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18 hours ago · The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island , near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway 's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan .
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- April 10, 1925
- 1925
- Tragedy
18 hours ago · Pontius Pilate [b] ( Latin: Pontius Pilatus; Greek: Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, Pontios Pilatos) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26/27 to 36/37 AD. He is best known for being the official who presided over the trial of Jesus and ultimately ordered his crucifixion. [7]
- Roman
- Pilate's court
18 hours ago · A popular uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine against the British administration of the Palestine Mandate, later known as The Great Revolt (Arabic: al-Thawra al- Kubra) or The Great Palestinian Revolt (Thawrat Filastin al-Kubra), lasted from 1936 until 1939, demanding Arab independence and the end of the policy of open-ended Jewish immigration and land purchases with the ...
- April 1936 – August 1939
- Mandatory Palestine
- Revolt suppressed
18 hours ago · The third and fourth Avengers films ( Infinity War and Endgame) stand as the most expensive back-to-back film production, with combined production costs of over $1 billion, according to one of the directors. Inflation, filming techniques and external market forces affect the economics of film production. Costs rose steadily during the silent ...
4 hours ago · Scientists say 90% of the world’s wine-growing regions may have to close up shop by the end of the century. They cite climate change as the source of the problem. Growing grapes suitable for ...
18 hours ago · Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Diddy, [4] [5] is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and actor. Born in Harlem and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, Combs worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record ...
18 hours ago · Stoning. Tyrannicide. War crime. v. t. e. Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient history . The Torah and Talmud prescribe stoning as punishment for a number of offenses.