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5 days ago · First thing to note: that map is HUGE! Here were some of our fun map finds: 1. Broadway Didn’t Go Beyond 23rd Street. The red lines on the map represent some of the old streets and wagon ways ...
12 hours ago · Percy Bysshe Shelley (/ b ɪ ʃ / ⓘ BISH; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was a British writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence ...
1 day ago · 89 AD Baekje, Seoul, Korea: Lots of people 6.7 Houses were broken and lots of people died. 110 AD Dian Kingdom, Yunnan, southwestern China: probably thousands – Flooded administrative centre of the Dian Kingdom: December 13, 115 AD Antioch see 115 Antioch earthquake: 36.1 36.1 260,000 (approx) 7.5 M s: 141 or 142 AD Lycia, Caria, Dodecanese
2 days ago · Lying in state. v. t. e. Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections.
3 days ago · Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. [2] He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). [3] [4] [5] Humboldt's quantitative ...
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2 days ago · Enlisted. * The core enlisted infantry MOSs for the USMC are 0311, 0331, 0341, (formerly 0351 until 2021), and 0352; and Marines are trained in these jobs at the School of Infantry. All other infantry jobs are taught in follow-on courses after training in one of the core jobs. 0300 Basic Infantry Marine – Sgt–Pvt.
2 days ago · The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed ...
