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Hace 17 horas · Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] ⓘ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language; though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he came to be regarded a master prose stylist who brought a ...
Hace 17 horas · The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788. Since 1789, the Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times; particularly important amendments include the ten amendments of the United ...
Hace 17 horas · 2024 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films, and notable deaths.Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) celebrated their 100th anniversaries, Miramax will celebrate its 45th anniversary, 20th Century Animation and DreamWorks Pictures will celebrate their 40th anniversary, DreamWorks Animation and ...
Hace 17 horas · Early life and first reign Accession of Mehmed II in Edirne, 1451. Mehmed II was born on 30 March 1432, in Edirne,then the capital city of the Ottoman state.His father was Sultan Murad II (1404–1451) and his mother Hüma Hatun, a slave of uncertain origin.. When Mehmed II was eleven years old he was sent to Amasya with his two lalas (advisors) to govern and thus gain experience, per the ...
Hace 17 horas · Ohio (/ oʊ ˈ h aɪ. oʊ / ⓘ oh-HY-oh) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.Ohio borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area.With a population of nearly 11.8 million, Ohio is the seventh-most ...
Hace 17 horas · French (français, French:, or langue française, French: [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages.French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically ...
Hace 17 horas · The India men's national cricket team represents India in men's international cricket.It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.. The team played its first international match on 25 June 1932 in a Test against England at Lord ...
