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Christians, who still constituted a majority of the caliphate's population, and Jews were allowed to practice their own religion but had to pay the jizya from which Muslims were exempt. [8] Muslims were required to pay the zakat , which was earmarked or hypothecated explicitly for various alms programmes [ 8 ] [ 9 ] for the benefit of Muslims ...
Stone tools from 325,000 years ago have been found in Armenia which indicate the presence of early humans at this time. [16]In the 1960s, excavations in the Yerevan 1 Cave uncovered evidence of ancient human habitation, including the remains of a 48,000-year-old heart, and a human cranial fragment and tooth of a similar age.
The western provinces soon were to be dominated by three great powers: first, the Franks (Merovingian dynasty) in Francia 481–843 AD, which covered much of present France and Germany; second, the Visigothic kingdom 418–711 AD in the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain); and third, the Ostrogothic kingdom 493–553 AD in Italy and parts of the ...
685–695, 705–711), an allegation denied by the Synaxarion of Constantinople, he was himself exiled to Rome on the return of Justinian to power in 705. [68]: 58–59 The emperor had Callinicus immured. [68]: 58–59 He is said to have survived forty days when the wall was opened to check his condition, though he died four days later.
Surabaya (English: / ˌ s ʊ r ə ˈ b aɪ ə / SOOR-uh-BY-uh; Indonesian: ⓘ; Javanese: [surɔˈbɔjɔ]) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta.
Kunming [a] is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. [4] The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government.
Sheikh Mujib (wearing a garland), with his father Sheikh Lutfar Rahman and other Bengali leaders, after being released from Dhaka Central jail on 26 June 1949 Mujib (centre) with Awami League leaders, 1952 Maulana Bhasani and Sheikh Mujib marching barefoot to pay tribute at Shaheed Minar on 21st February 1954.