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Great Northern Expedition (1733-42), in Russian history, the continuation of an
enterprise initially conceived by the emperor Peter I the Great to map the northern
sea route to the East. The expedition mapped a large section of the Arctic coast ...
Great Northern Expedition (1733-42), in Russian history, the continuation of an
enterprise initially conceived by the emperor Peter I the Great to map the northern
sea route to the East. The expedition mapped a large section of the Arctic coast ...
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Gumel, also spelled gummel, town and traditional emirate, northern Kano state,
northern Nigeria. The emirate was founded about 1 750 by Dan Juma of Kano
city (75 miles [121 km] southwest) and his followers of the Manga (Mangawa)
tribe.
Gumel, also spelled gummel, town and traditional emirate, northern Kano state,
northern Nigeria. The emirate was founded about 1 750 by Dan Juma of Kano
city (75 miles [121 km] southwest) and his followers of the Manga (Mangawa)
tribe.
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Hindustani music, the music of northern India and Pakistan that developed as a
distinct type from the late 1 2th or early 1 3th century, when the Islamic conquest
of the northern parts of the subcontinent brought special emphasis to Arabic and
...
Hindustani music, the music of northern India and Pakistan that developed as a
distinct type from the late 1 2th or early 1 3th century, when the Islamic conquest
of the northern parts of the subcontinent brought special emphasis to Arabic and
...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 5 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0852295537, 9780852295533 |
| Subjects | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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