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111History of Buckinghamshire — Although the name Buckinghamshire is Anglo Saxon in origin meaning The district (scire) of Bucca s home (referring to Buckingham in the north of the county) the name has only been recorded since about the 12th century. The historic county itself… …
112Diesel locomotives of Ireland — Although prototype diesel locomotives ran in Britain before World War II, the railways of both the Republic and Northern Ireland changed over much more rapidly from steam to diesel traction, in the 1950s than those in Britain, due to the island s …
113Physical characteristics of the Buddha — Although Gautama Buddha was not represented in artistic form until around the 1st century CE, the physical characteristics of the Buddha are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya, in the Discourse… …
114California Geological Survey — Although it was not until 1880 that the California State Mining Bureau, predecessor to the California Geological Survey, was established, the roots of California s state geological survey date to an earlier time. As might be expected for a state… …
115Egypt Province, Ottoman Empire — Although Egypt was an Ottoman province from the time of the Mamaluke wars, in its later years the Albanian born Muhammad Ali (Mehmet in Turkish) became king, fighting a war with the Ottomans over his desire for hereditary rule to be established… …
116Fictional worms — Although more usually used to describe the common earthworm the word worm derives from Old Norse orm and Anglo Saxon wyrm , meaning serpent or dragon . Such legends have persisted for over a millennium and form the basis of a host of modern… …
117Race in hip hop — Although hip hop is a primarily music oriented culture, the political significance of race sometimes comes into play, with accusations of cultural appropriation against non black typically white and Asian performers, and charges of racism and… …
118Japanese public corporations — Although the Japanese economy is largely based on private enterprise, it does have a number of government owned (public) corporations, which are more extensive and, in some cases, different in function from what exists in the United States.… …
119Wives aboard the Ark — Although the Book of Genesis in the Bible does not give any further information about the four women it says were aboard Noah s Ark during the Flood, there exist substantial extra Biblical traditions regarding these women and their names.Book of… …
120Alice Schonfeld — Although Alice Schonfeld is most known for her sculpting work primarily in Italian marble, she is also regarded as an inspirational figure for the disabled community. Her determination to work through debilitating illnesses has succeeded in… …
