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On the Origin of the World is a Gnostic work dealing with creation and the end time. It was found among the texts in the Nag Hammadi library, in Codex II and Codex XIII, immediately following the Reality of the Rulers. There are many parallels between the two texts. [1]
Human history or world history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers . They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had spread across Earth's continental land except Antarctica by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.
The Name of the World is an examination of grief and its broader human implications. As narrative, grief is limited to the protagonist Michael Reed, but Johnson's handling of the theme has universal resonance. [13] Literary critic Clay Smith writes: The Name of the World is grief told anew, as if we hadn't really known anything about it before ...
The name "Republic of China" is not listed as Taiwan's official name under the "Government" section, [36] due to U.S. acknowledgement of Beijing's One-China policy according to which there is one China and Taiwan is a part of it. [37] The name "Republic of China" was briefly added on January 27, 2005, [38] but has since been changed back to ...
The Portable Document Format (PDF) was created by Adobe Systems, introduced at the Windows and OS/2 Conference in January 1993 and remained a proprietary format until it was released as an open standard in 2008.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1987, besides a tea kettle, TIPA, Dharamsala, India. In 1894, when it claimed more than a half-million "habitual users," The World Almanac changed its name to The World Almanac and Encyclopedia. This was the title it kept until 1923, when it became The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the name it bears today.
The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. [1] World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. [1] Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still provides a print edition. [2]