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The Trevi Fountain is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others.

Standing 26.3 metres high and 49.15 metres wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.

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Babylon is the most famous city in ancient Mesopotamia, and its ruins are located in what is now Iraq, 94 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. The name is said to be derived from Babil or Babylon, which means "Gate of God" or "Gate of God" in  Akkadian at that time, and "Babylon" is derived from Greek.

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A Nation is Born written by Syed Mahmmud Hassan

A Nation is Born book published in 1958

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• The book 'PUNJAB CHIEFS', written by Sir Lepel H. Griffin, incorporates historic and biographical notices of the major chiefs and families of note in the Punjab, with distinctive pedigree tables, first published at Lahore in 1865, revised version (2 vols.) with the aid of Charles Francis Massy posted at Lahore in 1890, and revised pedigree tables posted at Lahore in 1899.
• The book can be appeared as the forerunner of Griffin`s later works at the issue which include Rajas of the Punjab, regulation of Inheritance to leader ship as discovered via the Sikhs earlier than the Annexation of the Punjab (Lahore, 1869), Sikhism and the Sikhs (incredible Religions of the world: new york, 1901), and Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Asiatic Quarterly, London).
  

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World War II or the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.

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World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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The 15 republics of the Soviet Union were:

1. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR)
2. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkrSSR)
3. Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Byelorussian SSR)
4. Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR)
5. Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Kazakh SSR)
6. Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR)
7. Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR)
8. Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR)
9. Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian SSR)
10. Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR)
11. Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kyrgyz SSR)
12. Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR)
13. Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Armenian SSR)
14. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR)
15. Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Estonian SSR)

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The United States adopted its Constitution in 1787.

The Constitution is made up of the Preamble, 7 articles, and 27 amendments.

The first 10 amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.

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Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta 

Magna Carta, the English Great Charter, charter of English liberties granted by King John on June 15, 1215.

Under threat of civil war and reissued, with alterations, in 1216, 1217, and 1225.

Purpose: Peace treaty

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The Geneva Convention of 1954 resulted in the division of Vietnam into North and South at the 17th parallel.