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This dimension names the place where a historical figure was born. Wikipedia notes that history "analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened," narratives that for a biography always begin with where its subject was actually born. Browsing this way collects every figure born in the same place.

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550 BCE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Philosophy
WikipediaPhilosophy, lead section, origin sentence
Quote, Philosophy, lead section, origin sentence
Western philosophy originated in Ancient Greece in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratic philosophers, such as Thales of Miletus (c. 626 - c. 545 BCE).
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