Originally Ucetia, Uzès was a small Gallo-Roman oppidum, or admnistrative settlement. The town lies at the source of the Eure, from where a Roman aqueduct was built in the first century B.C, to supply water to the local city of Nîmes, 50KM away. The most famous stretch of the aqueduct is the Pont du Gard, which carried fresh water over splendid arches across the river Gardon. With the arrival of official Christianity in the 5th century, and until the Revolution, the city was the seat of a bishop, a competitor to the lo ...

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Uzès, Uzès - History, Uzès - The ducs d'Uzès, Uzès - The Huguenots of Uzès, Uzès - Sights, Uzès - Miscellaneous, Uzès - Births

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Smallpox - Eurasia. Several historical plagues are believed by some historians to have been early outbreaks of smallpox. But contemporary records are not detailed enough to make a definite diagnosis at this distance. Other historians suggest bubonic plague, measles or other epidemic diseases may have been responsible. The Plague of Athens decimated the city of Athens in 430 BCE, killing around a third of the population, according to Thucydides. Historians have long considered this an example of bubonic pla ...

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The Shang Dynasty established Aodu (隞都) (see also: History of China). The pre-historical city had been long lost even before the time of the First Emperor of China. The name of Zhengzhou came from Sui Dynasty (AD 581) albeit it was located in Chenggao, another town. The government was moved to the contemporary city during Tang Dynasty. ...

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Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou - Administration, Zhengzhou - History, Zhengzhou - Economy, Zhengzhou - Agriculture, Zhengzhou - Industry, Zhengzhou - Culture, Zhengzhou - Tourism, Zhengzhou - Transportation, Zhengzhou - Train, Zhengzhou - Taxi, Zhengzhou - Tram, Zhengzhou - College and Universities, Zhengzhou - Public, Zhengzhou - Private, Zhengzhou - Notable people, Zhengzhou - Friendship cities, Zhengzhou - International, Zhengzhou - Domestic

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The province of Jiangsu was formed in the 17th century. Before then, the northern and southern parts of Jiangsu had little to do with each other. South Jiangsu is currently the dominant part, being much wealthier and more influential than the north, and has been so for centuries; it is also firmly a part of southern Chinese culture. North Jiangsu, on the other hand, is at the juncture between North China and South China. Culturally it is of North China, but it has influences from South China, and is indeed still a part of a p ...

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Jiangsu, Jiangsu - History, Jiangsu - Geography, Jiangsu - Administrative divisions, Jiangsu - Economy, Jiangsu - Demographics, Jiangsu - Culture, Jiangsu - Famous people, Jiangsu - Tourism, Jiangsu - Miscellaneous topics, Jiangsu - Sports, Jiangsu - Colleges and Universities

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Originally Ucetia, Uzès was a small Gallo-Roman oppidum, or admnistrative settlement. The town lies at the source of the Eure, from where a Roman aqueduct was built in the first century BC, to supply water to the local city of Nîmes, 50KM away. The most famous stretch of the aqueduct is the Pont du Gard, which carried fresh water over splendid arches across the river Gardon. With the arrival of official Christianity in the 5th century, and until the Revolution, the city was the seat of a bishop, a competitor to the loc ...

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Uzès, Uzès - History, Uzès - The ducs d'Uzès, Uzès - The Huguenots of Uzès, Uzès - Sights, Uzès - Miscellaneous, Uzès - Births

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The manifestation of sexual orientation is subject to a considerable variability. Thus it is common for homosexual individuals in heteronormative societies to love, marry, and have children with individuals of the opposite sex, a practice that may be done primarily for social reasons in societies which reject same-sex relations, as a cover for one's orientation (such relationships are known as "beards"). The opposite situation seems to obtain in homonormative societies, where men whose primary attraction may be to the opposite sex nonetheles ...

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unknown Thomas (c. 1053) Cyriacus (c. 1076) unknown ...

