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2 days ago · The Jewish diaspora ( Hebrew: תְּפוּצָה, romanized : təfūṣā) or exile (Hebrew: גָּלוּת gālūṯ; Yiddish: golus) [a] is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe. [3] [4]
1 day ago · v. t. e. The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted a large religious and ethnic diaspora; the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest population of Jews in the world. [9]
- 10,000–11,000
- 1,200,000
- 178,500
- 83,896 according to the 2021 census
1 day ago · Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews (1988) Later linguistic research has refined the Weinreich model or provided alternative approaches to the language's origins, with points of contention being the characterization of its Germanic base, the source of its Hebrew/Aramaic adstrata, and the means and location of this fusion. Some theorists argue that the fusion occurred with a Bavarian dialect ...
- ≤600,000 (2021)
- Central, Eastern, and Western Europe
Apr 9, 2024 · Introduction to the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. The Holocaust was an evolving process that took place throughout Europe between 1933 and 1945. Antisemitism was at the foundation of the Holocaust.
Apr 11, 2024 · history of Eritrea, survey of the notable events and people in the history of Eritrea from prehistory to the present. Located on the Red Sea in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has long been an important centre of trade, with many bustling ports along its coast. Eritrea gained its independence from neighbouring Ethiopia in 1993, after a decades-long ...
Apr 5, 2024 · In 1551, the Spanish saw their first potato, high up in the Andes. In 1567, just 16 years later, they were already growing them on the Canary Islands. That has been the rule ever since: if it ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Taken captive, Bayezid died within a year. Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its dynasty was founded by a prince (bey), Osman, after the Mongols defeated the Seljuqs at the end of the 13th century. The empire disintegrated after World War I.
