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  • 61Cosmogony — • By this term is understood an account of how the universe (cosmos) came into being (gonia • gegona = I have become). It differs from cosmology, or the science of the universe, in this: that the latter aims at understanding the actual… …

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  • 62Mexican ceramics — Woman selling pottery items at the Feria de Texcoco, Texcoco, Mexico State Ceramics and pottery in Mexico date back thousands of years before the Pre Columbian period, when ceramic arts and pottery crafts developed with the first advanced… …

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  • 63SYNAGOGUE — This article is arranged according to the following outline. origins and history until the first century first century c.e. middle ages modern period …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 64ZOHAR — (Heb. זֹהַר; (The Book of) Splendor ), the central work in the literature of the kabbalah . Introduction In some parts of the book the name Zohar is mentioned as the title of the work. It is also cited by the Spanish kabbalists under other names …

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  • 65humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …

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  • 66Brazilian literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the Portuguese language in Brazil. Colonial period       Brazil was claimed for Portugal in 1500 and was named for the land s first export product, pau brasil (brazilwood), trade in which… …

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  • 67Aristotle — For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs Marble bust of Aristotle. Roman copy after a Gree …

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  • 68Rococo — For other uses, see Rococo (disambiguation). Rocaille redirects here. It is not to be confused with Rocailles. Pair of lovers group of Nymphenburg porcelain, c. 1760, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli …

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  • 69Episode list of The Universe (TV series) — This is a list of the currently released and yet to be released episodes of The History Channel s television Series The Universe .eason One Episodes* Episode 1 Secrets of the Sun It is a fireball in the sky, a bubbling, boiling, kinetic sphere of …

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  • 70conceit — /keuhn seet /, n. 1. an excessively favorable opinion of one s own ability, importance, wit, etc. 2. something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea: He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours. 3. imagination; fancy. 4. a fancy; whim; …

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