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... death for all age groups in the West- ern world from that period until the early 20th century , at which time improved health and hygiene caused a gradual but continuing decline in its mortality rates . In the mid - 1980s the number of ...
... death for all age groups in the West- ern world from that period until the early 20th century , at which time improved health and hygiene caused a gradual but continuing decline in its mortality rates . In the mid - 1980s the number of ...
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... death and the transience " Still Life : An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life , " oil painting by Harmen van Steenwyck ; in the National Gallery , London By courtesy of the trustees of the National Gallery , London ; photograph ...
... death and the transience " Still Life : An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life , " oil painting by Harmen van Steenwyck ; in the National Gallery , London By courtesy of the trustees of the National Gallery , London ; photograph ...
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... death in 1632. In an attempt to take advantage of confusion expected after the death of the Polish king , a Muscovite army of 40,000 crossed Poland's eastern frontier and laid siege to Smolensk ( ceded to Poland by Russia in 1618 ) ...
... death in 1632. In an attempt to take advantage of confusion expected after the death of the Polish king , a Muscovite army of 40,000 crossed Poland's eastern frontier and laid siege to Smolensk ( ceded to Poland by Russia in 1618 ) ...
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