over the Church. Focusing on an example of Peter's astuteness, St. Clement of Alexandria, [19] in "Who is the Rich man that is Saved", writes of "the blessed Peter, the chosen, the pre-eminent, the first of the disciples, for whom alone and Himself the Saviour paid tribute, [who] quickly seized and comprehended the saying" (Ch. 21), referring to Mk 10:28. Tertullian, [20] while examining Scriptural teachings, legal precedents, and dogma surrounding monogamy and marriage ( ...

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Primacy of the Roman Pontiff, Primacy of the Roman Pontiff - Hierarchical church in first centuries, Primacy of the Roman Pontiff - Church held to be monarchical, Primacy of the Roman Pontiff - Primacy of Peter the apostle

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Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids were proving difficult to assert control over. Seleucus had invaded India (modern Punjab in northern India and Pakistan) in 304 BC, leading to conflict with the Mauryan empire ruled by Chandragupta Maurya. It is said that Chandragupta fielded an army of 100,000 men and 9,000 war elephants, and forced Seleucus to conclude an alliance and give him his daughter in marriage. In exchange Chandragupta gave him no less than 500 elephants, an addition to his army ...

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Seleucid Empire, Seleucid Empire - The partition of Alexander's empire 323-281 BC, Seleucid Empire - An overextended domain, Seleucid Empire - Greco-Bactrian secession 250 BC, Seleucid Empire - Parthian secession 250 BC, Seleucid Empire - Eclipse and revival, Seleucid Empire - The power of Rome and renewed disintegration, Seleucid Empire - Civil war and further decay, Seleucid Empire - Collapse of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucid Empire - Seleucid rulers, Seleucid Empire - In modern media

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List of kings of Persia - Elamite Kingdom 3000–660 BC. The Elamites were a people located in Susa, in what is now Khuzestan province. Their language was neither Semitic nor Indo-European, and they were the geographic precursors of the Persian/Median empire that later appeared. Some have offered evidence for a linguistic kinship between Elamite and the modern Dravidian languages of Southern India (see "Elamo-Dravidian languages") but this is not universally accepted. The proto-Elamites live ...

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List of kings of Persia, List of kings of Persia - Early realms in Iran, List of kings of Persia - Elamite Kingdom 3000–660 BC, List of kings of Persia - Jiroft Kingdom c. 2500 BC, List of kings of Persia - Empire of Medians and Persians, List of kings of Persia - Median Dynasty 728–550 BC, List of kings of Persia - Achaemenid dynasty 550–330 BC, List of kings of Persia - Hellenistic rulers, List of kings of Persia - Argead Dynasty 330–310 BC, List of kings of Persia - Seleucid dynasty 305–164 BC, List of kings of Persia - Parthian dynasty Arsacid dynasty 247 BC – AD 224, List of kings of Persia - Sassanid dynasty AD 224–651, List of kings of Persia - Rulers after the advent of Islam in Iran, List of kings of Persia - Arab caliphs rule, List of kings of Persia - Tahirids in Khorasan 821–872, List of kings of Persia - Alavids 864–928, List of kings of Persia - Ziyarids 928–1043, List of kings of Persia - Buyyids 932–1056, List of kings of Persia - Saffarids in Seistan and beyond 861–1002, List of kings of Persia - Samanids Proto-Tajiks 892–998, List of kings of Persia - Ghaznavids 997–1186, List of kings of Persia - Seljuk Turks 1029–1194, List of kings of Persia - Khwarazmids 1096–1230, List of kings of Persia - Ilkhans 1256–1380, List of kings of Persia - Muzaffarid Dynasty 1314–1393, List of kings of Persia - Timurid dynasty 1380–1507, List of kings of Persia - Shahs of modern Iran, List of kings of Persia - Safavid dynasty 1502–1736, List of kings of Persia - Afsharid dynasty 1736–1749, List of kings of Persia - Zand dynasty 1750–1794, List of kings of Persia - Qajar dynasty 1796–1925, List of kings of Persia - Pahlavi dynasty 1925–1979

