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====[[When did abortion become legal in the United States?]]====
In colonial America, abortion was dealt with in a manner according to English common law. Abortion was typically only frowned upon, or penalized, when it occurred after “quickening,”—when a woman felt fetal movement—because it suggested that the fetus had manifested into its own separate being. Quickening could vary from women to woman, and sometimes as late as four months. {{Read more|When did abortion become legal in the United States?}}
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====[[What Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?]]====
The people of ancient Mesopotamia practiced a religion that modern scholars are only just now beginning to understand and the physical focal point of their religion were the monumental, triangular structures known as ziggurats. Today, many people like to compare ziggurats – which is derived from the ancient Akkadian word for the structures, <i>ziggurratu</i> – with their counterparts the pyramids in Egypt. {{Read more|What Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?}}
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