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  2. A Universal History of Infamy - Wikipedia

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    0-525-47546-X. OCLC. 541339. A Universal History of Infamy, or A Universal History of Iniquity (original Spanish title: Historia universal de la infamia ), is a collection of short stories by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, first published in 1935, and revised by the author in 1954. Most were published individually in the newspaper Crítica ...

  3. Cesare Cantù - Wikipedia

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    Anacronismos y persistencias: la Historia universal de Cesare Cantú. In: Rincón, Carlos Rincón; Mojica, Sarah de; Gómez, Liliana (eds.). Entre el olvido y el recuerdo: iconos, lugares de memoria y cánones de la historia y la literatura en Colombia. Bogotá: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2010. p. 239-253. Lunardi, Carla (2012).

  4. Florentine Codex - Wikipedia

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    The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century ethnographic research study in Mesoamerica by the Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún. Sahagún originally titled it La Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España (in English: The General History of the Things of New Spain ). [1] After a translation mistake, it was given the name Historia ...

  5. Lectures on the Philosophy of History - Wikipedia

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    e. Lectures on the Philosophy of History, also translated as Lectures on the Philosophy of World History [1] ( LPH; German: Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte, VPW ), is a major work by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), originally given as lectures at the University of Berlin in 1822, 1828, and 1830.

  6. Fernando Báez (writer) - Wikipedia

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    Fernando Báez (writer) Fernando Báez (born San Félix, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan writer, poet, essayist and "El Director de la Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela". [1] He is known for his work on the destruction of Iraqi books and art caused by the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

  7. History of Barcelona - Wikipedia

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    In 1888, Barcelona hosted the Exposición Universal de Barcelona, which led to a great extension of its urbanised area from Parc de la Ciutadella to Barceloneta. In 1897, the city absorbed six surrounding municipalities and the new district of the Eixample (literally "the extension") was laid out.

  8. Universal Studios Hollywood - Wikipedia

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    Universal Studios Hollywood. / 34.136518; -118.356051. Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County, California. About 70% of the studio lies within the unincorporated county island known as Universal City while the rest lies within the city limits of Los Angeles, California.

  9. History of the Maya civilization - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of Maya civilization is divided into three principal periods: the Preclassic, Classic and Postclassic periods; [1] these were preceded by the Archaic Period, which saw the first settled villages and early developments in agriculture. [2] Modern scholars regard these periods as arbitrary divisions of chronology of the Maya ...