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  2. History of perfume - Wikipedia

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    The perfume references are part of a larger text called Brihat-Samhita written by Varāhamihira, an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer living in the city of Ujjain. He was one of the ‘nine jewels’ in the court of Vikramaditya. The perfume portion mainly deals with the manufacture of perfumes to benefit ‘royal personages’.

  3. Effects of the Cold War - Wikipedia

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    The Cold War defined the political role of the United States after World War II. By 1989, the United States had military alliances with 50 countries and 1.5 million troops posted abroad in 117 countries, which institutionalized a global commitment to a huge permanent peacetime military-industrial complex and the large-scale military funding of ...

  4. Domestic containment - Wikipedia

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    United States Information Service poster distributed in Asia depicting Juan dela Cruz ready to defend the Philippines under the threat of communism, 1951.. In the cultural history of the United States during the Cold War, domestic containment was the notion that women's main role is in the home, while men work to provide for the family in order to keep a stable home environment and uphold ...

  5. Effects of war - Wikipedia

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    During a time of war women are often separated from their husbands or lose them as a cost of war. Because of this, there is a dramatic economic cost effect on women causing many to bear the entire economic responsibility for their household. [48] There are many effects of war on women – emotionally, socially and physically.

  6. Counterculture of the 1960s - Wikipedia

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    In 1961 and 1962, at the height of the Cold War, about 50,000 women brought together by Women Strike for Peace marched in 60 cities in the United States to demonstrate against nuclear weapons. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] In 1963, many countries ratified the Partial Test Ban Treaty which prohibited atmospheric nuclear testing.

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  8. Colorism is driving women of color to use harmful skin ...

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    A majority of Black women reported using skin lightening products, with some admitting that they didn’t know the products contained harmful ingredients like hydroquinone, according to a survey ...

  9. Second World - Wikipedia

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    The scale is 0–1 and they are put into one of four categories; 0-.55 is low, .55-.70 is medium, .70-.80 is high and very high tops out at .80–1.0. The Second World countries from the Cold War era currently range from medium human development to very high human development in terms of HDI. [5]