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Kuno Francke (27 September 1855 – 1930), was a U.S. (German-born) educator and historian. Most of his career was spent at Harvard University where he eventually became a professor of history and German culture and curator of the Germanic Museum.
From the full moon fell Nokomis – from The Story of Hiawatha, 1910 [5]. Myths from this region feature female deities, such as the creator, Big Turtle; [6] [7] and First Mother, from whose body grew the first corn and tobacco. [8]
The culture of the United States encompasses various social behaviors, institutions, and norms, including forms of speech, literature, music, visual arts, performing ...
Map of early human migrations based on the Out of Africa theory; figures are in thousands of years ago (kya). [1]The peopling of the Americas began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers (Paleo-Indians) entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between northeastern Siberia and western Alaska due to the lowering of sea level during the ...
Tikal (/ t i ˈ k ɑː l /; Tik'al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, [1] found in a rainforest in Guatemala. [2]
Anglo-America most often refers to a region in the Americas in which English is the main language and British culture and the British Empire have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact. [2]
The 787 epigraph was in Yang Tikuh while the 774 epigraph was Po-nagar. [64] [65] In Kauthara province in 774, Champa's Siva-linga temple of Po Nagar was assaulted and demolished. [66] Champa source mentioned their invader as foreigners, sea-farers, eaters of inferior food, of frightful appearance, extraordinarily black and thin. [67]
The Coat of Arms of Paraguay. The culture of Paraguay reflects the Spanish and indigenous influences of the country.Paraguay's cultural heritage can be traced to the extensive intermarriage between the original male Spanish settlers and indigenous Guaraní women.