Homo habilis inhabited parts of sub-Saharan Africa from roughly 2.4 to 1.5 million years ago (mya). Homo habilis (“handy man”) is a species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3–1.65 million years ago (mya). At 2.3 million years in age it is the…
However, the river soon became too shallow to navigate, and he was forced to turn back. Along the way, he met the Mohican IndiansMohican IndiansNotable members Etow Oh Koam, Mohican sachem and one of the Four Indian Kings, who, with three Mohawk leaders, made a state visit to Queen Anne…
On 22 October, Henry VIII, while at The More in Hertfordshire was astonished to learn there was a rumor circulating that he had impregnated Lady Anne of Cleves while he had visited her in Richmond in August. Henry was relieved to discover after investigation that Anne had been confined to…
MatchlockMatchlockThe earliest form of matchlock in Europe appeared by 1411 and in the Ottoman Empire by 1425. This early arquebus was a hand cannon with a serpentine lever to hold matches.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MatchlockMatchlock – Wikipedia breech-loading gunbreech-loading gunA breechloader is a firearm in which the user loads the…
Fortunately, surgical procedures allowed her to regain her sight, but Helen’s blindness was permanent. She needed someone to help her through life, someone to teach her that blindness wasn’t the end of the road. Did Helen Keller get her sight and hearing? Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, She lost her sight…
Mark Twain, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and others were friends of Keller and supported her endeavours. Helen Keller , in full Helen Adams Keller, (born June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.—died June 1, 1968, Westport, Connecticut), American author and educator who was blind and deaf. Her education…
In 1918, teachers in the United States adopted braille as the official writing system for people who are blind, thanks in great part to Helen Keller. She was a very eloquent and influential proponent for this writing system. Helen Keller learned braille when she was 7 years old, in 1887.…
When Paris was slain, Helen married his brother Deiphobus, whom she betrayed to MenelausMenelausMenelaus, in Greek mythology, king of Sparta and younger son of Atreus, king of Mycenae; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War. During the war Menelaus served under his elder brother Agamemnon, the…
“So Helga survived her fall, became an early 20th-century cyborg and started her own team of mercenaries,” Wise explained. Sadly, we’ll probably never get to see this sequel as Wise, Trousdale, and company originally envisioned it, but perhaps there’s hope to tell a version of this story someday. Lieutenant Helga…
He was particularly attached to his cats Minouche and Coussi, as well as his black cat named la Puce (the Flea). He even fed them pieces of brioche in the mornings. Though not necessarily the subject of his works, Matisse was inspired by the constant companionship of his pets. Matisse…