Kategoriarkiv: world history

Elam Ilam Khuzestan Iran Iraq civilization

Elam was a region in the Near Eastcorresponding to the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan in southern Iran (though it also included part of modern-day southern Iraq) whose civilization spanned thousands of years from c. 3200 – c. 539 BCE.

Palestine – World History Encyclopedia

Palestine in the ancient world was part of the region known as Canaan where the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were located. The term `Palestine’ was originally… — Läs på http://www.worldhistory.org/palestine/

Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021

Facts Born: 1948, Zanzibar  Prize motivation: ”for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”

The Ottoman Empire – The Ottoman Empire | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

Few Kiwis today know much about one of our main First World War enemies, the Ottoman Empire – a sophisticated but often forgotten empire whose soldiers fought against New Zealand troops for four years in the Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine campaigns. — Läs på nzhistory.govt.nz/war/ottoman-empire

The nurse who treated the Führer | Radio Prague International

During the wartime occupation, German-language broadcasts from Prague were absorbed into the radio network of Nazi Germany, the so-called “Reichssender”. A number of… — Läs på english.radio.cz/nurse-who-treated-fuhrer-8562076