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  • 41Neolithic Period — or New Stone Age Final stage of technological development or cultural evolution among prehistoric humans. It is characterized by the use of stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, the domestication of plants or animals, the establishment of… …

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  • 42Jitō (period) — The years of Emperor Jitō s reign or the Jitō ( ja. 持統) period should not be misunderstood as a Japanese era name (年号, nengō , lit. year name). The nengō system which was introduced in reign of Emperor Kotoku was abandoned at the end of his reign …

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  • 43Common practice period — Musical eras Prehistoric Ancient (before AD 500) Early (500 – 1760) Common practice (1600 – 1900) Modern and contemporary (1900 – present) …

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  • 44Apostolical brief — Apostolic Ap os*tol ic, Apostolical Ap os*tol ic*al, a. [L. apostolicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. apostolique.] 1. Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age. [1913… …

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  • 45Kamakura period — (1185 1333)    The period after Nara and before Ashikaga during which the first bakufu ( tent government ; military government) was established by the Minamoto shogunate at Kamakura in Eastern Japan. Most of the new medieval Buddhist movements… …

    A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

  • 46EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD —    Archaeological term referring to levels of Mesopotamian sites from the end of the Jemdet Nasr period (c. 2900 B.C.) to the reign of Sargon of Akkad (c. 2330). There are three subdivisions: Early Dynastic (ED) I (2900–2750), ED II (2750–2600),… …

    Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

  • 47(a) honeymoon period — a short period at the beginning of a new job or a new government, when no one criticizes you. Labour s brief honeymoon period only lasted until the first budget …

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  • 48Khmer Rouge period (1975–1979) — The Khmer Rouge from 1975 until 1979 when Cambodia was ruled by the government of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge party the official name of the country was Democratic Kampuchea ( km. កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ, French: Kampuchea démocratique , Vietnamese …

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  • 49for a brief moment — for a little instant, during a small period of time …

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  • 50India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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