The supplicia canum (“punishment of the dogs”) was an annual sacrifice of ancient Roman religion in which live dogs were suspended from a furca (“fork”) or cross (crux) and paraded. Sources mentioning the ritual agree that the “punishment” was inflicted on the dogs for their failure to warn the Romans…
The Mann-Elkins Act was hotly debated in Congress, but passed as amended. The experiment of the Commerce Court, however, proved a failure. In 1912 both houses of Congress voted to abolish the court, which had tried to interfere in the ICC’s investigative powers. Among the significant pieces of legislation passed…
In the early 1870s, Carnegie co-founded his first steel company, near Pittsburgh. Over the next few decades, he created a steel empire, maximizing profits and minimizing inefficiencies through ownership of factories, raw materials and transportation infrastructure involved in steel making. In addition to funding libraries, he paid for thousands of…
But there was limited use of ’native’ (unsmelted) iron ore, from magnetite, iron pyrite and ilmenite (iron-titanium), especially in the Andes (Chavin and Moche cultures) and Mesoamerica, after 900 BCE and until c.500 CE. Various forms of iron ore were mined, drilled and highly polished. Unsourced material may be challenged…
Did most of the states approve of the Constitution? Why? Yes, the states, and most of them, did approve the Constitution b/c they saw it as a document that best secured the beliefs of the early colonists. Explain some of the opposition to ratification of the Constitution. The Constitution was…
The marriage did not go smoothly. By 1905, the couple was in the processes of divorcing. However, Low’s husband suddenly died, and the divorce was never finalized. In 1912, Low met Lord Robert Baden-Powell at a lunch in England. William Mackay Low, Nicknamed “Willy” the son of Andrew Low, a…
199 is a centered triangular number. It is a prime number and the fourth part of a prime quadruplet: 191, 193, 197, 199. Yes, 199 is a prime number. The number 199 is divisible only by 1 and the number itself. The factors of 199 are 1, 199 and its…
The Geneva Bible was the first Bible in English to add numbered verses. It was also one of the first to include extensive commentary notes, which were later deemed “seditious” by King James when he banned the Geneva Bible in 1611. While the Geneva Bible was the preferred Bible of…
Bastet had one son, Maahes, God of war. Bastet was very popular in Ancient Egypt, statues and temples were made for her. Bubastis, a city named after Baset was even the capital city of Egypt for a while! Bastet had one son, Maahes, God of war. Bastet was very popular…
Background. The attack on Otranto was part of an abortive attempt by the Ottomans to invade and conquer Italy -especially Rome-. In the summer of 1480, a force of nearly 20,000 Ottoman Turks under the command of Gedik Ahmed Pasha invaded southern Italy. The first part of the plan was…