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Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions of Muhammad Household of Muhammad Prophets of Islam Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia Jurisprudence Biographies of Muhammad Sunni • Shi'a • Sufi Art • Architecture Cities • Calendar Science • Philosophy Religious leaders Women in Islam Political Islam • Jihad Liberal Islam Vocabu ...

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Ashley Montagu (June 28, 1905, London, England - November 26, 1999, Princeton, New Jersey), was an English anthropologist and humanist who popularized issues such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development. Montagu was born in London's East End as Israel Ehrenberg. He later changed his name to "Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu" and went by "Ashley Montagu" after moving to the United States. He developed an interest in anatomy very quickly and as a boy was befriended by Arthur Keith. In 1922, at the ...

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• Ashley Montagu - Books by Montagu
• Ashley Montagu - Quotes

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The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (AAR reporting mark ACL) was an American railroad that existed between 1898 and July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The company was headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida (Wilmington, North Carolina before 1961). After several more mergers and consolidations, the former ACL is now part of CSX Transportation, also headquartered in Jacksonville. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - History. Including:

• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - History
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - North Carolina
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - South Carolina
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Virginia
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Florida and Georgia
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - forming the ACL by mergers and later history
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Seaboard Coast Line CSX Transportation
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Station listing

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Atonality describes music that does not conform to the system of tonal hierarchies, which characterizes the sound of classical European music between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Atonality usually describes compositions written from about 1923 to the present day, where the hierarchy of tonal centers, in some cases, may not be used as the primary way to organize a work. Tonal centers gradually replaced modal organization starting in the 1500s and culminated with the establishment of the major-min ...

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• Atonality - History of atonality
• Atonality - Controversy over the term itself
• Atonality - Composing atonal music

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Benjamin Frankel (January 31, 1906 – February 12, 1973) was a British composer. Benjamin Frankel - Biography. Frankel was born in London on January 31, 1906, the son of Polish-Jewish parents. He started learning the violin at an early age, showing remarkable talent; at age 14, his piano-playing talents attracted the attention of Victor Benham, who persuaded his parents to let him study music full-time. He spent a few weeks in Germany in 1922, but quickly returned to London, where he won a scholarship from ...

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• Benjamin Frankel - Biography
• Benjamin Frankel - A selection of works
• Benjamin Frankel - Symphonies
• Benjamin Frankel - Concertos
• Benjamin Frankel - Other orchestral and small-orchestra works selected
• Benjamin Frankel - Selected chamber works
• Benjamin Frankel - Vocal works
• Benjamin Frankel - Film scores

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August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. August 2 - Events. 338 BC - Rise of Macedon: Philip II of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea. 216 BC - Punic Wars: In the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art. 461 - Majorian resig ...

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August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. August 22 - Events. 1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses 1559 - Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy 1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immi ...

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• August 22 - Events
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• August 22 - Deaths
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August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. August 24 - Events. 49 BC - Julius Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio is slain in battle. AD 79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash. 410 - The Visigoths under Alar ...

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• August 24 - Events
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• August 24 - Deaths
• August 24 - Holidays and observances

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August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). There are 127 days remaining. August 26 - Events. 55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert 1278 - Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in Moravia. 1346 - Hundred Years' War: The militar ...

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• August 26 - Events
• August 26 - Births
• August 26 - Deaths
• August 26 - Holidays and observances

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August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining. August 18 - Events. 1201 - The city of Riga is founded. 1541 - A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) 1572 - Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre with Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcil ...

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• August 18 - Events
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• August 18 - Deaths
• August 18 - Holidays and observances

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August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 136 days remaining. August 17 - Events. 1427 - First band of gypsies visits Paris, according to an account of the citizen of Paris 1807 - Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. 1850 - Argentine's War of Independence hero, Genera ...

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• August 17 - Events
• August 17 - Births
• August 17 - Deaths

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August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. August 23 - Events. 1305 - William Wallace is executed. 1328 - Battle of Kassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers 1328 - King Philip VI of France is crowned. 1541 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada. 1566 - Calvinists are granted rights in the NetherlandsIncluding:

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• August 23 - Holidays and observances

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Auberon Herbert (1838-1906) was a writer, theorist, philosopher, and member of the British parliament. He promoted a libertarian philosophy and was published in Benjamin Tucker's Liberty magazine. In an announcement of Herbert's death in Liberty (vol. 15, no. 6, p. 16), Tucker said: "Auberon Herbert is dead. He was a true anarchist in everything but name. How much better (and how much rarer) to be an anarchist in everything but name than to be an anarchist in name only!" He is known as the originator of Voluntaryism, whi ...

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• Auberon Herbert - Auberon Herbert 1922-1974

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August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. August 1 - Events. 527 - Justinian I becomes Byzantine Emperor. 607 - Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). 1291 - The Swiss Confederation is formed. 1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain. 1461 - Edward IV is crowned king of England. 1498 - Christop ...

