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2 days ago · The Ṭayy was a nomadic tribe that lived on the borderlands of the western Sasanian Empire. 26 According to Michael Macdonald, fourth-century Syriac texts adopt “the term Ṭayyāyē as a shorthand for the ‘tent-dwelling’ Arabs.” 27 Syriac Christian authors as well as the Babylonian rabbis use the term ṭayyaʿey as a generic label for nomadic Arabs who dwell in temporary and easily ...
5 days ago · Cybele Mayes-Osterman. The lines to get to the top of the Empire State Building rank among New York’s legendary nightmares. But now, following a two-year project, guests will walk through a...
3 days ago · Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on independence movements in the colonies and the collapse of global colonial empires. [ 2 ][ 3 ] As a movement to establish independence for colonized territories from their respective metropoles, decolonization began in 1775 in North America.
5 days ago · As new buildings went up and Mayor Giuliani trumpeted crackdowns on petty crime, people came to associate the 90s as the decade that transformed Times Square and made it one of the biggest...
1 day ago · The September Uprising (Bulgarian: Септемврийско въстание, Septemvriysko vastanie) was an armed insurgency staged in September 1923 by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) under Comintern pressure and attempted to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government of Bulgaria that had come to power with the coup d'état of 9 June.
1 day ago · Postwar New York experienced an era in which alarming structural problems in urban society became ever more apparent. New York port lost its dominance, manufacturing began its long decline, massive city debt made it increasingly difficult to fund expensive services, and levels of municipal bureaucracy proliferated.
5 days ago · In 1898 Greater New York was formed when Manhattan was joined with the newly created boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond, and the Bronx. Manhattan is considered one of the world’s foremost commercial, financial, and cultural centres. It is renowned for its many points of interest.
