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4 days ago · The term definition of elder often points to someone older, especially within families. You might, for instance, talk about an elder sibling. On the other hand, ‘eldest’ is about the oldest in a group of siblings, showing someone’s rank in the family. The word ‘oldest’ is more versatile, fitting people and things.
4 days ago · Although the origins of nursing predate the mid-19th century, the history of professional nursing traditionally begins with Florence Nightingale. Nightingale, the well-educated daughter of wealthy British parents, defied social conventions and decided to become a nurse.
1 day ago · Phoenicia (/ fəˈnɪʃə, fəˈniːʃə /), [4] or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. [5][6] The territory of the Phoenicians expanded and contracted throughout history, with the core of their ...
3 days ago · He was recognized in 2021 by Guinness World Records as the oldest practicing doctor. Dr. Tucker just celebrated his 102 birthday and is still teaching neurology.
2 days ago · Police - Law Enforcement, US History, Reforms: The United States inherited England’s Anglo-Saxon common law and its system of social obligation, sheriffs, constables, watchmen, and stipendiary justice. As both societies became less rural and agrarian and more urban and industrialized, crime, riots, and other public disturbances became more ...
3 days ago · Ancient policing. Understood broadly as a deliberate undertaking to enforce common standards within a community and to protect it from internal predators, policing is much older than the creation of a specialized armed force devoted to such a task.
2 days ago · The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500, ending with the expansion of Islam in late antiquity. [1] The three-age system periodizes ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age ...
