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12 hours ago · Life Omar Khayyam was born in Nishapur —a metropolis in Khorasan province, of Persian stock, in 1048. In medieval Persian texts he is usually simply called Omar Khayyam. : 658 [c] Although open to doubt, it has often been assumed that his forebears followed the trade of tent-making, since Khayyam means 'tent-maker' in Arabic. : 30 The historian Bayhaqi, who was personally acquainted with ...
12 hours ago · Edgar (or Eadgar; c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
- 1 October 959 – 8 July 975
- Eadwig
- 943/944, England
- Edward the Martyr
From 1708, there were 45 single member constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain. These constituencies remained unchanged until 1832. All the burghs were grouped into 4- or 5-member districts, apart from Edinburgh. Three pairs of shires were represented in alternate Parliaments. The names given in the 'Shire or Stewartry' column in the ...
12 hours ago · Carlism is the key theme in a few of his works – the best known of them Zalacaín el aventurero (1908), and is very much present in many others – e.g. 11 out of 22 volumes of Memorias de un hombre de acción (1913–1935) are set during the Carlist wars, though it is also entirely absent in many other novels.
12 hours ago · Social Darwinism is the study and implementation of various pseudoscientific theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics and politics. [1] [2] Social Darwinists believe that the strong should see their wealth and power increase, while the weak ...
