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2 days ago · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
2 days ago · In AD 64, during the reign of Nero, the Great Fire of Rome left much of the city destroyed, but in many ways it was used as an excuse for new development. [36] [37] Rome was a subsidised city at the time, with roughly 15 to 25 percent of its grain supply being paid by the central government.
1 day ago · Unemployed people lined up outside a soup kitchen in Chicago. The Great Depression (1929–1939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world. It became evident after a sharp decline in stock prices in the United States, leading to a period of economic depression. [1] The economic contagion began around ...
5 days ago · Securities Exchange Act of 1934, also known as An Act to Provide for the Regulation of Securities Exchanges and of Over-the-Counter Markets Operating in Interstate and Foreign Commerce and Through the Mails, to Prevent Inequitable and Unfair Practices on Such Exchanges and Markets, and for Other Purposes; Public Law 73-291, 73d Congress, H.R. 9323 by United States.
3 days ago · Karl Popper was born in Vienna (then in Austria-Hungary) in 1902 to upper-middle-class parents. All of Popper's grandparents were assimilated Jews; the Popper family converted to Lutheranism before he was born [13] [14] and so he received a Lutheran baptism. [15] [16] His father, Simon Siegmund Carl Popper (1856-1932), was a lawyer from Bohemia ...
- University of Vienna (PhD, 1928)
- Knight Bachelor (1965)
2 days ago · A list of American feature films released in 1934. It Happened One Night won Best Picture at the 7th Academy Awards on February 27, 1935. The Barretts of Wimpole Street starring Norma Shearer and Fredric March .
2 days ago · Tiberias ( / taɪˈbɪəriəs / ty-BEER-ee-əs; Hebrew: טְבֶרְיָה, Ṭəḇeryā ⓘ; Arabic: طبريا, romanized : Ṭabariyyā) [3] is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism 's Four Holy Cities, along ...
