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  1. 1 day ago · Signature. John Caldwell Calhoun ( / kælˈhuːn /; [1] March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners.

  2. 10 hours ago · The Roman imperial cult ( Latin: cultus imperatorius) identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority ( auctoritas) of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus. It was rapidly established throughout the Empire ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ModernismModernism - Wikipedia

    10 hours ago · Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon Guggenheim Museum completed in 1959 [12] Modernism was a cultural movement that impacts 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]

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › HeraHera - Wikipedia

    10 hours ago · Hera plays a substantial role in The Iliad, appearing in several books throughout the epic poem. She hates the Trojans because of Paris's decision that Aphrodite was the most beautiful goddess, and so supports the Greeks during the war. Throughout the epic, Hera makes many attempts to thwart the Trojan army.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nikola_TeslaNikola Tesla - Wikipedia

    10 hours ago · Nikola Tesla ( / ˈtɛslə /; [2] Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [ O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American [3] [4] inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply ...

  6. 10 hours ago · The Eureka Rebellion has been the inspiration for numerous novels, poems, films, songs, plays and artworks. Much of the Eureka folklore relies heavily on Raffaello Carboni's 1855 book, The Eureka Stockade, which was the first and only comprehensive eyewitness account of the rebellion. Henry Lawson wrote a number of poems about Eureka, as have ...

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