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20th Century: Encyclopedia - 20th Century
The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The ...
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20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Fox
Twentieth (20th) Century Fox, shorthand for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, is one of the major movie studios, located in the Cen...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Overview
The twentieth century saw a remarkable shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of technological, medical, social,...
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20th Century Limited: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Limited
The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad from 1902 to 1967, during which time it...
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20th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Bc
(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC)
20th century BC - Events.
2064 – 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
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20th-century Philosophy: Encyclopedia - 20th-century Philosophy
The 20th century brought with it upheavals that produced a series of conflicting developments within philosophy over the basis of knowled...
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Ballymena: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballymena - 20th Century
In 1900, Ballymena assumed urban status. The Adairs disposed of most of their Ballymena estate to the occupying tenants in 1904, under th...
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Jefferson State: Encyclopedia Ii - Jefferson State - 20th Century
In October of 1941, the mayor of Port Orford, Oregon, Gilbert Gable, announced that the Oregon counties of Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and...
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History Of Bratislava: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Bratislava - 20th Century
History of Bratislava - 21st century.
2003: the millionth car is produced at Volkswagen Bratislava; the factory produces the models To...
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History Of Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Geography - 20th Century
In the West during the 20th century, the discipline of geography went through four major phases: environmental determinism, regional scie...
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History Of Sydney: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sydney - 20th Century
With industrialisation Sydney expanded rapidly, and by the early 20th century it had a population well in excess of one million. The Grea...
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Shakespeare's Reputation: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Reputation - 20th Century
Shakespeare continued to be considered the greatest English writer of all time throughout the 20th century. Most Western educational syst...
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History Of Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Feminism - 20th Century
Many countries began to grant women the vote in the early years of the 20th century, especially in the final years of the First World War...
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History Of Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jersey - 20th Century
English was first permitted in debates in the States of Jersey in 1901 and the first legislation to be drawn up primarily in English was ...
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Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - 20th Century
Noted women artists of the twentieth century include Ann Hamilton, Eva Hesse, Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, Barbara Kruger, Tamara de Lempick...
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Jamestown Virginia: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamestown Virginia - 20th Century
Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Exposition of 1907.
The Jamestown Exposition of 1907 was one of the many world's fairs and expositions t...
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Jamestown Virginia: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamestown Virginia - 20th Century
Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Exposition of 1907.
The Jamestown Exposition of 1907 was one of the many world's fairs and expositions t...
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Swoon Hypothesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Swoon Hypothesis - 20th Century
Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, in their 1982 book Holy Blood, Holy Grail, speculated that Pontius Pilate was bribed to...
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History Of Venezuela: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Venezuela - 20th Century
The first half of the 20th century was marked by periods of authoritarianism — including dictatorships from 1908 to 1935 and from 1948 ...
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Nacka Municipality: Encyclopedia Ii - Nacka Municipality - 20th Century
The municipality has been expanding in recent times, and has had a continuous population increase since the 1960's, almost doubling the p...
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Science And Invention In Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Invention In Birmingham - 20th Century
1902: Frederick William Lanchester patents disc brakes.
1902: George Andrew Darby patents his electrical Heat-Indicator and Fire Alarm.
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Australian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Literature - 20th Century
In sharp contrast to these early frontier writers most of the white inhabitants of Australia were city dwellers. Even Banjo Paterson, who...
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History Of Uruguay: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Uruguay - 20th Century
José Batlle y Ordóñez, president from 1903 to 1907 and again from 1911 to 1915, set the pattern for Uruguay's modern political develop...
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History Of Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Birmingham - 20th Century
During the 20th century, Birmingham's population continued to increase.
In 1936, King Edwards Grammar School on New Street was demolished...
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History Of Bolivia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Bolivia - 20th Century
Living conditions of the indigenous peoples, who constituted more than half of the population, remained deplorable. Forced to work under ...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Significant People
20th century - World leaders.
Africa
Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia
Jomo Ke...
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20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music
20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of S...
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20th Century Brass Instrumentalists: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Brass Instrumentalists
20th century brass instrumentalists include:
trumpet (see also List of trumpeters)
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Maurice André
Louis Armstrong
Graham As...
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20th Century Concert Dance: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Concert Dance
20th century concert dance is the name given to a category of dance forms that include:
Free dance
Modern dance
Expressionist dance
Post...
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20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Fox - History
The company is the result of a 1935 merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1914, and Twentieth Century Pi...
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20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Modernism
Main article: Modernism
Modernism is the name given to a series of movements (See Modernism) arising out of the idea that the 20th centur...
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History Of Subcultures In The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Subcultures In The 20th Century - Subcultures
The 20th century, particularly the latter half, was a time of increasing social diversity and individualism. The world wars that dominate...
