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10 hours ago · Romania is the largest country in Southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe, having an area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi). [243] : 17 It lies between latitudes 43° and 49° N and longitudes 20° and 30° E. The terrain is distributed roughly equally between mountains, hills, and plains.
10 hours ago · Like Erasmus and Luther, he had been influenced by the Brethren of the Common Life. He tried to entice Erasmus to Rome. His reforms of the Roman Curia which he hoped would meet the objections of many Lutherans were stymied (party because the Holy See was broke), though re-worked at the Council of Trent, and he died in 1523.
10 hours ago · Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized : dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') [1] is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state. [2] [3] Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more ...
10 hours ago · New York State Thruway Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway Map of New York with the Thruway mainline in red; other components of the Thruway system are in blue Route information Maintained by NYSTA Length 496.00 mi (798.23 km) Mainline only Existed June 24, 1954 (June 24, 1954) –present Component highways I-87 from The Bronx to Albany I-287 from Elmsford to Suffern I-90 from Albany to Ripley ...
10 hours ago · Italian police confiscated more than 130 million euros ($140 million) in a raid against the Mafia, the authorities said on Tuesday. They said the raid was directed against branches of the criminal organisations ‘Ndrangheta and Camorra, mainly in Rome, which were involved in money laundering. A total of 18 suspects were detained, more than 50 […]
10 hours ago · The airport is located 10 miles (16 km; 8.7 nmi) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson. [4] [5] The airport covers 4,700 acres (1,900 ha) of land and has five parallel runways which are aligned in an east-west direction.
10 hours ago · A hypostyle, i.e., an open hall supported by columns, is considered to be derived from architectural traditions of Achaemenid period Persian assembly halls . This type of building originated from the Roman-style basilica with an adjacent courtyard surrounded by colonnades, like Trajan's Forum in Rome.
