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  2. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    The first lightweight folding umbrella in Europe was introduced in 1710 by a Paris merchant named Jean Marius, whose shop was located near the barrier of Saint-Honoré. It could be opened and closed in the same way as modern umbrellas and weighed less than one kilogram.

  3. St. Peter's Umbrella (novel) - Wikipedia

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    St. Peter's Umbrella (Hungarian:Szent Péter esernyője) is an 1895 novel by the Hungarian writer Kálmán Mikszáth. It is set in the town of Besztercebánya (now Banská Bystrica ), describing the rural life of the peasantry in an undeveloped part of Upper Hungary (now Slovakia ).

  4. Professor Bull's Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Professor Bull's Umbrella was published in September 1954 [1] by the Viking Press [5] to positive reviews, [2] [4] [8] and was a Junior Literary Guild selection for Grades 2 and 3. [9] Schreiber's illustrations were noted for their memorability and "umbrella's-eye view" perspective, [ 3 ] while Marjorie Fischer of The New York Times Book Review ...

  5. Novel - Wikipedia

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    The Book of One Thousand and One Nights was first published in Europe from 1704 to 1715 in French, and then translated immediately into English and German, and was seen as a contribution to Huet's history of romances. [81] The English, Select Collection of Novels in six volumes (1720–22), is a milestone in this development of the novel's ...

  6. History of Europe - Wikipedia

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    The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.

  7. HSBC splits East and West in major revamp and appoints first ...

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    The lender's price to book ratio per share, a measure of relative valuation, at 0.89 is among the most expensive among European peers such as Barclays and Deutsche Bank which trade at 0.52 and 0. ...

  8. Historical European martial arts - Wikipedia

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    In 1998, the British Federation for Historical Swordplay was established as an umbrella organisation for UK groups. In 2001, the Historical European Martial Arts Coalition (HEMAC) was created to act as an umbrella organization for groups in Europe, with 4 sets of goals: Martial

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