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  2. Dandy - Wikipedia

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    Since the late 18th century, the word dandy has been rumored to be an abbreviated usage of the 17th-century British jack-a-dandy used to described a conceited man. [9] In British North America , prior to American Revolution (1765–1791), a British version of the song " Yankee Doodle " in its first verse: "Yankee Doodle went to town, / Upon a ...

  3. Category:18th-century African-American women - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century American women. It includes 18th-century American women that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.

  4. Kongo people - Wikipedia

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    The Kongo people were a part of the major slave raiding, capture and export trade of African slaves to the European colonial interests in 17th and 18th centuries. [7] The slave raids, colonial wars and the 19th-century Scramble for Africa split the Kongo people into Portuguese, Belgian and French parts. In the early 20th century, they became ...

  5. List of 18th-century women artists - Wikipedia

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    Category:18th-century Finnish women artists Category:18th-century Swedish women artists. Brita von Cöln (died 1707) Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (1666–1729) – daughter of the painter David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. Margareta Capsia (1682–1759) – the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden.

  6. Macaroni (fashion) - Wikipedia

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    Many modern critics view the macaroni as representing a general change in 18th-century British society such as political change, class consciousness, new nationalisms, commodification, and consumer capitalism. [4] The macaroni was the Georgian era precursor to the dandy of the Regency and Victorian eras.

  7. Luba people - Wikipedia

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    The evidence suggesting an advanced Iron Age society came from multiple sites. The Kamilambian, Kisalian and Kabambian series of evidence has been dated to be from 5th to 14th-century, suggesting a settled stable Luba culture over many centuries. [4] [7] Of these, the Kisalian period (8th to 11th century) pottery and utensils found.

  8. Category:18th-century women - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century people. It includes people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 18th-century women .

  9. Category:18th century - Wikipedia

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    18th century in women's history (4 C, 6 P) Y. Years of the 18th century (102 C) Pages in category "18th century" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of ...