• From the 16th to 19th century, the people of this region were ravaged by slave traders. (infoplease.com)
  • Rapidly overtaken by Britain and Holland, the loss of Brazil saw the beginning of the break up of its empire, and throughout the 19th century it was racked by financial bankruptcy. (marxist.com)
  • In the 19th century, a few African priests were ordained but this small collection of priests belonged to missionary groups. (dacb.org)
  • 6.a) Why did Christian missionaries come to East Africa during the 19th Century? (revisenow.net)
  • b) How was the empire organised before the 19th Century? (revisenow.net)
  • The 19th century saw the emergence of new trends of esoteric thought now known as occultism . (wikipedia.org)
  • Towards the end of the 18th century, big weekly fares for cattle trade took place in Botosani. (jewishgen.org)
  • Electricity-powered washing machines came into the market at the beginning of the 18th century. (worldatlas.com)
  • She was born as Alice Virginia Orndorff in El Paso, Texas, in 1910, a daughter of American pioneers, descending from German immigrants in the 18th century and from English immigrants a century earlier. (parabaas.com)
  • The primary purpose of 18th-century stays was to raise and shape the breasts, tighten the midriff, support the back and improve posture. (glamorouscorset.com)
  • The 17th century saw the development of initiatory societies professing esoteric knowledge such as Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry , while the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century led to the development of new forms of esoteric thought. (wikipedia.org)
  • The idea that these varying movements could be categorised together under the rubric of "Western esotericism" developed in the late 18th century, but these esoteric currents were largely ignored as a subject of academic enquiry. (wikipedia.org)
  • The novel series Den lange rejse ("The Long Journey", 1908-22), spanning the early history of humanity in six volumes with a focus on evolutionary theory, is regarded as Jensens greatest achievement. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lumu and Womeraka underwent two years of probation from 1908 to 1910 at Nandere and Villa Maria. (dacb.org)
  • South Asian arts: Bengali: …and early 20th centuries is Saratchandra Chatterjee, whose social concerns with the family and other homely issues made his work popular. (britannica.com)
  • The initial and misleading paradigm of the 19th and 20th centuries that rickets may have been the consequence of infection has been, indeed, reversed following the identification of the Vitamin D molecule's important role in the function of the immune system. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • Abou-El-Haj, Rifaat, "An Agenda for Research in History: The History of Libya Between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," International Journal of Middle East Studies , vol. 15, no. 3 (August 1983), 305-19. (erenow.org)
  • By the middle of the sixteenth century, corsets have become very common among European and British women. (glamorouscorset.com)
  • It seems that for my Western Christian friends, if missionaries did not justify by their field labors the guilt the West carries about the mischief of the white race in the rest of the world, then other missionaries would have to be invented to justify that guilt. (ejesus.com.br)
  • I believe that the liberal claim to, openmindedness about missions would be strengthened by a closer examination of what actually happened-and may still be happening-in the encounter between Western missionaries and non-Christian peoples. (ejesus.com.br)
  • a) What problems did christian missionaries encouter in Central Africa? (revisenow.net)
  • 22. What was the contribution of following missionaries to the history of South Africa? (revisenow.net)
  • The Romanian historians, who studied the town's history, A. Gorovei and Tiberiu Crudu, pointed out that in the 17th century there was a flourishing Jewish settlement in Botosani. (jewishgen.org)
  • The 17th Century corset shared many similarities from the previous century. (glamorouscorset.com)
  • b) Why did the Portuguese lose control over the coastal towns in the 17th Century? (revisenow.net)
  • The idea of grouping a wide range of Western traditions and philosophies together under the term esotericism developed in Europe during the late 17th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • More than 30,000 books, as well as a large number of serials and approximately 1,000 linear feet of manuscripts mainly relating to 20th century non-traditional religions and splinter groups of larger religious bodies in North America. (ucsb.edu)
