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  • 11Shiming — The Shìmíng (zh cw|c=釋名/释名|w= Shih Ming ; Explaining Names or Explanation of Names ) is a Chinese dictionary that employed phonological glosses, and is believed to date from c . 200 [CE] (Miller 1980: 424). Its 1502 definitions attempt to… …

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  • 12Erya — Traditional Chinese 爾雅 Simplified Chinese 尔雅 Transcriptions …

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  • 13Piya — The Piya (zh cpw|c=埤雅|p= Píyǎ |w= P i ya ; Increased [Er] ya ) was a Chinese dictionary compiled by Song Dynasty scholar Lu Dian (陸佃/陆佃, 1042 1102 CE). He wrote this Erya supplement along with his Erya Xinyi (爾雅新義 New Exegesis of the Erya )… …

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  • 14List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 — This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.As King Charles I of England would not assent to Bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament …

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  • 15George Adams (optician) — George Adams Sr ( 1773) was an English optician and scientific writer who was also well known as a maker of mathematical instruments and globes. Among his works are a Treatise on the Construction and Use of Globes (1766) and an Essay on the… …

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  • 16Burma–India relations — Bilateral relations between Burma (officially the Union of Myanmar) and the Republic of India have improved considerably since 1993, overcoming strains over drug trafficking, the suppression of democracy and the rule of the military junta in… …

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  • 17Locke’s political theory — Ian Harris The author of Two Treatises of Government also wrote An Essay concerning Human Understanding. This is an elementary fact, but one with an important implication for understanding Locke’s political theory. For Two Treatises is an… …

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  • 18Hans Frank — Hans Frank, photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann Governor General of the General Government In office 26 October 1939 – January 1945 …

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  • 19Xiao Erya — The Xiao Erya (zh cpw|c=小爾雅/小尔雅|p= Xiǎo Ěryǎ |w= Hsiao Erh ya ; Little [Er] ya ) was an early Chinese dictionary that supplements the Erya . It was supposedly compiled in the early Han Dynasty by Kong Fu (孔鮒 264? 208 BCE), a descendent of… …

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  • 20List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701 to 1800 — NOTOC This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the years 1701 to 1800.Click here for the List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700.The numbers after the titles of the acts are the chapter numbers. Acts are… …

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