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    The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan...
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    international rank. The previous organ of the Lutheran Ludgerikirche was built by Edo Evers in 1618, partly using pipes from an older organ of Andreas de Mare (1567)...
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    Kingdom of Benin (redirect from Edo Empire)
    The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Edo Kingdom or Benin Kingdom (Bini: Arriọba ẹdo), is a kingdom within what is now southern Nigeria. It has no...
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    Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, southern Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after...
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  • EDO Corporation was an American company which was acquired by ITT Corporation in 2007. EDO designed and manufactured products for defense, intelligence...
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    Edo State University, Uzairue (abbreviated EDSU) is a state government-owned tertiary institution founded in 2016. It is located in Iyamho, a town in...
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    called Edo, part of the old Musashi Province. Edo was first fortified by the Edo clan in the late twelfth century. In 1457, Ōta Dōkan built Edo Castle...
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  • Edo Queens is a Nigerian women's football club based in Edo State, in southern Nigeria. They play in the top women's football league in Nigeria, the NWFL...
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    named Edo) or, sometimes, Kyoto. It is a common theory that maneki-neko as figurines originated from Imado ware sold in Asakusa during the Edo period...
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    Tokyo, named the line "Toei Oedo Line", where Oedo literally means "Great Edo", a reference to Tokyo's former name. As was the case with earlier lines...
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    is the second oldest in Ostfriesland. It was built in 1619 by Master Edo Evers. Outside the church stands a monument to the astronomers David and Johannes...
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    Falcón (redirect from Edo. Falcón)
    temperature of 43.6 °C (110.5 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Venezuela. On the coastline the soils are calcareous, and...
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    Edoardo Mortara (redirect from Edo Mortara)
    Edoardo "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss-Italian-French professional racing driver currently competing for Mahindra Racing in Formula E...
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    Mérida (state) (redirect from Edo. Mérida)
    Venezuela. The region would be represented by a star on the Venezuelan flag ever since. In 1812 an earthquake devastates the city of Merida, and soon after...
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    sent away so no one could ever consult her personally). Furthermore, Tanaka and Yanagita point out that the people of Edo period shared great interests...
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    Edo Murić (born November 27, 1991) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League and the ABA League. He...
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  • along the Tōkaidō in 1832. The Tōkaidō road, linking the shōgun's capital, Edo, to the imperial one, Kyōto, was the main travel and transport artery of...
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    Edo de Waart (born 1 June 1941, Amsterdam) is a Dutch retired conductor. He is Music Director Laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. De Waart is...
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  • general based in Edo and one of Toranaga's vassals, who refuses to submit to the Regents Hitoshi Masaki as Tomono: A samurai general based in Edo and one of...
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  • Edo Bertoglio (born 1951 in Lugano) is a Swiss photographer, film director and screenwriter. He is the director of Downtown 81 and Face Addict. Edo Bertoglio...
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    onna-musha were certainly present on the battlefield. Because of the influence of Edo neo-Confucianism (1600–1868), the status of the onna-musha diminished significantly...
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  • down huge steps on the stage, and dancing throughout the entire concert". Edo Plovanić of Muzika.hr praised the concert as one of the best of the year...
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    Great Fire of Meireki (category Edo)
    Meireki no taika), also known as the Great Furisode Fire, destroyed 60–70% of Edo (now Tokyo), the then de facto capital city of Japan, on 2 March 1657, the...
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    foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate under which, during the Edo period (from 1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries...
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  • ELAVIA Russia DND Eldinder Aviation DINDER Sudan PDV Elicar ELICAR Italy EDO Elidolomiti ELIDOLOMITI Italy ELB Elieuro ELILOBARDIA Italy No longer used...
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    business. The family would later open a second shop in Edo (modern Tokyo). Takatoshi moved to Edo when he was 14 years old, and later his older brother...
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  • Japan after the 1868 Meiji Restoration. However, throughout and before the Edo period that preceded the Meiji Restoration, small amounts of meat, including...
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    for soldiers who served as retainers to the daimyo. During the peaceful Edo period, 1603 to 1868, they became the stewards and chamberlains of the daimyo...
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    Tang dynasty, woodblock printing was widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868). It is similar to woodcut in Western printmaking in some...
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    Yōkai (section Edo period)
    the Edo period, it is thought that one reason for the appearance of new yōkai was a demand for entertaining ghost stories about yōkai no one has ever heard...
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