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Allied invasion of Italy

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The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place on 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian campaign of World War II. The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander’s 15th Army Group (comprising General Mark W. Clark’s American Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery’s British Eighth Army) and followed the successful Allied Invasion of Sicily. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on 9 September on

Zahedan

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Zahedan is a city and capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 587,730. Contents 1Etymology 2Geography 3Climate 4Education 5History, culture and demographics 5.1Demographics 5.2Etymology 5.3Sports 6Economy 7Transport

What in the World? (game show)

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What in the World? is a 1951 to 1955 television quiz show hosted by Dr. Froelich Rainey in which the scholar-contestants tried to identify artifacts. The objects were primarily archaeological in nature, but also consisted of fossils, ethnographic items and more. It premiered on October 7, 1951 on CBS. The first, and one of the most successful shows:21 of its type, it confounded critics by running for 15

British undergraduate degree classification

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The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees or bachelor’s degrees and integrated master’s degrees in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied (sometimes with significant variations) in other countries and regions. Contents 1History 2Degree classification 2.1Distribution of classes 2.2First Class Honours 2.3Upper Second Class Honours 2.4Lower Second Class honours 2.5Third Class honours 2.6Ordinary degree 2.7Aegrotat 2.8Variations in

Cardiff University

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Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (University College Cardiff from 1972), it became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in 1988 to form the University of Wales College, Cardiff (University of Wales, Cardiff,

Thames & Hudson

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Thames & Hudson also Thames and Hudson and sometimes T&H for brevity is a publisher of illustrated books on art, architecture, design, and visual culture. With its headquarters in London, England, it has a sister company in New York and subsidiaries in Melbourne, Singapore and Hong Kong. In Paris, it has a further subsidiary company, Interart, which is engaged in the distribution of English-language books and a sister

University of St Andrews

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The University of St Andrews Scots: University o St Andras, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn; abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae, in post-nominals is a public university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following Oxford and Cambridge universities, the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world. St Andrews was founded

Bandar Siraf

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Bandar Siraf also Romanized as Bandar-e Sīraf; ultimately implying a port where boats are moored is a city in the Central District of Kangan County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,500, in 722 families. According to legend, Siraf was an ancient Sassanid port, destroyed around 970 CE, which was located on the north shore of the Persian Gulf in what is now the Iranian province of Bushehr.

Reputation of William Shakespeare

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In his own time, William Shakespeare 1564–1616 was rated as merely one among many talented playwrights and poets, but since the late 17th century has been considered the supreme playwright and poet of the English language. No other dramatist’s work has been performed even remotely as often on the world stage as Shakespeare. The plays

Academic publishing

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Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or theses. The part of academic written output that is not formally published but merely printed up or posted on the Internet is often called “grey literature”. Most scientific and scholarly journals, and many academic and scholarly books,