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The 20th Century In Review: Encyclopedia Ii - The 20th Century In Review - Major Events
The 20th century was marked by a period of change. With inventions such as the light bulb, the automobile, and the telephone in the late ...
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History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - Oil Movies And The Military
In the 1920s, oil was discovered, first near Newhall, in northern Los Angeles County. Soon, more oil was found all over the L.A. Basin an...
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20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Fox - 20th Television
20th Century Fox - TV series.
Crusade In Europe (1949)
My Friend Flicka (1956-1958)
Broken Arrow (1956-1960)
Man Without A Gun (1957-1...
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20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Post-modern Music
20th century classical music - Post-modernity's birth.
Post-modernity can be said to be a response to modernism which asserts that the ...
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20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Electronic Music
Main article: Electronic art music
Technological advances in the 20th century enabled composers to use electronic means of producing soun...
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20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Romantic Style
Particularly in the early part of the century, many composers wrote music which was an extension of 19th century Romantic music. Harmony,...
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20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Fox - Notable Films
Among the studio's notable films:
20th Century Fox - 1930s.
Cavalcade (drama, 1933, Academy Award winner, "Best Picture")
State Fair (...
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History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - High-tech Expansion
Starting in the 1950s, high technology companies in Northern California began a spectacular growth that continued through the end of the ...
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History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - Economic Power House
Conversely, during the same period, the Golden State also attracted commercial and industrial expansion of astronomical rates. The adopti...
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History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - The California Legal Revolution
Prior to the 1960s, California's legal system was notorious for the backward, incoherent and repressive nature of its laws, and its chaot...
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History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - Baby Boomers And Free Spirits
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After the war, hundreds of land developers bought land cheap, subdivided it, built on it, and got rich. Real-estat...
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History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - A Victim Of Its Own Success?
Although the air and pollution problems have become less visible because of new laws, health problems associated with pollution have cont...
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20th Century Concert Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Concert Dance - Relationship To Art Movements
Although sharing the name of art movements the dance forms may not relate to them directly. From an ideological and conceptual point of v...
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French Literature Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 20th Century - Overview
Twentieth century French literature was profoundly shaped by the historical events of the century and was also shaped by -- and a contrib...
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List Of Monarchs Who Lost Their Thrones Or Abdicated In The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Monarchs Who Lost Their Thrones Or Abdicated In The 20th Century - A
List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Aceh Darussalam.
Sultan Kehalarat Deelat Nyang Meuha Meulia...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Reuss Elder Line.
Prince Henry XXIV was deposed in 1918.
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French Literature Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 20th Century - From 1895 To 1914
The early years of the century (often called the "Belle époque") saw radical experiments in all genres and Symbolism and Naturalism unde...
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French Literature Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 20th Century - From 1914 To 1945
The folly of the First World War generated even more radical tendencies. The Dada movement -- which began in a café in Switzerland in 19...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Tanzania.
Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be queen when the co...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Uganda.
Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the coun...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Hesse and the Rhine.
Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig was deposed in...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Iceland.
King Christian X of Denmark ceased to be King of I...
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French Art Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Art Of The 20th Century - From Impressionism To World War Ii
The early years of the twentieth century are dominated by experiments in color and content that Impressionism and Post-Impressionism had ...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Pakistan.
Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen of Pakistan...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Caliphate.
Caliph Abdul Mejid II, cousin of the last Ottoma...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Oman.
Sultan Said Bin Taimur of Muscat, was deposed in 1970...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Sarawak.
Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, abdica...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Wajo.
Haji Andi Mangkona Datu Marioriwawo, Aru Matowa of Wa...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Yemen.
King Muhammad al-Badr was deposed in 1962
List of ...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Egypt.
King Farouk abdicated in 1952 in favor of his infant...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Fiji.
Queen Elizabeth II was deposed as Queen of Fiji follo...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Zanzibar.
(Zanzibar was later united with Tanganyika; see Pe...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Qatar.
Shaikh 'Abdu'llah bin Jasim Al-Thani, Ruler of Qatar...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Vietnam.
Emperor Bao Dai abdicated in 1945 when communists ...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Dewas.
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Karangasem.
Sri Paduka Ratu Anak Agung Gusti Gedé Jelantik...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Lambjang and Kaski.
Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Juddha Shamsher Ja...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Gambia.
Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen of Gambia whe...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Malawi.
Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be queen when the coun...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Netherlands.
Queen Wilhelmina abdicated the throne in favou...
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century - Baden.
Grand Duke Friedrich II abdicated in 1918.
List of...
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Vyborg: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyborg - 20th-century Vicissitudes
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the fall of the Russian Empire, Finland declared itself independent. During the Finnish Civi...
