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  2. Louis XIV - Wikipedia

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    In 1910, the American historical novelist Charles Major wrote "The Little King: A Story of the Childhood of King Louis XIV". Louis is a major character in the 1959 historical novel Angélique et le Roy ("Angélique and the King"), part of the Angélique series. The protagonist, a strong-willed lady at Versailles, rejects the King's advances and ...

  3. The Fruit of Evolution - Wikipedia

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    The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made (進化の実 ~知らないうちに勝ち組人生~, Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miku and illustrated by U35 (spelled "Umiko").

  4. Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia

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    Linking the Code to the scribal tradition within which "list science" emerged also explains why trainee scribes copied and studied it for over a millennium. [24] The Code appears in a late Babylonian (7th–6th century BC) list of literary and scholarly texts. [122] No other law collection became so entrenched in the curriculum. [123]

  5. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    California Penal Code sections were in use by the Los Angeles Police Department as early as the 1940s, and these Hundred Code numbers are still used today instead of the corresponding ten-code. Generally these are given as two sets of numbers [ citation needed ] —"One Eighty-Seven" or "Fifty-One Fifty"—with a few exceptions such as "459 ...

  6. Black Codes (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Codes, sometimes called the Black Laws, were laws which governed the conduct of African Americans (both free and freedmen).In 1832, James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to political privileges, between free white persons and free colored persons of African blood; and in no part of the country do the latter, in point of fact ...

  7. Jean-Michel Basquiat - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.

  8. Charlemagne - Wikipedia

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    Charlemagne [b] (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə m eɪ n, ˌ ʃ ɑːr l ə ˈ m eɪ n / SHAR-lə-mayn, -⁠ MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.

  9. List of IOC country codes - Wikipedia

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    current code taken from French Islande, Icelandic Ísland or Spanish Islandia: ISR Israel: ISV Virgin Islands: current code taken from French Îles Vierges (des États-Unis) ITA Italy: IVB British Virgin Islands: BVI [1] current code taken from French Îles Vierges britanniques: JAM Jamaica: JOR Jordan: JPN Japan