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2. Oliver Cromwell - Wikipedia

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   In the final stages of the Scottish campaign, Cromwell's men under George Monck sacked Dundee, killing up to 1,000 men and 140 women and children. [70] Scotland was ruled from England during the Commonwealth and was kept under military occupation, with a line of fortifications sealing off the Highlands which had provided manpower for Royalist ...

3. Jalisco - Wikipedia

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   The state ranks third in socioeconomic factors. As of 2010, there were 1,801,306 housing units in the state. 94.2% have running water, 97.4% have sewerage, and 99% have electricity. 25% of households are headed by women, with 65.6% occupied by nuclear families. 22.2% are occupied by extended families. [47]

4. Phoenicia - Wikipedia

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   Phoenicia (/ f ə ˈ n ɪ ʃ ə, f ə ˈ n iː ʃ ə /), [4] or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic maritime civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

5. Marshall Plan - Wikipedia

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   It amounted to one-sixth of the American food supply and provided 35 trillion calories, enough to provide 400 calories a day for one year to 300 million people. [28] Especially damaged was transportation infrastructure, as railways, bridges, and docks had been specifically targeted by airstrikes, while much merchant shipping had been sunk.

6. Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago was the location of the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, when Al Capone sent men to gun down members of a rival gang, North Side, led by Bugs Moran. [72] Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) From 1920 to 1921, the city was affected by a series of tenant rent strikes in it. Which lead to the formation ...

7. Muhammad Ali Jinnah - Wikipedia

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   Karachi was then enjoying an economic boom: the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 meant it was 200 nautical miles closer to Europe for shipping than Bombay. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Jinnah was the second child; [ 9 ] he had three brothers and three sisters, including his younger sister Fatima Jinnah . [ 10 ]