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19 hours ago · Latin ( lingua Latina, Latin: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna], or Latinum, Latin: [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Considered a dead language, Latin was originally spoken in Latium (now known as Lazio ), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. [1] Through the expansion of the ...
19 hours ago · Video the Olivetti Valentine typewriter in use. An Elliott-Fisher book typewriter on display at the Historic Archive and Museum of Mining in Pachuca , Mexico Although many modern typewriters have one of several similar designs, their invention was incremental, developed by numerous inventors working independently or in competition with each other over a series of decades.
19 hours ago · from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 29 May 2011. [1] George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the songwriter, Syd Barrett, in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and ...
19 hours ago · Your first task is to find out how many people live in your city. Then, you're asked to find out how large of an area your city covers. If you combine these two measurements together, what information would you now have?
19 hours ago · Between 1.5 and 2.5 billion people live in areas with regular water security issues. If global warming reaches 4 °C (7.2 °F), water insecurity would affect about twice as many people. Water resources are likely to decrease in most dry subtropical regions and mid-latitudes. But they will increase in high latitudes.
19 hours ago · Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Alma lives in a predominantly Latino working-class neighborhood in Chicago, and she and many other residents are angry that there are plans to build a highly polluting municipal trash incinerator near their homes. Alma and her neighbors protest against the plan, arguing they deserve to have a clean and healthy environment just as ...
19 hours ago · The recorded history of Haiti began in 1492, when the European captain and explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people, who ...