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Patriarchate of Carthage, Patriarchate of Carthage - Bishops and Archbishops of Carthage Tunis, Patriarchate of Carthage - Restored Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Carthage Tunis, Patriarchate of Carthage - Apostolic Vicar of Tunis c. 1650-1884, Patriarchate of Carthage - Archbishops of Carthage 1884-1964, Patriarchate of Carthage - Prelate of Tunis 1964-1995, Patriarchate of Carthage - Bishops of Tunis 1995-present

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In the following list the couples are listed in chronological order, and the name of the older partner precedes that of the younger. Though many more men are known to have engaged in such relationships, only those instances in which the name of the younger partner is known are included. In keeping with the Socratic tradition which allows (and actually privileges) the existence of chaste pederastic relationships (See Platonic love), included below are relationships in which there is e ...

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Historical pederastic couples, Historical pederastic couples - Problematics of the pederastic record, Historical pederastic couples - Typology of relationships, Historical pederastic couples - Known or presumed pederastic couples, Historical pederastic couples - Antiquity, Historical pederastic couples - Middle Ages, Historical pederastic couples - Pre-modern period, Historical pederastic couples - 20th and 21st centuries, Historical pederastic couples - Sources

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Uzès - Births. Uzès was the birthplace of: Firmin Abauzit (1679-1767), scholar who worked on physics, theology and philosophy Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, Count de Brueys, (1753-1798), the French commander in the Battle of the Nile. ...

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Uzès, Uzès - History, Uzès - The ducs d'Uzès, Uzès - The Huguenots of Uzès, Uzès - Sights, Uzès - Miscellaneous, Uzès - Births

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Huangshi (皇始 huang2 shi3) 396-398 Tianxing (天興 tian1 xing1) 398-404 Tianci (天賜 tian1 ci4) 404-409 Shenrui (神瑞 shen2 rui4) 414-416 Taichang (泰常 tai4 chang2) 416-423 Shenjia (神麚 shen2 jia1) 428-431 Yanhe (延和 yan2 he2) 432-434 Taiyan (太延 tai4 yan2) 435-440 Taipingzhenjun (太平真君 tai4 ping2 zhen1 jun1) 440-451 Zhengping (正平 zheng4 ping2) 451-452 Xingguang (興光 xing1 guang1) 454-455 Taian (太安 tai4 an1) 455-459 Hep ...

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Table of Chinese monarchs, Table of Chinese monarchs - Xia Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Shang Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Zhou Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Qin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Han Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Three Kingdoms Period, Table of Chinese monarchs - Jin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sixteen Kingdoms Period, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sovereignties established by Wu Hu, Table of Chinese monarchs - Northern and Southern Dynasties, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sui Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Tang Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Table of Chinese monarchs - Independent Regimes during Ten Kingdoms, Table of Chinese monarchs - Liao Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Song Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Western Xia, Table of Chinese monarchs - Jin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Yuan Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Ming dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Shun Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Southern Ming Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Qing dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Taiping Rebellion, Table of Chinese monarchs - Yuan Shikai's Chinese Empire

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Qinglong (青龍 qing1 long2) 233-237 Jingchu (景初 jing3 chu1) 237-239 Jiaping (嘉平 jia1 ping2) 249-254 Ganlu (甘露 gan1 lu4) 256-260 Xianxi (咸熙 xian2 xi1) 264-265 Yanxi (延熙 yan2 xi1) 238-257 Jingyao (景耀 jing3 yao4) 258-263 Yanxing (炎興 yan2 xing1) 263 Huanglong (黃龍 huang2 long2) 229-231 Jiahe (嘉禾 jia1 he2) 232-238 Chiwu (赤烏 chi4 wu1) 238-251 Taiyuan (太元 tai4 yuan2) 251-252 Shenfeng (神鳳 shen2 feng4) 252 Wufeng ( ...

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Table of Chinese monarchs, Table of Chinese monarchs - Xia Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Shang Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Zhou Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Qin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Han Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Three Kingdoms Period, Table of Chinese monarchs - Jin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sixteen Kingdoms Period, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sovereignties established by Wu Hu, Table of Chinese monarchs - Northern and Southern Dynasties, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sui Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Tang Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Table of Chinese monarchs - Independent Regimes during Ten Kingdoms, Table of Chinese monarchs - Liao Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Song Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Western Xia, Table of Chinese monarchs - Jin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Yuan Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Ming dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Shun Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Southern Ming Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Qing dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Taiping Rebellion, Table of Chinese monarchs - Yuan Shikai's Chinese Empire

