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1 In The Beginning... (15 BILLION-4500 Bc) |
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PART I The First 14.99 Billion Years |
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3 | (13) |
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A Short Diary of the Big Bang: 15 billion-4.5 billion BC |
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3 | (3) |
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Life on Earth: 3.5 billion BC |
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6 | (3) |
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The Age of the Dinosaurs: 245 million BC |
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9 | (4) |
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The Age of the Mammals: 65 million BC |
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13 | (3) |
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PART II The Evolution of Man |
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16 | (11) |
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Out of the Trees: 3 million BC |
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16 | (2) |
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Neanderthal Man: 300, 000 BC |
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18 | (2) |
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Homo Sapiens (Cro-Magnon): 30, 000 BC |
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20 | (1) |
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The Neolithic Era: 8000 BC |
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21 | (6) |
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2 The First Civilisations (4000-300 BC) |
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PART I How the World Got Civilised: 4000-1200 BC |
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27 | (6) |
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27 | (4) |
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An Eye for an Eye and Other Fun Customs |
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31 | (2) |
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PART II The Egyptians: 3000-1090 BC |
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33 | (5) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (3) |
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PART III The Age of Small Nations: 1200-800 BC |
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38 | (6) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (4) |
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PART IV The Age of Empires: 800-300 BC |
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44 | (5) |
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The Friendly, Neighbourly Assyrians |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (3) |
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PART V Meanwhile, in the rest of the world: 2500-256 BC |
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49 | (10) |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (2) |
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The End of the First Civilisations |
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55 | (4) |
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3 Classical Civilisations (300 BC-AD 620) |
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PART I The Greeks: 3000-30 BC |
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59 | (9) |
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The Trojan War and Other Greek Fantasies |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (6) |
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66 | (2) |
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PART II The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: 753 BC-AD 476 |
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68 | (11) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
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The Death of the Republic |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (3) |
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
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76 | (1) |
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The Rise and Rise of Christianity |
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77 | (2) |
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PART III Classical China and Irresistible India: 256 BC-AD 618 |
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79 | (8) |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (5) |
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4 The Middle Ages Outside Europe (AD 500-1600) |
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PART I The Byzantine Empire and the Rise of Russia: AD 450-1600 |
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87 | (7) |
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The Rise of the Byzantines |
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87 | (2) |
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The Fall of the Byzantines |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (3) |
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PART II Muslim Empires: AD 600-1500 |
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94 | (4) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (2) |
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PART III The Far East: AD 600-1600 |
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98 | (6) |
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98 | (2) |
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The Tangs, the Songs, the Mongs and the Mings |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (3) |
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PART IV Africa and the Americas: AD 300-1600 |
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104 | (9) |
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104 | (1) |
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The Origins of North America |
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105 | (2) |
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Civilisations of the Americas |
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107 | (6) |
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5 The Middle Ages in Europe (AD 500-1500) |
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PART I The Dark Ages: AD 500-1000 |
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113 | (11) |
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113 | (4) |
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The Vikings and the Magyars |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (3) |
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PART II The Slightly Less Dark Ages: AD 1000-1500 |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (3) |
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England Has Real History, Kings etc. |
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129 | (7) |
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136 | (5) |
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6 Europe Has a Renaissance (AD 1500-1763) |
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PART I The Renaissance and the Reformation: AD 1350-1600 |
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141 | (9) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (7) |
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PART II Countries Take it in Turns to be Top Dog: AD 1500-1750 |
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150 | (10) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (2) |
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The Golden Age of Oliver Cromwell's Warts |
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154 | (6) |
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PART III Europe Discovers the World: AD 1492-1763 |
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160 | (11) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (6) |
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7 Revolution, Baby (AD 1700-1815) |
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PART I The Age of Reason: AD 1700-1800 |
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171 | (8) |
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The Scientific Revolution |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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Enlightened Despots: Prussians and Austrians |
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174 | (2) |
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Enlightened Despots: Russians |
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176 | (3) |
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PART II The Age of Revolution: AD 1763-1815 |
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179 | (11) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (6) |
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187 | (3) |
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PART III The Industrial Revolution: AD 1750-1820 |
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190 | (7) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (6) |
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8 The World Gets Obsessed by Isms (AD 1815 - 1914) |
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PART I Liberalism in Britain, France and America: AD 1815-1914 |
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197 | (7) |
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The Balance of Power After Napoleon |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (3) |
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PART II Nationalism in Italy, Germany and Russia: AD 1815-1914 |
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204 | (7) |
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204 | (3) |
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207 | (1) |
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Independence in Latin America |
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208 | (3) |
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PART III The Age of Imperialism: AD 1815-1914 |
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211 | (8) |
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211 | (2) |
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The Jewel in India's Passage |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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The US Gets an Empire, too |
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215 | (4) |
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9 The World Attempts to Blow Itself Up (AD 1914-1945) |
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PART I The First World War: Ad 1914-1918 |
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219 | (6) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (2) |
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PART II The Rise of Dictators: AD 1917-1939 |
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225 | (8) |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (3) |
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PART III The Second World War: AD 1939-1945 |
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233 | (10) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (5) |
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10 The End of the World (1945-PRESENT DAY) |
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PART I Rocky vs Drago: AD 1945-2000 |
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243 | (7) |
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243 | (3) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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The Fall of the Soviet Union |
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248 | (2) |
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PART II Independence and Revolution: AD 1945-2000 |
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250 | (7) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (2) |
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Israel and the Middle East |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (3) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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