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13 hours ago · Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States. Over 42 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home. [1] Spanish is also the most learned language other than English, [3] with about 8 million students. Estimates count up to 57 million native speakers, heritage language speakers, and second-language speakers.
13 hours ago · Overview and definition. Modernism was a cultural movement that impacted the arts as well as the broader zeitgeist. It is commonly described as a system of thought and behavior marked by self-consciousness or self-reference, prevalent within the avant-garde of various arts and disciplines. [13]
13 hours ago · The history of writing traces the development of writing systems [1] and how their use transformed and was transformed by different societies. The use of writing prefigures various social and psychological consequences associated with literacy and literary culture. With each historical invention of writing, true writing systems were preceded by ...
13 hours ago · The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy ( Spanish: Monarquía Española) is the constitutional form of government of Spain. It consists of a hereditary monarch that reigns as the head of state, being the highest office of the country. [1] The current King is Felipe VI since 19 June 2014, after the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I .
13 hours ago · European early modern humans (EEMH) lineages between 40 and 26 ka (Aurignacian) were still part of a large Western Eurasian "meta-population", related to Central and Western Asian populations. Divergence into genetically distinct sub-populations within Western Eurasia is a result of increased selection pressure and founder effects during the ...
13 hours ago · The early modern period, spanning from 1500 to 1800, was characterized by proto-globalization and the rise of centralized bureaucratic states. European powers came to dominate much of the world by founding maritime empires: first the Portuguese and Spanish Empires , then the French , English , and Dutch Empires . [371]
13 hours ago · The East India Company ( EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of the Indian ...
