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  2. Historiography of the British Empire - Wikipedia

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    "The Imperialism of Free Trade" is a highly influential 1952 article by John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson. [83] [84] They argued that the New Imperialism of the 1880s", especially the Scramble for Africa, was a continuation of a long-term policy in which informal empire, based on the principles of free trade, was favoured over formal imperial ...

  3. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.

  4. List of people sentenced to more than one life imprisonment

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    Served his sentence in solitary confinement [24] until his death in prison in 2017, the day after his 87th birthday. Andrew Aston: 2002 26 life sentences United Kingdom: Cocaine addict who attacked and robbed 26 elderly and disabled people in their homes over the course of three months. Two victims died. Juan Corona: 1973 25 life sentences ...

  5. Planned community - Wikipedia

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    Partizánske/Baťovany in Slovakia – an example of a typical planned industrial city founded in 1938 together with a shoemaking factory in which practically all adult inhabitants of the city were employed Abuja, in Nigeria, which was built mainly in the 1980s, was the fastest growing city in the world between 2000 and 2010, with an increase of 139.7%, and is still expanding rapidly [1 ...

  6. Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ɒ n,-n ə n / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -⁠nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the country's coas

  7. Peter Sallis - Wikipedia

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    Peter John Sallis OBE (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor. He was known for his work on British television. He was the voice of Wallace in the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit films and played Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine from its 1973 inception until the final episode in 2010, making him the only actor to appear in all 295 episodes.

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