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Há 1 dia · A major 19th-century engineering achievement was The Crystal Palace, the huge cast-iron and plate-glass exhibition hall built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. Glass and iron were used in a similar monumental style in the construction of major railway terminals throughout the city, including King's Cross station (1852) [28] and Paddington Station (1854). [29]
Há 1 dia · Antiquity Greco-Roman world Further information: List of Greek historiographers, Greek historiography, and Roman historiography Classical period Herodotus (484 – c. 420 BCE), Halicarnassus, wrote the Histories, which established Western historiography Thucydides (460 – c. 400 BCE), Peloponnesian War Xenophon (431 – c. 360 BCE), Athenian knight and student of Socrates Ctesias (early 4th ...
Há 1 dia · Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, [1] : 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring.
Há 1 dia · Throughout the 19th century, the Vivian family did much to develop Swansea. Their wealth and influence came from large copper-mining, smelting and trading businesses in Swansea ( Vivian & Sons ), and is still visible today in their former family residences: Singleton Abbey (now used by Swansea University ), Sketty Hall , Clyne Castle and Clyne Gardens .
Há 1 dia · t. e. Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia, its émigrés, and to Russian-language literature. [1] The roots of Russian literature can be traced to the Early Middle Ages when Old Church Slavonic was introduced as a liturgical language and became used as a literary language. By the Age of Enlightenment, literature had grown in ...
Há 1 dia · William Cullen Bryant, the Post ' s most notable 19th-century editor. The Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US$10,000 (equivalent to $183,120 in 2023) from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as the New-York Evening Post, a broadsheet.
Há 1 dia · RU. Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
