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The Kingdom was founded in 1130 by Roger II, belonging to the Siculo-Norman family of Hauteville. During this period, Sicily was prosperous and politically powerful, becoming one of the wealthiest states in all of Europe. [1] As a result of the dynastic succession, the Kingdom passed into the hands of the Hohenstaufen.
e. Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000). The main periods in question are often grouped by scholars as Modernist literature, Postmodern literature, flowering from roughly 1900 to 1940 and 1960 to 1990 [1] respectively, roughly using World War II as a transition point.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the first settlement was established near Gihon Spring between 3000 and 2800 BCE. The first known mention of the city was in c. 2000 BCE in the Middle Kingdom Egyptian Execration Texts in which the city was recorded as Rusalimum.
Pages in category "20th-century Urdu-language writers" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During the 1983–2005 Second Sudanese Civil War, people were taken into slavery. [12] Evidence emerged in the late 1990s of systematic child slavery and trafficking on cacao plantations in West Africa. [13] Slavery in the 21st century continues and generates an estimated $150 billion in annual profits. [14]
In 1821, Boston started the first public high school in the United States. By the close of the 19th century, public secondary schools began to outnumber private ones. [81] [82] Over the years, Americans have been influenced by a number of European reformers; among them Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Montessori.
t. e. A sonnet is a poetic form that originated in the poetry composed at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the Sicilian city of Palermo. The 13th-century poet and notary Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the sonnet's invention, and the Sicilian School of poets who surrounded him then spread the form to the mainland.
