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20 hours ago · The Seleucid Empire(/sɪˈljuːsɪd/[9]) was a Greekstate[10][11]in West Asiaduring the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedoniangeneral Seleucus I Nicator, following the divisionof the Macedonian Empirefounded by Alexander the Great,[12][13][14][15]and ruled by the Seleucid dynastyuntil its annexation by the Roman ...
20 hours ago · The term Hmong is the English pronunciation of the Hmong's native name. It is a singular and plural noun (e.g., Japanese, French, etc.). Very little is known about the native Hmong name as it is not mentioned in Chinese historical records, since the Han identified the Hmong as Miao. The meaning of it is debatable and no one is sure of its ...
20 hours ago · The island covers about 10 km 2 (3.9 sq mi) at high tide and about 16 km 2 (6.2 sq mi) at low tide. Gharapuri is a small village on the south side of the island. [ 7 ] The Elephanta Caves is connected by ferry services from the Gateway of India , Mumbai between 9AM and 2PM daily, except Monday when the Caves are closed.
20 hours ago · The Holy Roman Empire, [ f ] also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. [ 19 ] It developed in the Early Middle Ages and lasted for almost a thousand years until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
20 hours ago · The Manchus (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ, Möllendorff: manju; Chinese: 滿族; pinyin: Mǎnzú; Wade–Giles: Man 3-tsu 2) [a] are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name.
20 hours ago · The State of India (Portuguese: Estado da Índia [ɨʃˈtaðu ðɐ ˈĩdiɐ]), also known as the Portuguese State of India (Portuguese: Estado Português da India, EPI) or Portuguese India (Portuguese: Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal.