  • [7] A Tamil inscription has been found in Barus which is dated to 1088, while contact with Chinese and Tamil traders took place at Kota Cina , a trading town located in what is now northern Medan that was established in the 11th century, and comprising 10,000 people by the 12th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the 12th century, the name Chizbuhel is mentioned for the first time in a document belonging to the Chiemsee monastery (where it refers to a "Marquard von Chizbuhel"), whereby Chizzo relates to a Bavarian clan and Bühel refers to the location of a settlement upon a hill. (wikipedia.org)
  • Formerly an important center of trade with Poland and from the 15th century and on a center of trade with grain and cattle in Moldova and also of trade with Bessarabia. (jewishgen.org)
  • The Suma Oriental , of the 15th century, also refers to the kingdom of Bata, bounded by Pasai and the Aru kingdom . (wikipedia.org)
  • Describe the political, social and economic organisation of the Hausa States during the 15th Century. (revisenow.net)
  • Marjua Mallo transatlántica: Mujeres artistas en las vanguardias del continente Americano" in Antonio Gómez Conde, Guillermo de Osma and Juan Pérez de Ayala (eds. (nyu.edu)
  • El arte brasileño en el extranjero: exposiciones y adquisiciones desde 1940 hasta hoy" in exhibition catalogue (eds. (nyu.edu)
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of etchings of the seventeenth century / with an introduction and biograp. (brooklynmuseum.org)
  • The Goncharova-Larionov exhibition / introduction and catalogue by Christian Brinton. (brooklynmuseum.org)
  • The pioneering days of the Portuguese slave traders of the 15th and 16th centuries we read about at school were doomed by Portugal's narrow home economic base. (marxist.com)
  • But many of the city's embassies and diplomatic headquarters remain living histories of a bygone building era - housed in grand structures that have been preserved to maintain their character and significance, albeit sometimes far removed from their original owners. (washdiplomat.com)
  • And although many more foreign missions moved to the better-known "Embassy Row" along Massachusetts Avenue, 16th Street remains home to a notable collection of some of the city's largest embassies. (washdiplomat.com)
  • He continually used elements from the city's history in his works, and mentioned many notable Alexandrian figures, such as Cleopatra, the last pharaoh queen of Egypt, and Hypatia, the famous Alexandrian philosopher and mathematician, both of whom met tragic ends. (connollycove.com)
  • Bengali language: History: The Bengali linguists Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Sukumar Sen suggested that Bengali had its origin in the 10th century ce, deriving from Magahi Prakrit (a spoken language) through Magahi Apabhramsha (its written counterpart). (britannica.com)
  • The missionary journeys of Bishop adalbert of prague and Bruno of Querfurt at the turn of the 10th century ended with martyrdom for both in Prussia. (encyclopedia.com)
  • [2] Renaissance Europe saw increasing interest in many of these older ideas, with various intellectuals combining pagan philosophies with the Kabbalah and Christian philosophy, resulting in the emergence of esoteric movements like Christian Kabbalah and Christian theosophy . (wikipedia.org)
  • The Batak may be mentioned in Zhao Rugua 's 13th-century Description of the Barbarous Peoples , which refers to a 'Ba-ta' dependency of Srivijaya . (wikipedia.org)
  • These ideas and currents are united since they are largely distinct both from orthodox Judeo-Christian religion and Enlightenment rationalism . (wikipedia.org)
  • At its height during the 15th and 17th centuries the Brunei Empire extended to the entire island of Borneo and north into the Philippines. (factsanddetails.com)
  • a) Describe the political organisation of the Mwene-Mutapa empire during the 16th Century. (revisenow.net)
  • Caesar (born Octavian) was one the most influential leaders in world history, setting the tone for the Roman Empire and left a profound legacy on Western civilisation. (biographyonline.net)
  • What Adunai replied to one of these Christians reminds me of something that caught my attention from the first time I read Nietzsche, more than forty years ago. (westsdarkesthour.com)
  • To preserve its historic character, few structural changes have been made to the 100-year-old building on 16th Street that houses the Embassy of Poland since the Polish government purchased it in 1919. (washdiplomat.com)
  • He also denied the Christian resident's request not to allow Jews to draw water from the well, arguing that the Jews were until now equal to all the other residents. (jewishgen.org)
