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2 days ago · The Cambeba were a populous, organized society in the late pre-Columbian era whose population suffered a steep decline in the early years of the Columbian Exchange. The Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana traversed the Amazon River during the 16th century and reported densely populated regions running hundreds of kilometers along the river ...
4 days ago · The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the " Fifties " or the " '50s ") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World War II economic expansion.
2 days ago · The Seven Years' War is the central theme of G. E. Lessing's 1767 play Minna von Barnhelm or the Soldiers' Happiness. Numerous towns and other places now in United States were named after Frederick the Great to commemorate the victorious conclusion of the war, including Frederick , Maryland, and King of Prussia , Pennsylvania.
- 17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763, (6 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
- Anglo-Prussian coalition victory [2]
5 days ago · Hades and Cerberus, in Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888. Hades, as the god of the dead, was a fearsome figure to those still living; in no hurry to meet him, they were reluctant to swear oaths in his name, and averted their faces when sacrificing to him. Since to many, simply to say the word "Hades" was frightening, euphemisms were pressed ...
3 days ago · The name Gabriel ( Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, Gaḇrīʾēl) is composed of the first person singular possessive form of the Hebrew noun gever (גֶּבֶר), meaning "man", and ʾĒl, meaning "God". This would make the translation of the archangel's name "man of God" [8] [9] [10] or "power of God". In Arabic, Jibrīl (جبريل), means ...
- Carrying a lily, a trumpet, a shining lantern, a branch from Paradise, a scroll, and a scepter.
3 days ago · The first English translation of the French Arthurian cycle was made by Henry Lovelich in the reign of Henry VI. (15) The Fisher King was healed by divine intervention. Hughes says that Ripley originally hoped that Henry VI would be reborn and renewed (as, indeed, Edward IV was – spectacularly – in 1471). This is true also of John Hardyng ...
4 days ago · Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of the Grolier Club, 1470s-2020; Whodunit? Key Books in Detective Fiction; The Best-Read Army in the World; American Presidents: What They Read and What They Wrote; New Members Collect 2023; A Century of Dining Out; To Fight for the Poor With My Pen: Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of ...
