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17 hours ago · The history of South America is the study of the past, particularly the written record, oral histories, and traditions, passed down from generation to generation on the continent of South America. The continent continues to be home to indigenous peoples, some of whom built high civilizations prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late 1400s ...
17 hours ago · 1 = 2000–1500 BC origin 2 = c. 1500 BC first dispersal 2.a = Eastern Bantu 2.b = Western Bantu 3 = 1000–500 BC Urewe nucleus of Eastern Bantu 4–7 = southward advance 9 = 500–1 BC Congo nucleus 10 = AD 1–1000 last phase. In Central Africa the Sao Civilisation flourished for over a millennium beginning in the 6th century BC.
17 hours ago · 10th century BC. Siege of Rabbah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 11–12) Siege of Abel-beth-maachah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 20:15–22) Siege of Gezer (10th century BC) Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) by Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I; 9th century BC. Siege of Gath (city) (ca. 830 BC) (Bible Reference: II Kings 12: ...
17 hours ago · Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
17 hours ago · The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles. Large battle casualty counts are usually impossible to calculate precisely, but few in this ...
17 hours ago · Roman expansion in Italy from 500 BC to 218 BC through the Latin War (light red), Samnite Wars (pink/orange), Pyrrhic War (beige), and First and Second Punic War (yellow and green). Cisalpine Gaul (238–146 BC) and Alpine valleys (16–7 BC) were later added. The Roman Republic in 500 BC is marked with dark red.
Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector and palaeontologist. She made discoveries of Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis, which changed the scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth. Her discoveries included the first correctly ...
