WebApollo 7 (October 11 – 22, 1968) was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with command module pilot Donn F. Eisele and …

WebThis list of ancient peoples living in Italy summarises groupings existing before and during the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy.Many of the names are either scholarly inventions or exonyms assigned by the ancient writers of works in ancient Greek and Latin.In regard to the specific names of particular ancient Italian tribes and peoples, the …

WebElba (Italian: isola d'Elba, pronounced [ˈiːzola ˈdelba]; Latin: Ilva) is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the coastal town of Piombino on the Italian mainland, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago.It is also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park, and the third largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia.

WebThe Roman expansion in Italy covers a series of conflicts in which Rome grew from being a small Italian city-state to be the ruler of the Italian peninsula.Roman tradition attributes to the Roman kings the first war against the Sabines and the first conquests around the Alban Hills and down to the coast of Latium.The birth of the Roman Republic after the overthrow …

WebThe narrow strip of land is bordered by the sea, the Alps and the Apennine Mountains.Some mountains rise above 2,000 m (6,600 ft); the watershed line runs at an average altitude of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft). The highest point of the region is the summit of Monte Saccarello (2,201 m, 7,221 ft).. Liguria is the third smallest Italian region after …

WebThe Italian peninsula was divided into a multitude of tribal or ethnic territory prior to the Roman conquest of Italy in the 3rd century BC. After a series of wars between Greeks and Etruscans, the Latins, with Rome as their capital, gained the ascendancy by 272 BC, and completed the conquest of the Italian peninsula by 218 BC.. This period of unification …

WebSerbia in the Middle Ages refers to the medieval period in the history of Serbia.The period begins in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, and lasts until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half of the 15th century. The period is also extended to 1537, when Pavle Bakić, the last titular Despot of Serbia in Hungarian …

WebEtymology. The name Foehn (German: Föhn, pronounced ) arose in the Alpine region. Originating from Latin (ventus) favonius, a mild west wind of which Favonius was the Roman personification and probably transmitted by Romansh: favuogn or just fuogn, the term was adopted as Old High German: phōnno.In the Southern Alps, the phenomenon is known …

WebThis is a list of terrestrial ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions.. The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth's land surface into 8 biogeographic realms, containing 867 smaller ecoregions.Each ecoregion is classified into one of 14 major habitat types, or biomes.. In …

WebHærvejen, an ancient trail on the Jutland Peninsula. Øhavsstien 220 km (140 mi) around the archipelago of southern Denmark Fünen. Gendarmstien, 74 km (46 mi) following the border between Germany and Denmark. Bornholm Rundt. A walk around of the island of Bornholm (120 km (75 mi)). Camønoen A walk on the island of Møn (175 km (109 mi)).

WebKing of Italy (Italian: Re d'Italia; Latin: Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.The first to take the title was Odoacer, a barbarian military leader, in the late 5th century, followed by the Ostrogothic kings up to the mid-6th century. With the Frankish conquest of Italy in the 8th century, the …

WebSparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. While the phrase commonly refers to champagne, European Union countries legally reserve that term for products exclusively produced in the Champagne region of France. Sparkling wine is usually either white or rosé, but there are examples of red sparkling wines such as the …

WebThe 87th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. The regiment's 1st and 2nd Battalions are light infantry units assigned to the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams respectively of the 10th Mountain Division located at Fort Drum, New York.The 3d Battalion was active in the U.S. Army Reserve in Colorado. The 4th Battalion was a …

WebRicotta (pronounced in Italian) is an Italian whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk whey left over from the production of other cheeses.Like other whey cheeses, it is made by coagulating the proteins that remain after the casein has been used to make cheese, notably albumin and globulin.. Ricotta (literally meaning "recooked", …