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Ancient times Encyclopedias have existed for around 2,000 years, although even older glossaries such as the Babylonian Urra=hubullu and the ancient Chinese Erya are also sometimes described as "encyclopedias". Marcus Terentius Varro Marcus Terentius Varro ( / ˈmɑːrkəs təˈrɛnʃəs ˈværoʊ /; 116 BC – 27 BC) was an ancient Roman scholar and writer. His Nine Books of Disciplines became ...
t. e. The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the " Fifties " or the " '50s ") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World War II economic expansion.
June 29 – United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup): The United States men's national soccer team defeats England 1–0 in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil (Group 2 round).
Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1860; no relation to Chambers's Cyclopaedia of the 18th century) Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1870) Dictionary of Political Economy (1894–1899), by Inglis Palgrave. Pears Cyclopaedia (1897), originally named Pears' Shilling Cyclopaedia. The People's Select Cyclopedia (1897), by Charles Nisbett.
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1950-luku oli vuosikymmen, joka alkoi 1. tammikuuta 1950 ja päättyi 31. joulukuuta 1959. Vuosikymmen oli 1900-luvun kuudes vuosikymmen.
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