Search results
12 hours ago · The Regnal List was in turn a source for the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the relevant sections of which were edited into their surviving form in the later ninth century. The Chronicle also includes various more detailed entries for the fifth and sixth centuries that ostensibly constitute historical evidence for a migration, Anglo-Saxon elites, and ...
12 hours ago · 1894 in music, 1894 in Norwegian music – Cello Concerto and Humoresques by Antonín Dvořák. 1893 in music, 1893 in Norwegian music – Symphony No. 9 and String Quartet No. 12 by Antonín Dvořák; Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler; Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius; Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer.
12 hours ago · The history of life on Earth traces the processes by which living and extinct organisms evolved, from the earliest emergence of life to the present day. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago (abbreviated as Ga, for gigaannum) and evidence suggests that life emerged prior to 3.7 Ga. [1] [2] [3] The similarities among all known present-day ...
12 hours ago · Biblical Hebrew (עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית ʿīḇrîṯ miqrāʾîṯ (Ivrit Miqra'it) ⓘ or לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא ləšôn ham-miqrāʾ (Leshon ha-Miqra) ⓘ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly ...
12 hours ago · Acupuncture [b] is a form of alternative medicine [2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [4] [5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [6] and it has been characterized as quackery.
12 hours ago · Achaemenid Victory. Persian rule established over the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent. Avanti-Magadhan wars. (c. 510 BCE–400 BCE) Haryanka dynasty. Shishunaga dynasty. Avanti (Ancient India) Magadha Victory. Magadhan annexation of Avanti.
12 hours ago · Names The city has a number of other names, and some historical names are now used as names of districts of the city. The city was known as Yuecheng and Jinling or "Ginling" (金陵 from the Warring States Era. Jianye (建业 ; Chien-yeh), which means 'build an empire', was officially designated for the city during the Eastern Wu dynasty. The city first became a Chinese national capital as ...