  • Aylmer, G. E., "Place Bills and the Separation of Powers: Some Seventeenth-Century Origins of the 'Non-political' Civil Service," Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , 5th Series, vol. 15 (1965), 45-69. (erenow.org)
  • They composed Christian literature in verses in Marathi for the local converts and wrote prose in Konknni. (wikimedia.org)
  • I have found Western Christians to be very embarrassed about meeting converts from Asia or Africa, but when I have repeated for them my personal obstacles in joining the church, making it clear that I was in no way pressured into doing so, they have seemed gratefully unburdened of a sense of guilt. (ejesus.com.br)
  • There had been a handful of African Catholic priests in the Christian Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century but this priesthood soon died out. (dacb.org)
  • Built during the Christian reconquest of the territory, the church of São Pedro was rebuilt in the 16th century. (touristrips.com)
  • Important figures in the history of Portugal were born or lived in Porto, such as Infante D Henrique, the main person responsible for the Portuguese Discoveries, or figures of world importance such as the writer JK Rowling. (xrei.com)
  • He found his own voice as a writer with Himmerlandshistorier ("Himmerland Stories", 1898-1910), comprising a series of tales set in the part of Denmark where he was born. (wikipedia.org)
  • Materials relating to the history of science and technology may be found in several areas of Special Collections and in a number of formats, including books, manuscripts, maps, oral histories, and photographs. (ucsb.edu)
  • Links, Calumet LU and Green, Erik LU ( 2023 ) In Lund Papers in Economic History. (lu.se)
  • Prominent groups in this century included the Theosophical Society and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn . (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1767, German scientist Jacob Christian Schaffer invented the washing machine. (worldatlas.com)
  • Despite the 1755 earthquake that required a new reconstruction, many of the original details were maintained, and since 1910 it has been classified as a national monument. (touristrips.com)
  • Homer (8th Century BC) Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey . (biographyonline.net)
  • Attempts to Christianize Lithuania during the 13th and 14th centuries were unsuccessful, in part because of the eagerness of the Teutonic Knights for territorial conquest. (encyclopedia.com)
  • An outline of his unusual history was published in the Ogdensburg Republican-Journal , reviving fond memories of the good times had by all whenever Charlie came to town. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • Let's explore the art and rich history of cameos from ancient times until today. (dsfantiquejewelry.com)
  • In 1910, a scared citizen wrote to The New York Times about seance parties in which mediums claimed to commune with the dead. (listverse.com)
  • Ethnic Lithuanians are Baltic Indo-Europeans who entered the region before the Christian era. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In 1263 a pagan faction murdered Mindaugas and assumed control of the region for the next century. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Fifteen original Oriental manuscript leaves of six centuries : twelve of the Middle East, two of Rus. (brooklynmuseum.org)
  • The Knights Templars had adopted gnostic/satanic practices during the centuries they guarded the pilgrims in the Middle East. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
  • This was followed by the acclaimed historical novel The Fall of the King (1900-1901) centred on the Danish 16th century King Christian II. (wikipedia.org)
  • Also known as the Pearl Chase Collection, focusing on Santa Barbara history in the 20th century. (ucsb.edu)
  • The beaux arts-style mansion offered a glittering setting for many social and political functions at the turn of the century. (washdiplomat.com)
  • Based on this evidence, the Batak may have been involved in procuring important commodities for trade with China , perhaps from the 8th or 9th centuries and continuing for the next thousand years, with Batak men carrying the products on their backs for sale at ports. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the Gates of Vienna discussion forum, ten years ago a Swede commented that all Westerners are now either Christians or liberals. (westsdarkesthour.com)
  • The academic study of Western esotericism only emerged in the late 20th century, pioneered by scholars like Frances Yates and Antoine Faivre . (wikipedia.org)
  • A patent for this device was issued on August 9, 1910. (worldatlas.com)