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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

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Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).

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Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

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Also Known As	Mishnayot • Mishnah

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The Ethics of the Fathers Qodashim Neziqin Ṭohorot Moʿed Nashim seder Talmud and Midrash Jewish law Tosefta Yiddish literature Hebrew Bible Midrash Hebrew literature apocrypha Halakhah Haggada responsa minhag Baraita

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Judaism: The making of the Mishna

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Ashi

Babylonian-Jewish scholar

Obadiah of Bertinoro

Italian rabbi and author

Moses Maimonides

Moses Maimonides

Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician

Yom Ṭov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller

Bohemian rabbi and scholar

Gamaliel III

Jewish scholar