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2 days ago · OCLC 1023081856. The name Palestine has its origin in the Hebrew Peleshet, first mentioned in the Bible (Exodus 15:14) in reference to the land of the Pelishtim, or Philistines, one group of the Sea Peoples that invaded the region during the early biblical period. ^ Killebrew 2005, p. 202,205.
3 days ago · Samarkand or Samarqand ( / ˈsæmərkænd / SAM-ər-kand; Uzbek and Tajik: Самарқанд, pronounced [sæmærqænd, -ænt]; Persian: سمرقند) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. Samarqand is the capital of Samarqand Region and a district-level city, that includes the ...
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4 days ago · Fighting broke out a year ago in the capital Khartoum, in an escalating power struggle that has led to more than 8 million people being displaced Fighting broke out in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital ...
2 days ago · Abstract. Having established itself as a heritage discourse, planetary gentrification is being studied in terms of how it operates in the Global South. This study focuses on the case of Abdali Amman, a significant mixed-use neighbourhood in Jordan that has experienced numerous mega-gentrification initiatives. According to Bourdieu’s theories ...
2 days ago · Vienna [9] [10] (German: Wien [viːn] ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants [3] [11] (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, [12] nearly one-third of the country's population ...
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5 days ago · A sketch of New York/New Orange in 1673 scanned from one of the only books on the subject called View of the City of New Orange as It Was in the Year 1673 written in 1825 by Joseph White Moulton ...
5 days ago · Adelaide was named after Queen Adelaide, the wife of King William IV of the United Kingdom. The city was established as a planned colony of free immigrants, based on the ideas of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Queen Adelaide was known for her noble nature and compassion, and the city was named in her honor by King William IV.