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Yongfeng (永鳳 yong3 feng4) 308-309 Herui (河瑞 he2 rui4) 309-310 Jiaping (嘉平 jia1 ping2) 311-315 Jianyuan (建元 jian4 yuan2) 315-316 Linjia (麟嘉 lin2 jia1) 316-318 Taihe (太和 tai4 he2) 328-330 Jianping (建平 jian4 ping2) 330-333 Yanxi (延熙 yan2 xi1) 334 Taining (太寧 tai4 ning2) 349 Yanping (晏平 yan4 ping2) 305-311 Yuheng (玉衡 yu4 heng2) 311-334 Jianing (嘉寧 jia1 ning2) 346-347 Yuanxi (元璽 yuan2 xi3) 353-357 Shengping (升平 sheng1 ping2) 357 Guangshou (光� ...

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Table of Chinese monarchs, Table of Chinese monarchs - Xia Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Shang Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Zhou Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Qin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Han Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Three Kingdoms Period, Table of Chinese monarchs - Jin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sixteen Kingdoms Period, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sovereignties established by Wu Hu, Table of Chinese monarchs - Northern and Southern Dynasties, Table of Chinese monarchs - Sui Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Tang Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Table of Chinese monarchs - Independent Regimes during Ten Kingdoms, Table of Chinese monarchs - Liao Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Song Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Western Xia, Table of Chinese monarchs - Jin Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Yuan Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Ming dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Shun Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Southern Ming Dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Qing dynasty, Table of Chinese monarchs - Taiping Rebellion, Table of Chinese monarchs - Yuan Shikai's Chinese Empire

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In the Chinese Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) firecrackers were made by roasting bamboo to produce the loud sound (known as "bian pao") that was intended to frighten evil spirits. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 420–581) the firecrackers were used not only to dispel evil but also to pray for happiness and prosperity. The discovery of gunpowder and the invention of the first true fireworks are traditionally credited to the Chinese, although India is also a likely source. Some scholars believe fireworks were developed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581–907), but others believe there were no firewor ...

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Fireworks, Fireworks - History of fireworks, Fireworks - Fireworks events, Fireworks - Bonfire night in Britain, Fireworks - Independence Day in the United States, Fireworks - New Year's Eve, Fireworks - Deepavali 'Festival of Lights' in India, Fireworks - Lunar New Year in Hong Kong, Fireworks - Laws and politics, Fireworks - Safety of consumer fireworks, Fireworks - Safety of commercial fireworks, Fireworks - Pollution, Fireworks - Firework forums

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Non-Muslim scholars generally treat Umar as a pivotal figure in the history of Islam, since it was under his aegis that the Muslims expanded outwards from the Syro-Arabian steppe and fought the great powers of the time, the Sassanid and Byzantine empires. They analyze his decisions primarily in military and political terms, and are less concerned with the religious or character judgments that interest Muslims. He is often credited with many radical adminstrative norms the importance of which went beyond the Muslim World. He is believed to be the first ruler to create ...

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Umar, Umar - Early life, Umar - Conversion to Islam, Umar - Life in Medina, Umar - The death of Muhammad, Umar - Reign as caliph, Umar - Death, Umar - Sunni view, Umar - Shi'a view, Umar - Non-Muslim view, Umar - Farūqī

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Most Sunnis remember Umar as a strong leader, an excellent jurist, a progressive statesman, and the second of the rightly-guided Caliphs. He did not seek advancement for his own family, but rather sought to advance the interests of the Muslim community, the ummah. One hadith, or oral tradition, credited by Sunnis says that at the time of his death he was asked if he would like to nominate his son `Abd-Allah ibn `Umar as caliph to which he replied: "One is enough ...

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Umar, Umar - Early life, Umar - Conversion to Islam, Umar - Life in Medina, Umar - The death of Muhammad, Umar - Reign as caliph, Umar - Death, Umar - Sunni view, Umar - Shi'a view, Umar - Non-Muslim view, Umar - Farūqī

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`Umar died in 644, the victim of an assassin's dagger. `Umar's killer (Abū Lū`lū`ah) was a Persian slave who is said to held a personal grudge against Umar; he stabbed the Caliph six times as `Umar led prayers in the Masjid an-Nabawī mosque in Medina and then committed suicide. `Umar died two days later, and was buried alongside Muhammad and Abū Bakr. `Uthmān ibn `Affān was elected as his successor, by a group of prominent Muslims appoin ...

