Littlerock-area historical earthquake activity is near California state average. It is 736% greater than the overall U.S. average. On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 66.1 miles away from the city center, causing $50,000,000 total damage.
Byzantine Religion and Influence. The official language of Byzantium at the time of its founding was Latin, the language of Rome; however its locals spoke Greek. The Code of Justinian was written in Latin. However, over time, Greek replaced Latin as the language of the government.
A Jewish dialect of Greek (ÏÏÎ¼Î±Î½Î¹ÏÏÎ¹ÎºÎ· Î´Î¹Î¬Î»ÎµÎºÏÎ¿Ï) spoken by the Romaniotes, Yevanic is almost completely extinct today. There are a total of roughly 50 speakers, around 35 of whom now reside in Israel. The language may still be used by some elderly Romaniotes in Ioannina.ontic Greek (ÏÎ¿Î½ÏÎ¹Î±ÎºÎ® Î´Î¹Î¬Î»ÎµÎºÏÎ¿Ï) is a Hellenic language originally spoken in Pontus and by Caucasus Greeks in the South Caucasus region, although now mostly spoken in Greece by some 500,000 people. The linguistic lineage of Pontic Greek stems from Ionic Greek via Koine and Byzantine Greek.