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c. 500,000 years ago

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c. 60,000 years ago

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c. 30,000 years ago

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c. 8000 BCE

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c. 2850 BCE

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c. 2000 BCE

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c. 1600 BCE

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c. 1500 BCE

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c. 1400 BCE

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c. 1300 BCE

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c. 1050 BCE

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771 BCE

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c. 600 BCE

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c. 550 BCE

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513 BCE

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c. 500 BCE

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c. 400 BCE

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c. 350 BCE

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c. 250 BCE

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221 BCE

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c. 215 BCE

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213 BCE

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207 BCE

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206 BCE

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176 BCE

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138 BCE

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c. 126 BCE

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c. 125 BCE

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c. 120 BCE

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106 BCE

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c. 100 BCE

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57 BCE

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51 BCE

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23 BCE

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23

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c. 100

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105

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c. 175

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221

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c. 300

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c. 350

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c. 400

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538

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c. 550

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589

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607

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c. 610

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618

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c. 650

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c. 700

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710

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c. 730

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735

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c. 750

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768

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794

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801

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845

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868

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877

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c. 900

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903

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c. 910

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935

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c. 950

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960

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986

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c. 995

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1001

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c. 1040

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c. 1050

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Go to compass in A Dictionary of Physics (6 ed.)

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1054

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1064

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c. 1100

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c. 1150

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1185

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1192

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c. 1200

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1206

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c. 1230

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1231

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c. 1250

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1252

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1264

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1271

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1274

Go to Nichiren (1222–82) in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.)

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1275

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1279

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1281

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c. 1300

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1338

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1346

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c. 1350

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1356

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1368

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1374

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c. 1380

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1392

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1397

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1421

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c. 1425

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1445

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1511
1512
1521

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1543

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1550

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1557
1571

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1573

Go to Oda Nobunaga (1534–82) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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1583

Go to Ricci, Matteo (1552–1610) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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1588

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c. 1595

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1603

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1614

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1619

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1624

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c. 1625
1641
1642

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1644

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1649

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c. 1650

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c. 1670

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c. 1675

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1683

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c. 1690

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1720

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1728

Go to Bering (1681–1741) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)

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c. 1780

Go to Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753–1806) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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1792
1830

Go to Hokusai, Katsushika (1760–1849) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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1839

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1842

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1850

Go to Taiping Rebellion (1850–64) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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1853

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1854

Go to Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794–1858) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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1856

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1858

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1860

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1863

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1864

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1875

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1883

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1887
1891

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1893
1894

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1895

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1898

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1900
1902

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1904

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1905

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Go to Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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Go to Portsmouth, Treaty of (1905) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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1908

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1909
1910

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1911

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Go to Leach, Bernard Howell (1887–1979) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

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1912

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1913

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1914

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1920
1921

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1926

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1927

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Go to Sukarno, Achmad (b. 6 June 1901) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1928

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c. 1931

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1932

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1933

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1934

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1935

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1936

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1937

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1938

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1939

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1940

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1941

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1942

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Go to Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount (b. 6 Aug. 1891) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1943

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1944

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1946

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1947

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1948

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1949

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1950

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1951

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1953

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1954

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1955

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1956

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1957

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1958

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1959

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1960

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1962

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1963

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1964

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1965

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1966

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1968

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1969

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1970

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1971

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1972

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1973

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1974

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1975

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1976

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1978

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1981

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1983

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1986

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1988

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1989

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1990

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1991

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1992

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1993

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1994

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1997

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1998

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1999

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2002
2003

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2009

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2010

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2011

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