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  2. Dutch East India Company - Wikipedia

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    Batavia, corresponding to present day Jakarta, was the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, and had a strict social hierarchy in the colony. According to Marsely L. Kahoe in The Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art , "it is misleading to understand Batavia, as some scholars have, as representing a pragmatic and egalitarian order ...

  3. List of companies of the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Casey's (); Dubuque Bank and Trust (); Fareway (); Happy Joe's (); Hartig Drug (); HNI Corporation (); Hy-Vee (West Des Moines); Kum & Go (); Lee Enterprises (); Maid ...

  4. Merchants of death - Wikipedia

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    The term was popular in antiwar circles of both the left and the right, and was used extensively regarding the Senate hearings in 1936 by the Nye Committee.The Senate hearing examined how much influence the manufacturers of armaments had in the American decision to enter World War I. Ninety-three hearings were held, over 200 witnesses were called, and little hard evidence of a conspiracy was ...

  5. Economic history of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Bank was founded in 1856 in Istanbul. Real GDP per capita in Turkey, 1400 to 1918. The economic history of the Ottoman Empire covers the period 1299–1923. Trade, agriculture, transportation, and religion make up the Ottoman Empire's economy.

  6. Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act - Wikipedia

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    Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; Other short titles: Child Safety Lock Act of 2005: Long title: An Act to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.

  7. Gift Card Granny - Wikipedia

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    Gift Card Granny was founded by Luke Knowles in Fort Collins, Colorado in 2009. [6] [7] It was a part of several sites that Knowles had founded that were collectively called "The Frugals," (Coupon Sherpa and Free Shipping Day were two others).

  8. Maritime history of Colonial America - Wikipedia

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    The beginnings go back to at least as far as the first European contact with the Americas, when Leif Erikson established a short-lived settlement called Vinland in present-day Newfoundland. The existence of an actual shipping industry gradually came into being.

  9. Merchant capitalism - Wikipedia

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    Early forms of merchant capitalism developed in the 9th century, during the Islamic Golden Age, while in medieval Europe from the 12th century. [2] [3] [4] The movement towards merchant capitalism across the old municipal and guild system had been apparent in the wool trade as early as the age of Chaucer. [5]