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70 Christian, Maps of Time, 141.

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72 Крупнейший мировой банк – Королевский банк Шотландии – на 2007 год хранил депозиты общей стоимостью 1,3 триллиона долларов. Это впятеро больше совокупного мирового производства за 1500 год. См. ‘Annual Report and Accounts 2008’, The Royal Bank of Scotland, 35, accessed December 10, 2010, com/downloads/RBS/626570033x0x278481/eb7a003a-5c9b-41ef-bad3-81fb98a6c823/RBS_GRA_2008_09_03_09.pdf.

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76 Wrigley, English Population History, 296.

77 Там же.

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82 Christian, Maps of Time, 436.

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