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List of kings of Persia, List of kings of Persia - Early realms in Iran, List of kings of Persia - Elamite Kingdom 3000–660 BC, List of kings of Persia - Jiroft Kingdom c. 2500 BC, List of kings of Persia - Empire of Medians and Persians, List of kings of Persia - Median Dynasty 728–550 BC, List of kings of Persia - Achaemenid dynasty 550–330 BC, List of kings of Persia - Hellenistic rulers, List of kings of Persia - Argead Dynasty 330–310 BC, List of kings of Persia - Seleucid dynasty 305–164 BC, List of kings of Persia - Parthian dynasty Arsacid dynasty 247 BC – AD 224, List of kings of Persia - Sassanid dynasty AD 224–651, List of kings of Persia - Rulers after the advent of Islam in Iran, List of kings of Persia - Arab caliphs rule, List of kings of Persia - Tahirids in Khorasan 821–872, List of kings of Persia - Alavids 864–928, List of kings of Persia - Ziyarids 928–1043, List of kings of Persia - Buyyids 932–1056, List of kings of Persia - Saffarids in Seistan and beyond 861–1002, List of kings of Persia - Samanids Proto-Tajiks 892–998, List of kings of Persia - Ghaznavids 997–1186, List of kings of Persia - Seljuk Turks 1029–1194, List of kings of Persia - Khwarazmids 1096–1230, List of kings of Persia - Ilkhans 1256–1380, List of kings of Persia - Muzaffarid Dynasty 1314–1393, List of kings of Persia - Timurid dynasty 1380–1507, List of kings of Persia - Shahs of modern Iran, List of kings of Persia - Safavid dynasty 1502–1736, List of kings of Persia - Afsharid dynasty 1736–1749, List of kings of Persia - Zand dynasty 1750–1794, List of kings of Persia - Qajar dynasty 1796–1925, List of kings of Persia - Pahlavi dynasty 1925–1979

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During the 2001 Census, the population of Welland was determined to be 48,402, making Welland the 87th largest city in Canada. The population count remained essentially unchanged since the 1996 Census. In more recent years many new homes have been constructed in the city, but the effect on the population won't be officially known until the 2006 Census. The Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology brings people from all over so ...

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Welland Ontario, Welland Ontario - History, Welland Ontario - Government, Welland Ontario - Demographics, Welland Ontario - Education, Welland Ontario - Economy, Welland Ontario - Geography, Welland Ontario - Transport, Welland Ontario - Roads, Welland Ontario - Railways, Welland Ontario - Air, Welland Ontario - Public Transit, Welland Ontario - Events, Welland Ontario - Communities

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The current mayor of Welland is Damian Goulbourne, previously a tourism and development professor at the Niagara College. The Welland city council is made up of the mayor and 6 councillors, each elected in his or her ward. The City is responsible for fire protection, libraries, parks and recreation and secondary streets, but many municipal services come instead from the broader level of government, the Niagara Region. Regional responsibilities include social welfare, community health, and ...

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Welland Ontario, Welland Ontario - History, Welland Ontario - Government, Welland Ontario - Demographics, Welland Ontario - Education, Welland Ontario - Economy, Welland Ontario - Geography, Welland Ontario - Transport, Welland Ontario - Roads, Welland Ontario - Railways, Welland Ontario - Air, Welland Ontario - Public Transit, Welland Ontario - Events, Welland Ontario - Communities

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The ecclesiastical organization known as Marcionism began with the excommunication of Marcion from the Church of Rome around 144. Marcion was a rich Christian from Pontus, the son of a bishop; he arrived in Rome circa 140, soon after Bar Kokhba's revolt. That revolution, along with other Jewish-Roman wars (the Great Jewish Revolt and the Kitos War), provides some of the historical context of the founding of Marcionism. Marcion used his personal wealth, returned to him after he'd donated it to the Church of Rome, to fund an ecclesiasti ...

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Marcionism, Marcionism - History, Marcionism - Teachings, Marcionism - Criticisms, Marcionism - Footnotes

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The Seleucid Empire is one of a number of factions in the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War. The Jewish Maccabees, who expelled the Seleucid, are the name of a beer and several sports teams (including basketball and football) in Israel as of 2006. ...

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Seleucid Empire, Seleucid Empire - The partition of Alexander's empire 323-281 BC, Seleucid Empire - An overextended domain, Seleucid Empire - Greco-Bactrian secession 250 BC, Seleucid Empire - Parthian secession 250 BC, Seleucid Empire - Eclipse and revival, Seleucid Empire - The power of Rome and renewed disintegration, Seleucid Empire - Civil war and further decay, Seleucid Empire - Collapse of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucid Empire - Seleucid rulers, Seleucid Empire - In modern media

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Like the rest of Ontario, Welland has access to two public education systems: the regional school boards are the Niagara Catholic District School Board and the District School Board of Niagara. Thanks to the large population of francophones, both the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest (the French public board) and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (the French Catholic board) operate elementary and secondary schools in Welland. École secondaire Confédération and École secondaire catholique Jean-Va ...

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Welland Ontario, Welland Ontario - History, Welland Ontario - Government, Welland Ontario - Demographics, Welland Ontario - Education, Welland Ontario - Economy, Welland Ontario - Geography, Welland Ontario - Transport, Welland Ontario - Roads, Welland Ontario - Railways, Welland Ontario - Air, Welland Ontario - Public Transit, Welland Ontario - Events, Welland Ontario - Communities

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Initially, manufacturing firms were the biggest employers in Welland. The plants of companies like Union Carbide, United Steel, and Plymouth Cordage Company had big influence on shaping early Welland. While recent years saw the end of Welland operations for several companies, businesses such as John Deere and Lakeside Steel (a pipe plant formerly owned by Stelco) continue to employ a significant amount of residents. Due to a large concentration of francophones in the city and resulting large degree of bilingualism, the city has been s ...

