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5 days ago · Asia is the largest continent on Earth. It covers 9% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area), and has the longest coastline, at 62,800 kilometres (39,022 mi). Asia is generally defined as comprising the eastern four-fifths of Eurasia.
2 days ago · Modern reference material to these sources include Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Dictionary of National Biography, Neue Deutsche Biographie, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Catholic Encyclopedia, New Catholic ...
1 day ago · The bilateral relations between Germany and the United Kingdom span hundreds of years, and the countries have been aligned since the end of World War II. Relations were very strong in the Late Middle Ages when the German cities of the Hanseatic League traded with England and Scotland . Before the Unification of Germany in 1871, Britain was ...
5 days ago · The Eocene ( IPA: / ˈiːəsiːn, ˈiːoʊ -/ EE-ə-seen, EE-oh- [5] [6]) is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name Eocene comes from the Ancient Greek ἠώς ( ēṓs, "dawn") and καινός ( kainós, "new") and refers ...
3 days ago · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (* 27. Jänner 1756 in Salzburg, Erzstift Salzburg; [1] † 5. Dezember 1791 in Wien [2], Österreich ), der überwiegend mit Wolfgang Amadé Mozart unterschrieb, war ein Salzburger [3] Musiker und Komponist der Wiener Klassik. Sein umfangreiches Werk genießt weltweite Popularität und gehört zum Bedeutendsten im ...
