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As agricultural outputs became increasingly more efficient, fewer workers were required, more food was on hand, and industries were placed in better positions to flourish.
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Both voluntary and forced migrations occurred as a result of Scotland's shift from subsistence to commercial farming.
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From its late 1800s roots in Argentina and Uruguay, the social dance soon spread across much of the world.
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Spreading from its origins in African American communities in 1970s New York City, today hip hop has arrived in virtually every corner of the globe.
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Amidst the dominant Romanticism of their era, French Barbizon artists made a significant shift towards realism.
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Most Syrians are Sunni Muslims, while significant minorities of Shia Muslims and Christians also have a presence there.
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Bashar al-Assad has led Syria and its Ba'ath Party since his father's death in 2000.
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Muslims constitute the world's second largest religious group, and have 1.6 billion adherents around the world.
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Harare in Zimbabwe's northern Highveld region is the country's capital and most populous city.
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Mormons, a religious and cultural group, practice Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement.
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The Patriot Act, a 2001 act of Congress, was signed into law to deter and punish terrorists in the United States and around the world.
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Baroque dance thrived during the Baroque era, and was especially popular among the landed gentry of France and Britain.
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Reggae developed in the mid-20th Century in Jamaica, heavily influenced by traditional mento folk music, as well as blues and jazz from the United States.
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In the second half of the 19th Century, young Russian realist artists rebelled against restraint of their art by their conservative teachers.
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Most Romanians identify as Christian, with Eastern Orthodoxy being by far the predominant denomination.
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Dakar on the Atlantic Coast is Senegal's capital and largest city, and the city lying the furthest west in the Old World
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Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) refers to law enforcement units in the United States employing unique military-style tactics and equipment.
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Once common in Middle Ages Europe, feudalism is a combination of military and legal customs based on the right of holding land in exchange for labor.
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A blend of traditional West African, African American folk, and European orchestra music styles, jazz emerged circa 1900.
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The late 1800s slavophile artists of Abramtsevo rejected Western European art in favor or more uniquely Russian styles.
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