Longinus. The Roman soldier who speared Jesus.
Longinus is the name given in later Christian tradition to the Roman soldier said to have pierced the side of Jesus during the crucifixion with a spear, as described i...
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Longinus is the name given in later Christian tradition to the Roman soldier said to have pierced the side of Jesus during the crucifixion with a spear, as described i...
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The Red Eyebrows rebellion began as a peasant uprising against the ruling Wang Mang regime. Originating in the Henan region, discontent over heavy taxation and natural...
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1958–1961 — Egypt and Syria unite as the United Arab Republic under Nasser. The union represents the high point of pan-Arab political enthusiasm. Syrian dissatisfactio...
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c. 150 CE — The geographer Claudius Ptolemy records a people called Albanoi and a settlement named Albanopolis in the western Balkans. The similarity to later Albanian...
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c. 500 BCE–1100 CE — Investigate geography, language, population continuity and ancient names while recognizing the severe lack of surviving Illyrian texts.
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c. 1353–1336 BCE — Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten and promotes extraordinary devotion to the solar deity Aten. He establishes a new royal capital at Akheta...
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c. 2600–2500 BCE — Archaeology points toward organized Egyptian labor forces rather than armies of foreign slaves. Workers lived in settlements near Giza, received foo...
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During the 1970s and 1980s, the Davos meeting expanded beyond its original European management focus toward international political, economic and geopolitical question...
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In 1987, the European Management Forum changed its name to the World Economic Forum as its activities and membership became increasingly international and its agenda e...
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30 April 1945 — Adolf Hitler kills himself inside the Führerbunker as Soviet troops fight through central Berlin. Germany's military position is hopeless and the capit...
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17 June 2018 — Greece and its northern neighbor agree to resolve the long-running name dispute through the name North Macedonia.
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