In 1839 was Texas still apart of Mexico

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Mexican Texas is the name given by Texas historians to the brief period between 1821 and 1835 when Texas was part of Mexico, as part of the State of Coahuila and Texas

Yes it was

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in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion

islam spread slowly through much of africa through trade and preaching.