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akbar

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believed himself a divine ruler

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shah jahan

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built the taj mahal

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safi od-din

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first safavid shah

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ghazi

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warriors for islam

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janissaries

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slave soliders

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mehmed II

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conquered constantinople

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esmail

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predecessors of the safavids

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rajputs

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indian warrior princes

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babur

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young leader, nicknamed the "tiger"

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nanek

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founded religion based on a mix of muslim and hindu beliefs

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sekou toure

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chose independence for guinea

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apartheid

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racial segregation

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hutu

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massacred ethnic group

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shaaban robert

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father of modern swahili literature

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gamal abdel nasser

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reformist egyptian leader

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suez crisis

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conflict over european influence

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mohammad mosaddeq

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reformist iranian leader

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gaza strip

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disputed israeli-palestinian territory

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intifada

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attack or uprising

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saddam hussein

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iraqi dictator

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the ming managed the leaders of nomadic tribes by

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giving them honors and gifts

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qing scholars' study of philology is like

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renaissance study of the classics

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peace under the qing rule had the negative effect of

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too much population growth

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british and dutch merchants came to china for

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tea

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allowing foreigners to live by the rules of their home country instead of the country in which they live is known as

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extraterritoriality

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the top group in japanese society was

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the samurai

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japan angered western nations by

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not opening their ports during storms

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the ottomans began as turkish soldiers known as

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ghazis

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mehmed II's greatest action was

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the conquest of constantinople

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the safavid empire was located in what is present day

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iran

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the kizibash were named because of

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the red hats they wore

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the safavids were persecutred because they were

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shi'ah muslims

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safavid culture could be best described as

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persian

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the decline of the safavid empire occurred

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after the death of 'abbas

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babur won delhi from

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turkish muslims

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akbar's attitude towards religion was

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tolerant

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the sikh religion was founded by

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nanek

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all of the following were new war weapons except

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guided missiles

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the battle of marne was important because

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it kept germany from entering paris

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control of new russia was won by

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the bolsheviks

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civil war in russia was forced by

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groups that wanted to restore the monarchy

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the treaty of brest litovsk allowed the germans to

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mobilize more troops against france

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the allies generally wanted to

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weaken germany permanently

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yugoslavia was

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a mixed nation of many balkan peoples

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all of the following were effects of the treaty of versailles except

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the restoration of prussia

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when the league of nations created a mandate it

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put colonies of defeated powers under the rule of advanced nations

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fear of invasion made the soviets demand that

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eastern european nations become communist

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the marshall plan intended to

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help europe's economic recovery

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postwar west germany became

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democratic

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as president of the fifth republic, charles de gaulle

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freed algeria

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the european economic community agreed to

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eliminate tariffs between member nations

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as soviet leader, khrushchev

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denounced stalinist repression and restricts

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lydon johnson's great society was a plan

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of social reforms

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the cuban missile crisis was a

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standoff between the u.s. and the soviet union

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nationalism became apparent in canada when

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quebec tried to separate from canada

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bangladesh separated from pakistan because it

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was culturally and geographically different

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the communist takeover of china forced the nationalists to

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flee to taiwan

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the cultural revolution was a plan to

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replace ancient culture with a socialist culture

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the korean war ended with

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the borders as before the war

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at the end of the 20th centurt, relations between japan and russia remained cool because of

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disputed ownership of the kuril islands

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japan's government in the 1990s can be best described as

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unstable

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the u.s. supported ferdinand marcos, a dictator in the philippines because

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he was anticommunist

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aung san suu kyi was imprisoned for her efforts to reform

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myanmar

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economic competitionon from asia led the west to

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study asian business models

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civil disobedience activities, led by kwame nkrumah, forced

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great britain to give ghana independence

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led by robert mugabe, guerrilla warfare led to

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independence from zimbabwe

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african economies suffered from

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reliance on one product

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the u.s. and soviet union rivalry spilled into africa because

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africans needed aid

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the u.s. restored the iranian monarchy because

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it feared soviet influence on the constitutional government

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op art focuses on

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visual illusions

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the earliest successes in the space program were accomplished by

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the soviet union

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satellites are able to do all of the following except

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landing on a planet and navigate it

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the greenhouse effect is the

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increase in earth temperature due to trapped gases

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the ozone layer is important because it shields from

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ultraviolet rays

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one problem with human rights enforcement is

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cultural differences

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tf: the opium war gave british traders the right to live in china under british law

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true

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tf: the taiping rebellion was led by a buddhist cult

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false

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tf: odu nobunaga overthrew the ashkiaga shogunate

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true

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tf: during tokugawa rule, samurai gained more independence from the daimyo

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false

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tf: under murad II, the ottomans defeated the last european crusaders

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true

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tf: ottoman society was divided into 2 major groups

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true

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tf: millets had little power under the rule of a strong sultan

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false

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tf: european expansion hurt the ottoman empire

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true

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tf: esma il required all safavid citizens to convert to shi ah

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true

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tf: aurangzeb's strict rule led to eventual uprising and chaos in the mughal empire

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false

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tf: the bolsheviks were considered the more radical branch of the socialists

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true

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tf: a key moment in the russian revolution was the army's decision to back the czar

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false

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tf: the cold war began when allied nations built the berlin wall and blockaded east berlin

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false

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tf: a worldwide move from coal to oil as an energy resource had a negative effect on great britain

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true

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tf: in an effort to speed up modernization, india created a command economy

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false

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tf: the u.s. became involved in conflict in vietnam after the suprise bombing of a u.s. naval base

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false

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tf: many postwar asian nations adopted authoritarian governments to maintain control of clashing political groups

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true

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tf: ethnic violence in zaire also destablished neighboring rwanda

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false

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tf: the suez crisis began with egypt's acceptance of a british offer for funds to build a dam on the nile

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false

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tf: op art focused on everyday objects

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false

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tf: the synthesizer had a big influence on modern dance

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false

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tf: space exploration began in the united states

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false

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tf: the challenger was the first space shuttle

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false

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tf: cloning is based on copying dna

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true

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tf: amnesty international is an example of a group that fights human rights abuses

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true

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