| Answer An answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to some one or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or objection, or a correct solution of a problem.Answer - LoveToKnow 1911 In the common law, an answer is the first pleading by a defendant, usually filed and served upon the plaintiff within a certain strict time limit after a civil complaint or criminal information or indictment has been served upon the defendant. Answer
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| Transport in Angola Transport in Angola comprises: Transport_in_Angola
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| Ambrosia In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods, often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whomever consumes it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves (Odyssey xii. Ambrosia
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| Alabaster Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and calcite (a carbonate of calcium). The former is the alabaster of the present day; the latter is generally the alabaster of the ancients. Alabaster
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| Absolute zero Absolute zero is the point at which molecules do not move (relative to the rest of the body) more than they are required to by a quantum mechanical effect called zero-point energy. Having a limited temperature has several thermodynamic consequences; for example, at absolute zero all molecular motion does not cease but does not have enough energy for transference to other systems, it is therefore correct to say that at 0 kelvin molecular energy is minimal Absolute_zero
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| Aa River Talk:Aa_River
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| Ahmed III Ahmed III (Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i sālis) (December 30, 1673—July 1, 1736) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–87). He succeeded to the throne in 1703 on the abdication of his brother Mustafa II (1695–1703). Ahmed_III
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| Aimoin Aimoin (c. 960-c. Aimoin
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| Alexander of Aphrodisias Alexander of Aphrodisias was the most celebrated of the Ancient Greek commentators on the writings of Aristotle. He was styled, by way of pre-eminence, "the expositor" (). Alexander_of_Aphrodisias
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| Alexios II Komnenos Alexios II Komnenos or Alexius II Comnenus (Greek: Αλέξιος Β’ Κομνηνός, Alexios II Komnēnos) (14 September 1169 – October 1183, Constantinople), Byzantine emperor (1180-1183), was the son of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and Maria, daughter of Raymond, prince of Antioch.An alternative date of birth occasionally given is 1168 , based on William of Tyre's statement that Alexios was 13 in 1180. Alexios_II_Komnenos
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| Alessandro Algardi Alessandro Algardi (July 31,1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was the major rival of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Alessandro_Algardi
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| Alessandro Allori Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori (May 3, 1535 - September 22, 1607) was an Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school. Alessandro_Allori
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| Amati Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1549 to 1740. Amati
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| Ammonius Saccas Talk:Ammonius_Saccas
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| Andronikos II Palaiologos Andronikos II Palaiologos or Andronicus II Palaeologus (Greek: ) (25 March 1259, Constantinople – February 13, 1332, Constantinople), reigned as Byzantine emperor 1282–1328. Andronikos II Palaiologos was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, grandniece of John III Doukas Vatatzes. Andronikos_II_Palaiologos
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| Andronikos I Komnenos Andronikos I Komnenos or Andronicus I Comnenus (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Α’ Κομνηνός, Andronikos I Komninos; c. 1118 – September 12, 1185) was a Byzantine emperor (r. Andronikos_I_Komnenos
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| Anthemius of Tralles Anthemius of Tralles (c. 474 – c. Anthemius_of_Tralles
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| Achaeans The Achaeans (in Greek , Akhaioi) is one of the collective names used for the Greeks in Homer's Iliad (used 598 times) and Odyssey. The other names are the Danaans (, used 138 times in the Iliad) and Argives (, used 29 times in the Iliad). Achaeans
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| Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. It is commonly referred to as simply Acts. Acts_of_the_Apostles
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| Anselm of Canterbury |predecessor = Lanfranc Anselm_of_Canterbury
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| Antipope Felix II Antipope Felix II was installed as Pope in 355 after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe the sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius. In May 357 the Roman laity, which had remained faithful to Liberius, demanded that Constantius, who was on a visit to Rome, should recall Liberius. Antipope_Felix_II
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| Battle of Blenheim |partof=the War of the Spanish Succession Battle_of_Blenheim
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| Barge A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Most barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats. Barge
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| Baldric A baldric (also baldrick, bawdrick, bauldrick as well as some other, mostly rare or obsolete, variations) is a belt worn over one shoulder that is typically used to carry a weapon (usually a sword) or other implement such as a bugle or drum.baldric. Baldric
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| Book of Jeremiah The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirməyāhū in Hebrew), is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaism's Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianity's Old Testament. It was originally written in a complex and poetic Hebrew (apart from verse 10:11, curiously written in Aramaic), recording the words and events surrounding the life of the Jewish prophet Jeremiah who lived at the time of the destruction of Solomon's Temple (587/6 BC) in Jerusalem during the fall of the Kingdom of Judah at the hands of Babylonia. Book_of_Jeremiah