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Welland Ontario, Welland Ontario - History, Welland Ontario - Government, Welland Ontario - Demographics, Welland Ontario - Education, Welland Ontario - Economy, Welland Ontario - Geography, Welland Ontario - Transport, Welland Ontario - Roads, Welland Ontario - Railways, Welland Ontario - Air, Welland Ontario - Public Transit, Welland Ontario - Events, Welland Ontario - Communities

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Niagara Food Festival, marketed as The Peninsula's Tastiest Party, takes place on the Merritt Island in city's downtown every September and brings crowds from the entire region in addition to the locals. Niagara Regional Exhibition, running since 1853, is held at the Fairgrounds in the north end of the city every fall. Farmers' Market, held downtown in the Market Square, features up to 60 vendors offering food, produce and homemade ...

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Welland Ontario, Welland Ontario - History, Welland Ontario - Government, Welland Ontario - Demographics, Welland Ontario - Education, Welland Ontario - Economy, Welland Ontario - Geography, Welland Ontario - Transport, Welland Ontario - Roads, Welland Ontario - Railways, Welland Ontario - Air, Welland Ontario - Public Transit, Welland Ontario - Events, Welland Ontario - Communities

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Welland Ontario - Roads. Highway 406 is the main route out of Welland, leading north to Thorold, St. Catharines and onwards via Queen Elizabeth Way. However, the first nine kilometres of the highway are not a freeway like the 400-Series Highways standard dictates, but rather a standard two-lane highway with at-grade interchanges, and, uniquely among the 400-series highways, an at-grade railway crossing. This is a common source of bottlenecks, especially at the busy intersection with Niagara Road 20, where delays ...

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Welland Ontario, Welland Ontario - History, Welland Ontario - Government, Welland Ontario - Demographics, Welland Ontario - Education, Welland Ontario - Economy, Welland Ontario - Geography, Welland Ontario - Transport, Welland Ontario - Roads, Welland Ontario - Railways, Welland Ontario - Air, Welland Ontario - Public Transit, Welland Ontario - Events, Welland Ontario - Communities

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Welland is located in the centre of south Niagara. Over the years, urban growth has all but united the northwest part of Welland with the community of Fonthill. To a non-local, the only clue that they have left Welland could be the slightly more upstyle character of Fonthill. Prior to the Welland By-Pass project, the Welland Canal cut through the centre of Welland. As a result, a very prominent split was created between the east side and the west side of the city. The west side grew primarily to the north, while the east side expanded ...

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Welland Ontario, Welland Ontario - History, Welland Ontario - Government, Welland Ontario - Demographics, Welland Ontario - Education, Welland Ontario - Economy, Welland Ontario - Geography, Welland Ontario - Transport, Welland Ontario - Roads, Welland Ontario - Railways, Welland Ontario - Air, Welland Ontario - Public Transit, Welland Ontario - Events, Welland Ontario - Communities

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In 247 BC two brothers, Arsaces (Arschag) and Tiridates, members of the nomad iranic tribe of the Parni, first mentioned in this century and migrating south from the banks of the Amu-Darya, occupied the Seleucid satrapy of Parthia (the district of Tejen) by defeating and killing its governor Andragoras. They were years of great tumult and difficulties for the House of Seleucus, which had also a few years before lost control o ...

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Arsacid Dynasty, Arsacid Dynasty - Historical Background, Arsacid Dynasty - The birth of an Empire, Arsacid Dynasty - Arsacid Parthian Kings of Persia 250 BC - AD 226, Arsacid Dynasty - Reference

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There are many popular figures from Sind. The following is brief list: Pre-Independence (pre-1947) Emperor Akbar the Great Sufi Sahah Innayat (The 1st Socialist Sufi) Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (the national poet) Sachal Sarmast (the sufi poet) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (father of the nation) Sir S.M.S Agha Khan III Fatima Jinnah Post-Independence (post-1947) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Benazir Bhutto Allama I.I.Qazi G.M.Syed Alt ...

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Sindh, Sindh - Geography, Sindh - Climate, Sindh - Demographics and Society, Sindh - History, Sindh - Ancient history, Sindh - Arrival of Arabs, Sindh - British Era, Sindh - After Independence, Sindh - Administrative division, Sindh - Economy, Sindh - Vegetation, Sindh - Wildlife, Sindh - Education, Sindh - Art and culture, Sindh - Major attractions, Sindh - Personalities

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The population is approximately 35 million while official source (1998 census) estimated 30.439 million, with over half being urban dwellers, mainly found in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana. A large section of the population speak Sindhi and Urdu languages. Other languages spoken include Siraiki, Balochi, Brohi, Punjabi, Pakhtu, Rajasthani and Gujarati. Urban areas of Sindh are multi-ethnic c ...

