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The Primeiro Comando da Capital ("Capital's First Command", Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmejɾu koˈmɐ̃du da kapiˈtaw], PCC) is a Brazilian organized crime syndicate. According to a 2023 The Economist report, the PCC is Latin America 's biggest drug gang, with a membership of 40,000 lifetime members plus 60,000 "contractors". [ 6 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Expansion of the Islamic state (622–750) For later military territorial expansion of Islamic states, see Spread of Islam. Early Muslim conquests Expansion under Muhammad, 622–632 Expansion under the Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661 Expansion under the Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750 Date ...
Map of Rome, the imperial capital at the height of its territorial expansion. Caput Mundi is a Latin phrase which literally means "Head of the world" whereas Roma Caput Mundi means "Rome capital of the world" and is one of the many nicknames given to the city of Rome throughout its history.
The first forms of human social organization were families living in band societies as hunter-gatherers. [2] After the invention of agriculture around the same time (7,000-8,000 BCE) across various parts of the world, human societies started transitioning to tribal forms of organization. [3]
Since the first inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953, that participation has been formalized into a committee, originally called the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee. [citation needed] AFIC was a temporary joint military command established every four years at the direction of the Secretary of Defense.
The first war between the Ottomans and Byzantines. 1326: Orhan Gazi's accession to the throne. 1326: Siege of Bursa. The Ottomans conquered Bursa. After the conquest the city was the capital. 1329: June 10–11: Battle of Pelekanon. The Ottomans completed their conquest of Bithynia and the north-western corner of Anatolia. 1328-31: March 2 ...
The Ottoman Empire was one of the Central Powers of World War I, allied with the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria.It entered the war on 29 October 1914 with a small surprise attack on the Black Sea coast of Russia, which prompted Russia to declare war on 2 November 1914.
The first important battle between the Mongol Empire and the Jin dynasty was the Battle of Yehuling at a mountain pass in Zhangjiakou which took place in 1211. There, Wanyan Jiujin, the Jin field commander, made a tactical mistake in not attacking the Mongols at the first opportunity.