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A prominent feature of the city before World War II was its Jewish community, for
nearly 1 50 years the centre of eastern European Jewish cultural life. Traceable
as far back as 1 568, this community comprised 20 percent of the city's population
...
A prominent feature of the city before World War II was its Jewish community, for
nearly 1 50 years the centre of eastern European Jewish cultural life. Traceable
as far back as 1 568, this community comprised 20 percent of the city's population
...
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For White, cultural evolution was facilitated by technological development,
particularly with regard to the increased harnessing of energy per capita. White's
evolutionary views put him in conflict with the anti-evolutionary theories of Franz
Boas ...
For White, cultural evolution was facilitated by technological development,
particularly with regard to the increased harnessing of energy per capita. White's
evolutionary views put him in conflict with the anti-evolutionary theories of Franz
Boas ...
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World Heritage site, any of various areas or objects inscribed on the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World
Heritage List The sites are designated as having "outstanding universal value"
under the ...
World Heritage site, any of various areas or objects inscribed on the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World
Heritage List The sites are designated as having "outstanding universal value"
under the ...
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