U.S. Bancorp says that regulatory approval of its $8 billion deal for MUFG Union Bank may take longer than previously expected. When the merger was announced in September, the companies said they were expecting to finalize it in the first half of 2022. In January, U.S. Bancorp executives reiterated that…
Toilets were common in Viking cities, where archaeologists can often identify outhouse discoveries by smell alone. But in the country, people typically did their business in the barn with their animals. All manure was valuable as fertilizer, regardless of whether it came from cows or humans. At a routine archaeological…
Question: What role did trade play in the rise and fall of the empires studied here? Answer: Trade was vital for the empires in West Africa and the state of Great Zimbabwe in the south. When trade could be maintained and the taxes collected, the empires thrived. The Atlantic slave…
The 1920s was a decade of profound social changes. The most obvious signs of change were the rise of a consumer-oriented economy and of mass entertainment, which helped to bring about a “revolution in morals and manners.” Sexual mores, gender roles, hair styles, and dress all changed profoundly during the…
It worked. They took York, although the Northumbrian kings Aelle and Osbert were not captured. The Viking army spent the winter on the Tyne and had to recapture York in March 867. This was a more violent clash. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles recorded that there was ‘an excessive slaughter made of…
Tris and Four don’t have sex until Allegiant. Tris and Four have sex. Once Tris and Tobias get to Candor headquarters, they find out that Zeke and Tori are traitors. Later, they show up at headquarters and are revealed not to be traitors but spies. Yes, Christina is a great…
For the most part the oldest and least effective submarines in the American fleet were used for patrols in the Atlantic, and they had a distinct lack of success. In the main, America’s modern fleet submarines were only tem- porarily part of the Atlantic Fleet while undergoing training. United States…
It was a requirement that all male Vikings had completed weapons training so they could defend their villages during attacks. So when they went raiding, it wasn’t just a band of bearded farmers who roamed around; it was well-educated soldiers who knew how to handle themselves. However, we can find…
Troy Aumua Polamalu ( / ˌpoʊləˈmɑːluː /; born Troy Aumua; April 19, 1981) is a former American football strong safety who played his entire twelve-year career for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC) and earned consensus…
U.S. military leaders feared potential Japanese occupation of the islands and created a strategic naval base in the center of the Pacific. This provided enough fuel in Congress to pass annexation legislation, in order to save themselves from the perceived “threat of the Asiatics.” Hawaii was annexed in 1898. They…