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... began with a late 18th - century British attempt to counterbalance their unfavourable China trade with traffic in Indian opium . After monopolizing the opium trade in 1779 , the East India Company's government began to sell the drug at ...
... began with a late 18th - century British attempt to counterbalance their unfavourable China trade with traffic in Indian opium . After monopolizing the opium trade in 1779 , the East India Company's government began to sell the drug at ...
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... began to gain popularity , converging finally at the theatres of Peking and giving rise to what came to be designated as Peking drama - a composite product that has continued to delight large audiences in China . 19th - century ...
... began to gain popularity , converging finally at the theatres of Peking and giving rise to what came to be designated as Peking drama - a composite product that has continued to delight large audiences in China . 19th - century ...
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... began with Haakon the Great ( c . 970-995 ) , who copied the pennies of Ethelred II . In the second half of the 11th century , a coinage of small , thin pennies began , which developed into bracteates . Magnus VI ( 1263-80 ) restored ...
... began with Haakon the Great ( c . 970-995 ) , who copied the pennies of Ethelred II . In the second half of the 11th century , a coinage of small , thin pennies began , which developed into bracteates . Magnus VI ( 1263-80 ) restored ...
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