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• August 1 - Events
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August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 141 days remaining. It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the UK, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season. August 12 - Events. 490 BC - the Battle of Marathon, in which Athens defeated an invasion army of Persians, may have been fought on this date in the proleptic Julian calendar - but see 12 Septe ...

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• August 12 - Events
• August 12 - Births
• August 12 - Deaths
• August 12 - Holidays and observations

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August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. August 15 - Events. 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed 927 - The Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto 1057 - King MacBeth of Scotland is killed during the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of King Malcolm III. 1185 - The cave city of Vardzia was consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia 1309 - The city of Rhodes ...

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• August 15 - Deaths
• August 15 - Holidays and observances

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2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains Year of the Outback in Australia National Science Year in the United Kingdom Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom 2002 - Overview of the year. In contrast to 2000 and 2001, which retained elements of the late 1990s, 2002 shifted into a new cultural decade. Wi ...

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• 2002 - Overview of the year
• 2002 - Events
• 2002 - January
• 2002 - February
• 2002 - March
• 2002 - April
• 2002 - May
• 2002 - June
• 2002 - July
• 2002 - August
• 2002 - September
• 2002 - October
• 2002 - November
• 2002 - December
• 2002 - Unknown Date
• 2002 - Births
• 2002 - August
• 2002 - December
• 2002 - Deaths
• 2002 - January
• 2002 - February
• 2002 - March
• 2002 - April
• 2002 - May
• 2002 - June
• 2002 - July
• 2002 - August
• 2002 - September
• 2002 - October
• 2002 - November
• 2002 - December
• 2002 - Nobel Prizes
• 2002 - Fields Medalists

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1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. 1918 - Events. 1918 - January-February. January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. January 22 - Manitoba, Canada film censor board bans comedies January 24 - a decree of the Council of People's Com ...

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• 1918 - Events
• 1918 - January-February
• 1918 - March-April
• 1918 - May-July
• 1918 - August-October
• 1918 - November
• 1918 - December
• 1918 - Unknown dates
• 1918 - Births
• 1918 - January-February
• 1918 - March-April
• 1918 - May-August
• 1918 - September-December
• 1918 - Deaths
• 1918 - Nobel Prizes

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Shandong (Simplified: 山东; Traditional: 山東; Hanyu Pinyin: Shāndōng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is Lu, after the state of Lu that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period. Shandong's name literally means "mountains' east", which refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. The province is located in the lower reaches ...

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• Shandong - History
• Shandong - Geography
• Shandong - Economy
• Shandong - Demographics
• Shandong - Administrative Divisions
• Shandong - Culture
• Shandong - Transportation
• Shandong - Tourism
• Shandong - Miscellaneous topics
• Shandong - Colleges and universities

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The swastika (from Sanskrit svastika) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either left-facing (卍) or right-facing (卐). It is traditionally oriented so that a main line is horizontal, though it is occasionally rotated at forty-five degrees, and the Hindu version is often decorated with a dot in each quadrant. ...

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• Swastika - Overview
• Swastika - Etymology and alternative names
• Swastika - History
• Swastika - Adoption of the swastika in the West
• Swastika - Geometry and symbolism
• Swastika - Sauwastika
• Swastika - Art and architecture
• Swastika - Religion and mythology
• Swastika - Hinduism
• Swastika - Buddhism
• Swastika - Jainism
• Swastika - The Abrahamic religions
• Swastika - Other Asian traditions
• Swastika - Native American traditions
• Swastika - Pre-Christian European traditions
• Swastika - Asatru
• Swastika - Early 20th century
• Swastika - Europe
• Swastika - North America
• Swastika - Nazi Germany
• Swastika - Taboo in Western countries
• Swastika - Apperance in Media

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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a classic children's story written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922. The Velveteen Rabbit - Plot Summary. A boy receives a Velveteen Rabbit for Christmas and forgets the toy. In the meantime, the Velveteen Rabbit is snubbed by other more expensive or mechanical toys.

• The Velveteen Rabbit - Plot Summary
• The Velveteen Rabbit - Interpretation
• The Velveteen Rabbit - Young Children
• The Velveteen Rabbit - External link

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William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American humorist and entertainer. Will Rogers - Beginnings. Will Rogers was born in Indian Territory in what would later become the state of Oklahoma. His father was Clement Vann Rogers (1839-1911) and his mother was Mary America Schrimsher, both of whom had Cherokee heritage. He used to quip that, "My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat." The teenage and young-adult Rogers loved the ...

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• Will Rogers - Beginnings
• Will Rogers - Vaudeville and The Follies
• Will Rogers - Travels
• Will Rogers - Middle career
• Will Rogers - The Movies East Coast and Hollywood
• Will Rogers - Writing
• Will Rogers - Marriage and children
• Will Rogers - Death
• Will Rogers - Legacy
• Will Rogers - Books
• Will Rogers - Filmography

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