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  • 21Mongol military tactics and organization — The Mongol military tactics and organization helped the Mongol Empire to conquer nearly all of continental Asia, the Middle East and parts of eastern Europe. In many ways, it can be regarded as the first modern military system. The original… …

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  • 22Chirala — చీరాల Chirala   town   …

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  • 23Flammé — yarns are a kind of novelty yarn. It is generally a loose or untwisted core wrapped by at least one other strand. The extra element can be a metallic thread, or a much thicker or much narrower strand of yarn, or yarn that varies between thick and …

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  • 24Ukrainian embroidery — ( uk. Вишивка Vyshyvka ) occupies an important place among the various branches of Ukrainian decorative arts. [Dr. Natalie Kononenko. Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall Sing . M.E. Sharpe, 1998. p 18.] Embroidery has a rich history in… …

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  • 25Royal Ballet of Cambodia — Khmer classical dance redirects here. For similar genera of performing arts, see Lakhon khol and Lakhon pol srey. Royal Ballet of Cambodia …

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  • 26Congregation B'nai Israel (Millburn, New Jersey) — B nai Israel is an architecturally notable Conservative synagogue in Millburn, New Jersey. It was founded in 1924, and hired Max Gruenewald as rabbi in 1946. He had been the rabbi of the Haupt Synagogue in Mannheim, Germany when it was destroyed… …

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  • 27tinsel — [16] Tinsel is etymologically something that ‘sparkles’. Its ultimate source is Latin scintilla ‘spark’, which has also given English scintillate [17]. This was altered in the postclassical period to *stincilla, which passed into Old French as… …

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  • 28lurex — [ l(j)ʊərɛks] noun trademark yarn or fabric incorporating a glittering metallic thread. Origin 1940s: of unknown origin …

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  • 29wire — I. n. Metallic thread. II. v. a. 1. Put upon a wire. 2. Bind with wire. 3. Ensnare by wires. 4. (Recent.) Telegraph, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram …

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  • 30guipure — gui•pure [[t]gɪˈpyʊər[/t]] fr. [[t]giˈpür[/t]] n. pl. pures [[t] ˈpyʊərz[/t]] fr. [[t] ˈpür[/t]] clo any of various heavy laces made with tape, cords, wire, metallic thread • Etymology: 1835–45; < F (< Gmc; see wipe, whip) + ure ure …

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