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Sindh, Sindh - Geography, Sindh - Climate, Sindh - Demographics and Society, Sindh - History, Sindh - Ancient history, Sindh - Arrival of Arabs, Sindh - British Era, Sindh - After Independence, Sindh - Administrative division, Sindh - Economy, Sindh - Vegetation, Sindh - Wildlife, Sindh - Education, Sindh - Art and culture, Sindh - Major attractions, Sindh - Personalities

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A subtropical region, Sindh is hot in the summer and cold in winter. Temperatures frequently rise above 46 celsius (115 fahrenheit ) between May and August, and the minimum average temperature of 2 celsius (36 fahrenheit) occurs during December and January. The annual rainfall averages about seven inches, falling mainly during July and August.The southwesterly monsoon wind begins to blow in mid-February and continues until the end of Semptember, whereas the cool northerly wind blows during te winte ...

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Sindh, Sindh - Geography, Sindh - Climate, Sindh - Demographics and Society, Sindh - History, Sindh - Ancient history, Sindh - Arrival of Arabs, Sindh - British Era, Sindh - After Independence, Sindh - Administrative division, Sindh - Economy, Sindh - Vegetation, Sindh - Wildlife, Sindh - Education, Sindh - Art and culture, Sindh - Major attractions, Sindh - Personalities

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Sindh is located at the northeastern corner of South Asia just before the Iranian plateau in the west. It is the third largest province geographically. Its size is about 579 km north-south and 442 km (extreme) or 281 km (average) east-west, with an area of 140,915 km². Sindh is bounded by the Thar Desert to the east, the Kirthar Mountains to the west, and the Arabian Sea in the south. In the center is the fertile plain where the Indus river runs through. Largely irrigated, the Indus' devast ...

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Sindh, Sindh - Geography, Sindh - Climate, Sindh - Demographics and Society, Sindh - History, Sindh - Ancient history, Sindh - Arrival of Arabs, Sindh - British Era, Sindh - After Independence, Sindh - Administrative division, Sindh - Economy, Sindh - Vegetation, Sindh - Wildlife, Sindh - Education, Sindh - Art and culture, Sindh - Major attractions, Sindh - Personalities

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300 Marcus Valerius M.f. Corvus V, Quintus Appuleius Pansa 299 Marcus Fulvius Cn.f. Paetinus, Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus, Suffect: Marcus Valerius M.f. Corvus VI 298 Lucius Cornelius Cn.f. Scipio Barbatus, Gnaeus Fulvius Cn.f. Maximus Centumalus 297 Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus IV, Publius Decius P.f. Mus III 296 Appius Claudius C.f. Caecus II, Lucius Volumnius C.f. Flamma Violens II. 295 Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus V, Publius Decius P.f. Mus IV ...

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List of Republican Roman Consuls, List of Republican Roman Consuls - 6th century BC, List of Republican Roman Consuls - 5th century BC, List of Republican Roman Consuls - 4th century BC, List of Republican Roman Consuls - 3rd century BC, List of Republican Roman Consuls - 2nd century BC, List of Republican Roman Consuls - 1st century BC

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According to a remark by Origen (Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew 15.3), Marcion "prohibited allegorical interpretations of the scripture". Tertullian disputed this in his treatise against Marcion, as did Henry Wace: "The story proceeds to say that he asked the Roman presbyters to explain the texts, "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit," and "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment," texts from which he himself deduced that works in which evil is to be found could not proceed from the good God, an ...

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Marcionism, Marcionism - History, Marcionism - Teachings, Marcionism - Criticisms, Marcionism - Footnotes

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Sindh is the backbone of Pakistan economy as it generates approximately 70% of the total national revenue whereas in return federal government pays back just 23% from financial divisible pool. Sindh government considers that the formula of financial resource distribution i.e NFC award is unjust and solely population denominated. Sindh is in many ways the main province of economic activity in Pakistan and has a highly diversified economy with heavy industry and finance centered in and around Karachi to a substantial agricultural base a ...

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Sindh, Sindh - Geography, Sindh - Climate, Sindh - Demographics and Society, Sindh - History, Sindh - Ancient history, Sindh - Arrival of Arabs, Sindh - British Era, Sindh - After Independence, Sindh - Administrative division, Sindh - Economy, Sindh - Vegetation, Sindh - Wildlife, Sindh - Education, Sindh - Art and culture, Sindh - Major attractions, Sindh - Personalities

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