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Assassins Nizari Ismaili fortress network
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Cathars Albigensian hidden doctrine
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Knights Templar banking-system origin
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- Assassins Nizari Ismaili fortress network
- Cathars Albigensian hidden doctrine
- Knights Templar banking-system origin
- Carbonari Italian unification cells
- Fenian Brotherhood transatlantic network
- Thuggee cult British colonial narrative
- Boxer Society Qing Dynasty uprising
- White Lotus Society millenarian revolt
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