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  2. Royal Hours - Wikipedia

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    When it is time to begin the First Hour, the bell is rung in the usual manner . At the beginning of each of the succeeding Hours, the bell is struck the number of times that corresponds to the Hour (i.e., three times at the beginning of the Third Hour, six times at the beginning of the Sixth Hour, nine times at the beginning of the Ninth Hour).

  3. Periodical literature - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Frequency Quinquennially: Once per 5 years: 1 ⁄ 5 per year Quadriennially: Once per 4 years: 1 ⁄ 4 per year Triennially: Once per 3 years: 1 ⁄ 3 per year Biennially: Once per 2 years: 1 ⁄ 2 per year Annually: Once per year: 1 per year Semiannually, Biannually: Twice per year: 2 per year Triannually: Thrice per year: 3 per year ...

  4. Navaratri - Wikipedia

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    According to some Hindu texts such as the Shakta and Vaishnava Puranas, Navaratri theoretically falls two or four times in a year. Of these, the Sharada Navaratri near the September equinox (the autumn equinox in September–October) is the most celebrated and the Vasanta Navaratri near the March equinox (the spring equinox in March–April) is ...

  5. Parliament of England - Wikipedia

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    By this time, citizens were given the power to vote to elect their representatives—the burgesses—to the House of Commons. Over the centuries, the English Parliament progressively limited the power of the English monarchy, a process that arguably culminated in the English Civil War and the High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I.

  6. History of writing - Wikipedia

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    This article cites its sources but its page reference ranges are too broad or incorrect. Please help in adding a more precise page range. (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Survey of eight prominent scripts (left to right, top to bottom): Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Maya script, Devanagari, Latin alphabet, Arabic alphabet, Braille Part of ...

  7. History of English - Wikipedia

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    Middle English is the form of English spoken roughly from the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 until the end of the 15th century. For centuries after the Conquest, the Norman kings and high-ranking nobles in England and to some extent elsewhere in the British Isles spoke Anglo-Norman , a variety of Old Norman , originating from a northern ...

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  9. Periodization - Wikipedia

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    Modern history [6] (sometimes the nineteenth century and modern are combined) [6] Contemporary history; Although post-classical is synonymous with the Middle Ages of Western Europe, the term post-classical is not necessarily a member of the traditional tripartite periodization of Western European history into 'classical', 'middle' and 'modern'.