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1 day ago · The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renaissance). Around 1350, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt.
1 day ago · 1st century AD: The aeolipile, a simple steam turbine is recorded by Hero of Alexandria. [263] 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.
1 hour ago · Regency of Algiers. The Regency of Algiers [a] ( Arabic: دولة الجزائر, romanized : Dawlat al-Jaza'ir) was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire during the early modern period, located on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830.
- State affiliated to the Ottoman Empire (Nominal since 1659)
1 day ago · Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology) [1] with the political unification ...
1 day ago · The middle kingdoms of India were the political entities in the Indian subcontinent from 230 BCE to 1206 CE. The period begins after the decline of the Maurya Empire and the corresponding rise of the Satavahana dynasty, starting with Simuka, from 230 BCE. [dubious – discuss] The "middle" period lasted for almost 1436 years and ended in 1206 ...
1 day ago · The history of Pakistan preceding the country's independence in 1947 [1] is shared with that of Afghanistan, India, and Iran. Spanning the northwestern expanse of the Indian subcontinent and the eastern borderlands of the Iranian plateau, the region of present-day Pakistan served both as the fertile ground of a major civilization and as the ...
1 day ago · Late last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a record increase in military spending for 2024, planning to spend around $115 billion, nearly one-third of the country’s total annual budget and double the amount allocated for the military in 2021, the year before the invasion of Ukraine.
