In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible’, witchcraft is the main conflict of the play. Set in a Puritan Massachusetts Colony in the year 1692, most anything that cannot be solved by the church or a doctor is unnatural. The first thing that comes to mind is witchcraft, which the punishment for…
The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islamfive pillars of IslamThe Five Pillars of Islam (arkān al-Islām أركان الإسلام; also arkān ad-dīn أركان الدين “pillars of the religion”) are fundamental practices in Islam, considered to be obligatory acts of worship for all Muslims. They are summarized in…
While Thingol was king of the Grey Elves, he saw the light of the Two Trees as an ambassador of the Valar and thus he was counted as a High Elf, and equal to any lord of the Eldar. He was even acknowledged as high-king of all the Teleri in…
When the internet router finally made routing and ultra fast (10 mbps) speeds possible, the world really exploded because now everyone wanted to attach to Amazon and eBay and you needed a router or a modem to do that. Homes and small offices had modems, no one could afford a…
’Thomas of Aquino’; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, who was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known within the scholastic tradition as the Doctor Angelicus, the Doctor Communis, and the Doctor Universalis. Was St Thomas…
Just 7 minutes ago, a 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded early morning on Sunday, October 3rd, 2021, at 5:02 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 1.4 miles below the surface. Based on the preliminary seismic data, the…
No, Thomas Edison was not president of the United States. By all accounts, Edison never held any public or appointed office. Most of his life was… See full answer below. Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio; the seventh and last child of Samuel and…
While there has been an apology and acknowledgement of fault, supported by the recent civil settlement, justice has not been delivered. Through numerous inquiries and cases, the extent of the fault on the part of the police has been demonstrated and the fans who were initially blamed have been absolved.…
He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1770. In 1772, Gage returned to England during the temporary lull that followed the repeal of the Townshend duties and the violence of the Boston Massacre. Major General Thomas Gage was commander-in-chief of British forces in North America and governor of Massachusetts Bay…
Gold, silver, lead, and copper were among the metals exploited by Egyptians since the pre‐Dynastic period (prior to ca. 3100 BCE). The main sources of these metals were the deposits in the ancient rocks of the Eastern Egyptian desert near the Red Sea and in the Sinai. Still, the Egyptians…