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French Literature Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 20th Century - Literature After World War Ii
The 1950s and 1960s were highly turbulent times in France: despite a dynamic economy ("les trente glorieuses" or "30 Glorious Years"), th...
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Strelna: Encyclopedia Ii - Strelna - Vicissitudes In The 20th Century
After 1917 the palace fell into decay: it was handed over to a children labour commune, then to a secondary school.
For a period during W...
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Cruiser: Encyclopedia Ii - Cruiser - Later 20th Century
The rise of air power during World War II dramatically changed the nature of naval combat. Even the fastest cruisers could not outrun an ...
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The Brocken: Encyclopedia Ii - The Brocken - 20th Century History
On this mountain the world's first television tower was built in 1935; it began by broadcasting the "Deutsche Reichspost". It carried the...
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Requiem: Encyclopedia Ii - Requiem - 20th Century Developments
In the 20th century the requiem evolved in several new directions. The genre of war requiems is perhaps the most notable, which comprise ...
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Requiem: Encyclopedia Ii - Requiem - 20th Century Developments
In the 20th century the requiem evolved in several new directions. The genre of war requiems is perhaps the most notable, which comprise ...
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Dictatorship: Encyclopedia Ii - Dictatorship - The 20th Century
Dictatorship - Intrawar era.
In the twentieth century, dictatorship has been an essential pillar of single-party states, military regim...
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Castlevania Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Castlevania Timeline - 20th Century
1917: (The events of Castlevania: Bloodlines) Twenty-years (according to the manual of the game) after the death of Quincey Morris, a wit...
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Hermitage Museum: Encyclopedia Ii - Hermitage Museum - Vicissitudes In The 20th Century
The imperial Hermitage was proclaimed public property during the Revolution. The range of its exhibits was further expanded when private ...
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Dictatorship: Encyclopedia Ii - Dictatorship - The 20th Century
Dictatorship - Interbellum.
In the twentieth century, dictatorship has been an essential pillar of single-party states, military regime...
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Alexander Herzen: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Herzen - Influence In The 20th Century
Herzen was a hero of the Russian-born 20th century philosopher Isaiah Berlin. The words of Herzen that Berlin repeated most insistently w...
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History Of The Big Bang: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Big Bang - Early 20th Century
Observationally, in the 1910s, Vesto Slipher and later Carl Wilhelm Wirtz determined that most spiral nebulae were receding from Earth. S...
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History Of Galway: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Galway - 20th Century
In 1972, part of the city center was destroyed by fire. The area involved the southern-west corner of Eyre Square, where the Bank of Irel...
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London In Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - London In Fiction - 20th Century Fiction
London in fiction - Prewar fiction.
P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster novels (1919 onwards). Wooster lives mainly in London, and is...
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Palestine: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestine - The 20th Century
In European usage up to World War I, the name "Palestine" was used informally for a region that extended in the north-south direction typ...
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Palestine: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestine - 20th Century
In European usage up to World War I, the name "Palestine" was used informally for a region that extended in the north-south direction typ...
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Tudorbethan Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tudorbethan Architecture - 20th Century Tudorbethan
In the early part of the century, one of the exponents who developed the style further was Edwin Lutyens (1864–1944). At The Deanery in...
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Democide: Encyclopedia Ii - Democide - Significant 20th Century Democides
The following based on Matthew White's web site [3] lists the significant democides where the death rate can be estimated to exceed 1,000...
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List Of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Of The 20th Century - The List
List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century - Leaders and revolutionaries.
David Ben-Gurion
Ho Chi Minh
Si...
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History Of Namibia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Namibia - Early 20th Century
German colonial power was consolidated by force of arms and coerced "protection treaties." The rapid appropration of cattle and prime gra...
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History Of Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dance - Early 20th Century: From Ballet To Contemporary Dance
Since the Ballets Russes began revolutionising ballet in the early 20th century, there have been continued attempts to break the mould of...
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Cruiser Warship: Encyclopedia Ii - Cruiser Warship - Later 20th Century
The rise of air power during World War II dramatically changed the nature of naval combat. Even the fastest cruisers could not outrun an ...
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History Of Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Illinois - 20th Century
In the 20th century, Illinois emerged as one of the most important states in the union. It currently has the 6th largest population and c...
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History Of Golf Instruction: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Golf Instruction - 20th Century
Although both the first golf magazines and the British and American Professional Golfers' Associations appeared early in the 20th century...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Important Developments Events And Achievements
20th century - Science and technology.
The assembly line and mass production of motor vehicles and other goods allowed manufacturers t...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Important Developments, Events And Achievements
20th century - Science and technology.
The assembly line and mass production of motor vehicles and other goods allowed manufacturers t...
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