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Gnosticism in modern times (or Neo-Gnosticism) includes a variety of contemporary religious movements, stemming from Gnostic ideas and systems from ancient Roman society. . Gnosticism is an ancient name for a variety of religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish-Christian milieux in the first and second centur
A 2006 The Wall Street Journal story found that 12 of the 20 most inventive towns in America were in California, and 10 of those were in Silicon Valley. [69] San Jose led the list with 3,867 utility patents filed in 2005, and number two was Sunnyvale, at 1,881 utility patents. [ 70 ]
Miami, [b] officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the United States. [9]
The earliest Chinatowns in the United States were founded on the West Coast during the 19th century, spurred on by the California Gold Rush.The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 opened up new opportunities for Chinese people in the Southern United States.
Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada. When the cession never occurred, the California State Legislature officially abolished the never-organized county in 1859. [4]
North Carolina's 12th congressional district between 2003 and 2016 was an example of packing. The district has predominantly African-American residents who vote for Democrats. [114] California's 23rd congressional district was an example of packing confined to a narrow strip of coast drawn from three large counties. The district shown was ...
Phoenix (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / ⓘ FEE-niks [8] [9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024.It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
American Canyon (previously known as Napa Junction [6]) is a city located in southern Napa County, California, United States, 35 miles (55 km) northeast of San Francisco, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2020 census reported the city's population as 21,837. [7] Its ZIP Code is 94503, and its area code is 707.