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+# Markdown
+
+mdBook's [parser](https://github.com/raphlinus/pulldown-cmark) adheres to the [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/)
+specification. You can take a quick [tutorial](https://commonmark.org/help/tutorial/),
+or [try out](https://spec.commonmark.org/dingus/) CommonMark in real time. A complete Markdown overview is out of scope for
+this documentation, but below is a high level overview of some of the basics. For a more in-depth experience, check out the
+[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org).
+
+## Text and Paragraphs
+
+## Titles
+
+## Links
+
+## Images
+
+Including images is simply a matter of including a link to them, much like in the _Links_ section above. The following markdown
+includes the Rust logo SVG image found in the `images` directory at the same level as this file:
+
+```markdown
+
+```
+
+Produces the following HTML when built with mdBook:
+
+```html
+
+```
+
+Which, of course displays the image like so:
+
+
+
+## Lists
