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Mongol Empire. Kievan Rus', [ a ][ b ] also known as Kyivan Rus', [ 6 ][ 7 ] was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities [ 8 ] in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [ 9 ][ 10 ] Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, [ 11 ][ 12 ] and Finnic, it was ruled by ...
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host.Born in Dallas and raised there and in Miami, he was the first solo white rapper to achieve commercial success following the 1990 release of his best-known hit "Ice Ice Baby".
Photduang (lit. curled worm), the silver bullet money of Siam with the Chakra Seal of the kingdom imprinted on one side and the regal seal of the reign imprinted on the other side. Rattanakosin Kingdom used the silver bullet money known as Photduang (พดด้วง) as currency until it was officially replaced with flat coins in 1904. [112]
Julianne Alexandra Hough (/ hʌf /; born July 20, 1988) [ 1 ] is an American dancer, actress and television personality. In 2007, she joined the cast of ABC 's Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer, winning two seasons with her celebrity partners. [ 2 ] After leaving the show in 2009, she returned in 2014 to serve as a judge on ...
Canaan (/ ˈ k eɪ n ən /; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – KNʿN; [1] Hebrew: כְּנַעַן – Kənáʿan, in pausa כְּנָעַן – Kənāʿan; Biblical Greek: Χανααν – Khanaan; [2] Arabic: كَنْعَانُ – Kan‘ān) was a Semitic-speaking civilization and region of the Southern Levant in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC.
The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, [ 4 ] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [ 5 ] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [ 4 ] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [ 6 ]
The apostrophe (' or ’) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for three basic purposes: The marking of the omission of one or more letters, e.g. the contraction of "do not" to "don't".
e. Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. [ 1 ] It is also the contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment either by chemical, physical, or biological ...