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| Book of Esther The Book of Esther is a book of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and of the Old Testament. The Book of Esther or the Megillah is the basis for the Jewish celebration of Purim. Book_of_Esther
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| Black Death The Black Death, or the Black Plague, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis (Bubonic plague),Researchers sound the alarm: the multidrug resistance of the plague bacillus could spread but recently attributed by some to other diseases. Black_Death
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| Plague (disease) Plague_(disease)
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| Battle of Bouvines The Battle of Bouvines, July 27, 1214, was a conclusive medieval battle ending the twelve year old War of Bouvines Battle_of_Bouvines
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| Biotite Biotite is a common phyllosilicate mineral within the mica group, with the approximate chemical formula K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(F, OH)2. More generally, it refers to the dark mica series, primarily a solid-solution series between the iron-endmember annite, and the magnesium-endmember phlogopite; more aluminous endmembers include siderophyllite. Biotite
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| Conspiracy theory A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social or historical events), or the concealment of such causes from public knowledge, to a secret and often deceptive plot by a group of powerful or influential people or organizations. Many conspiracy theories state that major events in history have been dominated by conspirators who manipulate political happenings from behind the scenes. Conspiracy_theory
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| Christopher Columbus | death_place = outside Valladolid, Spain Christopher_Columbus
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| Cannibalism Cannibalism (from Spanish , in connection with cannibalism among the Antillean Caribs)cannibalism, or anthropophagy (human behaviour), Encyclopædia Britannica, also called anthropophagy (from Greek: ἄνθρωπος, anthropos, "human being"; and φαγειν, phagein, "to eat") is the act or practice of humans eating flesh of other humans. In zoology, the term "cannibalism" is extended to refer to any species consuming members of its own kind (see cannibalism (zoology)). Cannibalism
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| Casuistry Casuistry () is an applied ethics term referring to case-based reasoning. Casuistry is used in juridical and ethical discussions of law and ethics, and often is a critique of principle-based reasoning. Casuistry
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| London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in South London, England and is part of Outer London. It covers an area of and is the largest London borough by population. London_Borough_of_Croydon
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| Chemical affinity In chemical physics and physical chemistry, chemical affinity can be defined as electronic properties by which dissimilar chemical species are capable of forming chemical compounds.Chemical Affinity - Britannica 1911 Chemical affinity can also refer to the tendency of an atom or compound to combine by chemical reaction with atoms or compounds of unlike composition. Chemical_affinity
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| Constantine I Flavius Valerius Aurelius ConstantinusIn (Latin Constantine's official imperial title was IMPERATOR CAESAR FLAVIVS CONSTANTINVS PIVS FELIX INVICTVS AVGVSTVS, Imperator Caesar Flavius Constantine Augustus, the pious, the fortunate, the undefeated. After 312, he added MAXIMVS ("the greatest"), and after 325 replaced ("undefeated") with VICTOR, as invictus reminded of Sol Invictus, the Sun God. Constantine_I
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| Catharism Talk:Catharism
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| Dorians The Dorians or Dorian Greeks (Greek: , Dōrieis, singular , Dōrieus) were one of three major tribes into which the ancient Greeks divided themselves. Herodotus gave the earliest historical expression of a three-fold division:Herodotus, Histories, Book VII, Section 9A. Dorians
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| Druze | pop1 = 865,000 Druze
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| Encyclopedia An encyclopedia (or [is a comprehensive written compendium] that contains [[information on either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. Encyclopedias are divided into articles with one article on each subject covered. Encyclopedia
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| England (French)"God and my right" England
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| Etruscan language The Etruscan language was spoken and written by the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria (modern Tuscany plus western Umbria and northern Latium) and in parts of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna (where the Etruscans were displaced by Gauls), in Italy. However, Latin superseded Etruscan completely, leaving only a few documents and a few loanwords in Latin (e. Etruscan_language
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| Edward Jenner |death_place = Berkeley, Gloucestershire Edward_Jenner
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| Encyclopædia Britannica | image_caption = New Americanized Encylopædia Britannica (1899) Encyclopædia_Britannica
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| Ecumenical council An ecumenical council (or oecumenical council; also general council) is a conference of the bishops of the whole Church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. The word derives from the Greek language "", which literally means "the inhabited world", which first referred to the Roman Empire and later was extended to apply to the world in general. Ecumenical_council
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| Essenes The Essenes were, strictly speaking, a Jewish religious group that flourished from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. Many separate, but related religious groups of that era shared similar mystic, eschatological, messianic, and ascetic beliefs. Essenes
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| Ethanol | Section2 = Ethanol
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| Edward Gibbon |birth_place = Putney, England, UK Edward_Gibbon
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| Ephrem the Syrian Ephrem the Syrian (Syriac: ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, ; Greek: ; Latin: Ephraem Syrus; ca. 306 – 373) was a Syriac deacon, prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. Ephrem_the_Syrian
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