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Há 19 horas · e. Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw ). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as egg or knife.
Há 19 horas · Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky in the early 1920s Born (1882-06-17) 17 June 1882 Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia Died 6 April 1971 (1971-04-06) (aged 88) New York City, US Occupations Composer conductor pianist Works List of compositions Spouses Yekaterina Stravinsky (m. 1906 ; died 1939) Vera de Bosset (m. 1940) Children Théodore Ludmila Soulima Maria Milena Signature Igor Fyodorovich ...
Há 19 horas · Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000). The main periods in question are often grouped by scholars as Modernist literature, Postmodern literature, flowering from roughly 1900 to 1940 and 1960 to 1990 [1] respectively, roughly using World War II as a transition point.
Há 19 horas · Nepali ( English: / nɪˈpɔːli /; [3] Devanagari: नेपाली, [ˈnepali]) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a lingua franca. Nepali has official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in the Gorkhaland ...
Há 19 horas · Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized :dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') [1] is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state. [2] Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive ...
Há 19 horas · The English name Turkey (from Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia) means "land of the Turks". Middle English usage of Turkye is evidenced in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess (c. 1369). The modern spelling Turkey dates back to at least 1719. The name Turkey has been used in the texts of numerous international treaties to define the Ottoman ...
Há 19 horas · During the English Civil Wars of the mid-seventeenth century, sectarian radicals challenged slavery and other threats to personal freedom. Their ideas influenced many antislavery thinkers in the eighteenth century.
