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1. Ronald A. Francisco, "The Dictator's Dilemma" (paper presented at the Conference on Repression and Mobilization, University of Maryland, June 21-24, 2001), http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~ronfran/dictatorsdilemma.htm.
2. "Social Classes in Ancient Egypt," Digital Egypt for Universities, 2003, http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/social/index.html.
3. Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, "About Australia: Indigenous Languages," last updated August 2008, http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/Indigenous_languages.html.