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1 day ago · The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300,000–250,000 years ago — anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. [1]
5 hours ago · Chad is a large landlocked country spanning north-central Africa. It covers an area of 1,284,000 square kilometres (496,000 sq mi), [5] lying between latitudes 7° and 24°N, and 13° and 24°E, [45] and is the twentieth-largest country in the world. Chad is, by size, slightly smaller than Peru and slightly larger than South Africa.
1 day ago · The Kassite king of Babylon Kurigalzu II who had been installed on the throne by Ashur-uballit I of the Middle Assyrian Empire (1366–1020 BC), temporarily occupied Elam around 1320 BC, and later (c. 1230 BC) another Kassite king, Kashtiliash IV, fought Elam unsuccessfully.
- Elamites, Susiana
- Pre-Iranic
- 3200–539 BC
- Proto-Elamite
1 day ago · The Iranian Revolution ( Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn] ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī ), [4] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
- 7 January 1978 – 11 February 1979, (1 year, 1 month and 4 days)
- Iran
- Overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty
5 hours ago · Dissociative identity disorder is characterized by the presence of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. [3] [25] (p331) The disorder is accompanied by memory gaps more severe than could be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. [3] [25] (p331) [26] The personality states alternately show in a person's behavior; [3 ...
- Long-term
- early childhood trauma
- (no longer accurate), Multiple personality disorder, Split personality disorder
1 day ago · Palmyrene Aramaic is the dialect that was in use in the multicultural [114] city state of Palmyra in the Syrian Desert from 44 BC to 274 AD. It was written in a rounded script, which later gave way to cursive Estrangela. Like Nabataean, Palmyrene was influenced by Arabic, but to a much lesser degree.
5 hours ago · Christianity (/ k r ɪ s tʃ i ˈ æ n ɪ t i / or / k r ɪ s t i ˈ æ n ɪ t i /) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population.
