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A divan (Turkish divan, Hindi deevaan originally from Kurdish [1] devan) is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or, in some regions, a box-spring-based bed. Primarily, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire ), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor, or a raised structure or ...
A confederate from South Carolina, James McFadden Gaston, traveled extensively in central Brazil. Upon return to the US, Gaston published a book titled Hunting a Home in Brazil in 1867. The book was a guide for would-be colonizers and stated in the introduction, "All the requisites of a desirable home have been found in Brazil." [7]
Gondwanax was found in the "Linha Várzea 2" site of the Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone (AZ) of the Santa Maria Formation. The gracilisuchid Parvosuchus was also found in this site. [ 5 ] The roughly coeval "Picada do Gama" site has yielded a closely related "silesaurid", Gamatavus .
In 2015, only two thirds of protected areas corresponded to remaining native vegetation in the Cerrado, with the other one third representing deforested areas within different conservation units. [52] Despite this, protected areas have been found to be effective in representing both ecosystem services and biodiversity of the Cerrado. [54]
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The former Duarte Coelho Castle, erected starting in 1536 in Olinda, was the first fortress in Brazil. [1]Architectural activity in colonial Brazil began in the 1530s, when colonization gains momentum with the creation of the Captaincies of Brazil (1534) and the foundation of the first villages, such as Igarassu and Olinda, founded by Duarte Coelho around 1535, and São Vicente founded by ...
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ undefeated run is alive and well. Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers flew ahead in the fourth quarter on Monday night at the United Center to beat the Chicago Bulls 119 ...
Three intact urns were found in a triangular formation at the bottom of one pit and more intact urns, as well as a few lids were found in the second. Remnants of cremated human remains have been found with these shards and in the urns, suggesting that these pits were either burial sites or that select human remains were buried here because they ...