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Umar, Umar - Early life, Umar - Conversion to Islam, Umar - Life in Medina, Umar - The death of Muhammad, Umar - Reign as caliph, Umar - Death, Umar - Sunni view, Umar - Shi'a view, Umar - Non-Muslim view, Umar - Farūqī

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During `Umar's reign, the Islamic empire grew at an unprecedented rate, taking Mesopotamia and parts of Persia from the Sāsānids (effectively ending that empire), and taking Egypt, Palestine, Syria, North Africa and Armenia from the Byzantines. Many of these conquests followed watershed battles on both the western and eastern fronts. The Battle of Yarmūk, fought near Damascus in 636, saw a Muslim army of 20,000 defeat a Byzantine force estimated to number 40,000, permanently ending Byzantine rule south of Asia Minor. Another small Muslim ...

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Umar, Umar - Early life, Umar - Conversion to Islam, Umar - Life in Medina, Umar - The death of Muhammad, Umar - Reign as caliph, Umar - Death, Umar - Sunni view, Umar - Shi'a view, Umar - Non-Muslim view, Umar - Farūqī

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Transmission is by prolonged face-to-face contact[citation needed], direct contact with infected body fluids or contaminated objects, and rarely, by a virus in the air of enclosed spaces. Infection in the natural disease will be via the lungs. The incubation period to obvious disease is around 12 days. In the initial growth phase the virus seems to move from cell to cell, but around the 12th day, lysis of many infected cells occurs and the virus will be found in the bloodstream in large numbers. The initial or prodromal sym ...

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Smallpox, Smallpox - Infection, Smallpox - History, Smallpox - Eurasia, Smallpox - The Americas, Smallpox - Inoculation, Smallpox - Vaccination, Smallpox - Eradication, Smallpox - Post-eradication

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The GDP per capita was ¥19,415 per capita in 2004. Zhengzhou - Agriculture. Zhengzhou has a rural population of 3.97 million. Its main products include apple, paulownia, tobacco, maize, cotton, and wheat. In addition, Zhengzhou also produces Yellow River Carp, Zhengzhou watermelon, Xinzheng jujube, [Xingyang] dried persimmon, Guangwu Megranate and Zhongmu Garlic, all of which are specialities that are rarely found outside the region. < ...

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Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou - Administration, Zhengzhou - History, Zhengzhou - Economy, Zhengzhou - Agriculture, Zhengzhou - Industry, Zhengzhou - Culture, Zhengzhou - Tourism, Zhengzhou - Transportation, Zhengzhou - Train, Zhengzhou - Taxi, Zhengzhou - Tram, Zhengzhou - College and Universities, Zhengzhou - Public, Zhengzhou - Private, Zhengzhou - Notable people, Zhengzhou - Friendship cities, Zhengzhou - International, Zhengzhou - Domestic

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Zhengzhou - International. Richmond, Virginia, Virginia, USA Jinju, South Korea Samara, Russia Cluj-Napoca, Romania Irbid, Jordan Zhengzhou - Domestic. Guangzhou, Guangdong Yichun, Heilongjiang Haikou, Hainan Jinan, Shandong (sister city) Wenzhou, Zhejiang Qingdao, Shandong Lianyungang, Jiangsu

Zhengzhou - Public. Henan Agricultural University (河南农业大学) (founded 1913) Zhengzhou University (郑州大学) Zhengzhou Institute of Technology (formerly Zhengzhou Grain College) Zhongyuan Institute of Technology (中原工学院) Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (郑州轻工业学院) Zhengzhou Institute of Aeronautical Industry Management (郑州航空工业管理学院) North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Po ...

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Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou - Administration, Zhengzhou - History, Zhengzhou - Economy, Zhengzhou - Agriculture, Zhengzhou - Industry, Zhengzhou - Culture, Zhengzhou - Tourism, Zhengzhou - Transportation, Zhengzhou - Train, Zhengzhou - Taxi, Zhengzhou - Tram, Zhengzhou - College and Universities, Zhengzhou - Public, Zhengzhou - Private, Zhengzhou - Notable people, Zhengzhou - Friendship cities, Zhengzhou - International, Zhengzhou - Domestic

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