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  2. Migration to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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    The migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, romanized: al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijra (الهجرة الأولى, al-hijrat al'uwlaa), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where the first followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (they were known as the Sahabah, or the companions) migrated from Arabia due to their persecution by ...

  3. Invisible hand - Wikipedia

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    This passage concerns the distribution of wealth: the poor receive the "necessities of life" after the rich have gratified "their own vain and insatiable desires". It has been noted that in this passage Smith seems to equate the invisible hand to " Providence ", implying a divine plan.

  4. Secret passage - Wikipedia

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    The attackers entered through a long, winding secret passage which led directly into the building in which the queen was lodged. An accomplice inside the castle slid back the bolts to the door, which allowed the attackers to arrest Mortimer. [5] The Passetto is a passage that links the Vatican City with Castel Sant'Angelo.

  5. Unseen examination - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, an unseen examination is an essay test in school or college, where the student does not know what questions are going to be asked in advance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The student is required to answer questions based upon what they have learned over the course of their academic study.

  6. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. Marine helps a student with reading comprehension as part of a Partnership in Education program sponsored by Park Street Elementary School and Navy/Marine Corps Reserve Center Atlanta. The program is a community outreach program for sailors and Marines to visit the school and help students with class work.

  7. The Nameless City - Wikipedia

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    In this passage, Chaldaea is a historic region in Mesopotamia, whereas Sarnath, Mnar, and Ib are places in Lovecraft's story "The Doom that Came to Sarnath". Later in the story, a single paragraph mentions Lovecraft's fictional Arab poet, an actual 5th century philosopher , a writer from the Middle Ages , a legendary Persian king, and one of ...

  8. Great Bengal famine of 1770 - Wikipedia

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    Section VII Archived 11 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine from Dharampal, India Before British Rule and the Basis for India's Resurgence, 1998. Chapter IX. The famine of 1770 in Bengal in John Fiske, The Unseen World, and other essays; R.C. Dutt, The Economic History of India. Archived 19 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine

  9. In the Bazaars of Hyderabad - Wikipedia

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    "In The Bazaars of Hyderabad" is a poem by Indian Romanticism and Lyric poet Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949). The work was composed and published in her anthology The Bird of Time (1912)—which included "Bangle-sellers" and "The Bird of Time", it is Naidu's second publication and most strongly nationalist book of poems, published from both London and New York City.