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14 hours ago · Canaan (/ ˈ k eɪ n ən /; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – KNʿN; Hebrew: כְּנַעַן – Kənáʿan, in pausa כְּנָעַן – Kənāʿan; Biblical Greek: Χανααν – Khanaan; Arabic: كَنْعَانُ – Kan‘ān) was a Semitic-speaking civilization and region of the Southern Levant in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC.
- Ghassulian
Replica of bronze sceptre from the Nahal Mishmar hoard (at...
- Canaan (Disambiguation)
The Mystical Land of Canaan, a location of great power and...
- Promised Land
The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz...
- Canaanism
Canaanism was a cultural and ideological movement which was...
- Levantine Archaeology
Dwelling foundations unearthed at Tell es-Sultan in Jericho....
- Haplogroup T-M184
Haplogroup T-M184, also known as Haplogroup T, is a human...
- Assyrian Empires
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , māt Aššur) was a major...
- Punics
Carthaginian sphere of influence 264 BC. The Punic people,...
- Ghassulian
14 hours ago · John Locke's portrait by Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London. John Locke (/ l ɒ k /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".
14 hours ago · Permafrost (from perma- ' permanent ', and frost) is soil or underwater sediment which continuously remains below 0 °C (32 °F) for two years or more: the oldest permafrost had been continuously frozen for around 700,000 years. [1] While the shallowest permafrost has a vertical extent of below a meter (3 ft), the deepest is greater than 1,500 ...
14 hours ago · Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...
14 hours ago · The Akkadian Empire (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /) was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.Centered on the city of Akkad (/ ˈ æ k æ d /) and its surrounding region, the empire would unite Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule and exercised significant influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military ...
14 hours ago · Etymology Ilocano merchants in the mid-19th century The word Ilocano or Ilokano originates from the word Iloko/Iloco (archaic Spanish form, Yloco), the conjugation of i- (meaning 'of') and look (meaning 'bay'), which means 'from the bay' in Ilocano. Alternatively, according to some records, the name is derived from l- ('originating from') and luku or lukung (a valley or depression in land ...
14 hours ago · Religion. Opposition and resistance. Related. v. t. e. Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies.
