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Near East (French: Proche-Orient) is a geographical term that roughly encompasses Western Asia. Despite having varying definitions within different academic circles, the term was originally applied to the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire. The term has fallen into disuse in English, and has been replaced by the term Middle East.
The term near east was originally applies to the maximum extent of what empire?
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The answer: Ottoman Empire

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In June 2005, presidential elections were held for the first time since the coup that deposed Iala. Iala returned as the candidate for the PRS, claiming to be the legitimate president of the country, but the election was won by former president Joao Bernardo Vieira, deposed in the 1999 coup. Vieira beat Malam Bacai Sanha in a runoff election. Sanha initially refused to concede, claiming that tampering and electoral fraud occurred in two constituencies including the capital, Bissau.
After the coup, when were presidential elections held?
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The answer: June 2005

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In late 1954, Gen. J. Lawton Collins was made ambassador to "Free Vietnam" (the term South Vietnam came into use in 1955), effectively elevating the country to sovereign status. Collins' instructions were to support the leader Ngo Dinh Diem in subverting communism, by helping him to build an army and wage a military campaign. In February 1955, Eisenhower dispatched the first American soldiers to Vietnam as military advisors to Diem's army. After Diem announced the formation of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, commonly known as South Vietnam) in October, Eisenhower immediately recognized the new state and offered military, economic, and technical assistance.
Who was the first ambassador to South Vietnam?
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The answer: J. Lawton Collins

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Although the initial focus of the humanist scholars in the university was the discovery, exposition and insertion of ancient texts and languages into the university, and the ideas of those texts into society generally, their influence was ultimately quite progressive. The emergence of classical texts brought new ideas and led to a more creative university climate (as the notable list of scholars above attests to). A focus on knowledge coming from self, from the human, has a direct implication for new forms of scholarship and instruction, and was the foundation for what is commonly known as the humanities. This disposition toward knowledge manifested in not simply the translation and propagation of ancient texts, but also their adaptation and expansion. For instance, Vesalius was imperative for advocating the use of Galen, but he also invigorated this text with experimentation, disagreements and further research. The propagation of these texts, especially within the universities, was greatly aided by the emergence of the printing press and the beginning of the use of the vernacular, which allowed for the printing of relatively large texts at reasonable prices.
A concentration on the study of the self resulted in what field of study?
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the humanities