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1 day ago · English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. [1] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders in the fifth century, are called Old English.
7 hours ago · Kejawèn (polytheistic Javanism) Javanism, or Javanese folk religion is an umbrella term referring to the main native Javan folk or ethnic religion, [1] traditionally adhered by the main Javan ethnic (the Javanese ), invented and originally practiced in the central – southern (to the eastern) hemisphere regions of the Indonesian island of Java.
1 day ago · The Anthropocene ( / ˈænθrəpəˌsiːn, ænˈθrɒpə -/ [1] [2] [3]) is the common name for a proposed geological epoch, dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth up to the present day. It affects Earth's geology, landscape, limnology, ecosystems and climate. [4] [5] The effects of human activities on Earth can be ...
7 hours 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]
1 day ago · History of Europe. The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the ...
1 day ago · The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) apart.
7 hours ago · Human history. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They migrated out of Africa during the Last Glacial Period (Ice Age) and had populated most of the Earth by the time the Ice Age ended 12,000 years ago. Soon afterward, the Agricultural Revolution began in the fertile river valleys ...
