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1 day ago · The Hebrew calendar ( Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized : HaLuah HaIvri ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of public ...
2 days ago · Names, routes and locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE). The region of Kerala was possibly engaged in trading activities from the 3rd millennium BCE with Arabs, Sumerians and Babylonians. Phoenicians, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, and Chinese were attracted by a variety of commodities, especially spices and cotton fabrics.
15 hours ago · Palestine (region) Palestine [i] is a geographical region in West Asia. It is usually considered to include modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, though some definitions also include parts of northwestern Jordan. Other historical names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land .
Sculpture of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome, mother of Nero, from the second half of the 1st century CE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
2 days ago · Abrahamic religions make up the largest major division in the study of comparative religion. By total number of adherents, Christianity and Islam comprise the largest and second-largest religious movements in the world, respectively. [page needed] Judaism is the smallest of the three major Abrahamic religions.
4 days ago · 1st century AD: The aeolipile, a simple steam turbine is recorded by Hero of Alexandria. 1st century AD: The first use of respiratory protective equipment is documented by Pliny the Elder (c. 23 AD –79) using animal bladder skins to protect workers in Roman mines from red lead oxide dust. 1st century AD: Vending machines invented by Hero of ...
4 days ago · Plutarch was a Greek biographer and author born in the 1st century CE whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century. Translations of Plutarch influenced writers, including Montaigne, Shakespeare, and Goethe, and inspired leaders of the French Revolution.
