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13 hours ago · It was the first thoroughly documented Chinese religion, with the first inscribed oracle bones dating back to c. 1250 BC, during the reign of Wu Ding (c. 1250 – c. 1200 BC), and over 1000 years before the end of ancient China in 221 BC. Throughout over two centuries, the dynasty increased its cultural influence and experienced cultural ...
1 hour ago · The gold market is a graveyard of rubble and dog-eaten corpses. The state TV station became a torture chamber. The national film archive was blown open in battle, its treasures now yellowing in the sun. Artillery shells soar over the Nile, smashing into hospitals and houses. Residents bury their dead outside their front doors.
13 hours ago · The Burning of Smyrna as seen from an Italian ship, 14 September 1922. The vanguards of Turkish cavalry entered the outskirts of Smyrna on 9 September. On the same day, the Greek headquarters had evacuated the town. The Turkish cavalry rode into the town around eleven o'clock on the Saturday morning of 9 September.
10 hours ago · In 1891, smallpox overtook Kadapa district. After conducting a series of inspections in Madanapalle, a British officer, Mr. Mathews, fell victim to the disease, and his body was buried in ...
