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history of life on Earth. From a few thousand individuals some 200,000 years ago, we passed 1 billion around 1800 and 6 billion in 1999. Our levels of consumption and the scope of our technologies have grown in parallel with, and in some ways outpaced,…

This is a clever rhyme that people use to remember when Columbus set off and discovered the New World. But what if he didn’t get permission from Queen Isabella to go off into the unknown to do this? It might have been another hundred years before…

all of human history. He was simply what he believed in, with no flair, pomp, or circumstance. In both the physical and mental sense he was exactly who he was proclaiming to be, and nothing else. Socrates was simple in that there were no layers to…

are publicans working on numerous news articles. In a hotel room, Charles Landenberg sleeps delightfully. While in his room trying to fall asleep he thinks about his trip to Paris and he also reminisces about the times of how he used to be an airmail…

everybodys minds for lifetime. On that sorrowful day four passenger airplanes were highjacked and ultimately crashed. Two of the airplanes crashed into each of the Twin Towers located in New York City. After the buildings burned for around 20 minutes…

London, 1940 The London Blitz, 1940 Attack At Pearl Harbor Attack At Pearl Harbor - the Japanese View The Battle of Midway 1942 Attack on an Arctic Convoy, 1942 A GI's trip to London, 1944 The Nazi Occupation Of Poland "Loose Lips Sink Ships" Sh…

in America. Plunkitt of Tamany Hall, by William Riordan explains the scandals of political parties of New York which occurred a century ago. George Washington Plunkitt was the leader of Tamany Hall during that time, and in his book…

killed and had their lives torn apart. In a small town in Massachusetts a dark spell seem to swallow a town. Shadow figures ran to a small house. The town friar opens the door and a group of young girls enter. The girls look frightened and anxious.…

Greece was divided into city states that were all independent. Two major city states of this time were Sparta and Athens who had lots of differences between them. Sparta was rich agriculturally and was a militaristic state so they could control the…

control over its colonies. This power has both distinct advantages and disadvantages. The land that rules the colonies can become much wealthier and more powerful a great deal more quickly. However, the colonies can feel like they are being taken…