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3 days ago · Laos - Arts, Crafts, Music: The visual, dramatic, musical, and literary arts of Laos draw primarily from religious and local traditional sources. However, in contemporary times many towns—especially those along the Mekong River—have been exposed to other cultures and traditions, largely through Thai mass media. In the south, Khmer influences on the peoples of Laos are strong; in the north ...
2 days ago · Criminals were marked with symbols typically including crosses, lines, double lines and circles on certain parts of the body, mostly the face and arms. These symbols sometimes designated the places where the crimes were committed. In one area, the character for "dog" was tattooed on the criminal's forehead. [42]: 77 [43]
1 day ago · Mexico is a country of southern North America and the third largest country in Latin America. It is one of the chief economic and political forces in Latin America, with a dynamic industrial base, vast mineral resources, a wide-ranging service sector, and the world’s largest population of Spanish speakers.
2 days ago · Bank of America, one of the largest banking and financial services brands and corporations in the United States. It was formed through NationsBank’s acquisition of BankAmerica in 1998. Bank of America is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bank’s history dates to 1904 when Amadeo Peter Giannini opened the Bank of Italy in
1 day ago · Cree, one of the major Algonquian-speaking First Nations peoples, whose domain included an immense area from east of Hudson and James bays to as far west as Alberta and Great Slave Lake in what is now Canada. Learn more about the history and customs of the Cree.
3 days ago · South America Used by pre-Columbian Americans near modern-day Esmeraldas, Ecuador to produce artifacts of a white gold-platinum alloy, although precise dating is difficult. [ 35 ] A small box from the burial of the Pharaoh Shepenupet II (died around 650 BC) was found to be decorated with gold-platinum hieroglyphics, [ 36 ] but the Egyptians may ...
4 days ago · Bank of America was ranked No. 25 on the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest US corporations by total revenue. [10] Likewise, Bank of America was also ranked No. 6 on the 2023 Global 2000 rankings done by Forbes. [11] Bank of America was named the "World's Best Bank" by the Euromoney Institutional Investor in its 2018 Awards for Excellence ...
