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The Škoda Octavia is a small family car produced by the Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto since the end of 1996. It shares its name with an earlier model produced between 1959 and 1971.
Calbia is a small Balkan kingdom in the Doc Savage story, The King Maker, by Lester Dent and Harold A. Davis. [16] Da Le Galbin was the first king of Calbia who has been overthrown when his kingdom is under siege. Clark "Doc" Savage, the scientist and detective, has been chosen by the Kingmaker to be the new ruler of Calbia during the terrorism.
The production of silk originated in China in the Neolithic period, although it would eventually reach other places of the world (Yangshao culture, 4th millennium BC). Silk production remained confined to China until the Silk Road opened at some point during the latter part of the 1st millennium BC, though China maintained its virtual monopoly over silk production for another thousand years.
The first recorded gun maker in Birmingham was in 1630, and locally made muskets were used in the English Civil War. The Gun Quarter is an industrial area to the north of the city centre, bounded by Steelhouse Lane, Shadwell Street, and Loveday Street, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns. Many buildings in the ...
[170] [154] [171] True Temper Sports bought VH Hockey in 2016, and started to mass produce retail hokey skates with heat-moldable monocoque shells, as well as scaling up 3D scanning of feet at retail stores for custom True hockey skates, [161] [172] [173] leading to inline hockey skates such as the TF9 Roller Skate, and the TF Pro Custom Roller ...