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2 days ago · Timeline Main article: Timeline of the history of Islam The following timeline can serve as a rough visual guide to the most important polities in the Islamic world prior to the First World War. It covers major historical centers of power and culture, including the Arabian peninsula (modern-day Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen), Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), Persia (modern ...
- Historiography of Early Islam
The historiography of early Islam is the secular scholarly...
- Age of The Islamic Gunpowders
Map of Gunpowder empires Mughal Army artillerymen during the...
- Historiography of Early Islam
3 days ago · The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d /; Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek:; "[a poem] about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences.
- 1598; 425 years ago
- Ancient Greece
- c. 8th century BC
- Homeric Greek
5 days ago · Sigurd ( Old Norse: Sigurðr [ˈsiɣˌurðr]) or Siegfried ( Middle High German: Sîvrit) is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon—known in some Old Norse sources as Fáfnir —and who was later murdered.
Apr 24, 2024 · To the ancient Greeks, the origins of the Olympic Games were deeply intertwined with religion and mythology, serving as a bridge between mortals and the divine. Various legends attributed the Games to the gods and/or to divine heroes, perpetuating competing narratives about their beginnings.
May 15, 2024 · Genomic and ecological analyses recently completed by a global research team led by the Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, CAS (hosted by Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences),...
Apr 24, 2024 · Acts of Parliament. It was declared that an Act of Parliament would not be valid unless it had been approved by the House of Commons. 1487. Stockport Grammar School was founded in the north east of England. January 1487. Lambert Simnel. The Yorkists were opposed to the Tudor rule of Henry VII and wanted their own house restored.
May 2, 2024 · According to this particular origin story, an “April fool” was someone who could be tricked into receiving visitors on April 1 for a “New Year” celebration. But other evidence seems to indicate that April Fools’ Day existed, in some form or other, long before Pope Gregory’s day.
