Where was the Byzantine Empire? At its greatest extent, the Byzantine Empire covered much of the land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, including what is now Italy, Greece, and Turkey along with portions of North Africa and the Middle East. How was Russia linked to the Byzantine Empire? A network of…
During the Revolutionary War, Adams served in the Continental Congress, and helped draft the Articles of Confederation, the document that was the predecessor to the U.S.U.S.United States involvement in the Vietnam War began shortly after the end of World War II in an extremely limited capacity and escalated over a…
Additionally, Davis was named Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXXII against the then-world champion Green Bay Packers, with 157 rushing yards and a Super Bowl record three rushing touchdowns despite having to sit out the second quarter due to a migraine. Did Terrell Davis win an MVP? Terrell Davis…
The English dub of the show is famous for its racy, fast-paced dialogue. This was due to trying to squeeze the complicated plots into the characters’ dialogue. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that Fernandez had been given only two days to script and record for each…
Quick Statistics. On 22 February 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch shortly before 12:50pm at a shallow depth of four kilometres. Several aftershocks were reported, some registering at a 5.6 magnitude. How many aftershocks were there after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake? The quake was centred 10km south-east of the…
Gemini 8 marked the first successful dual launch and docking with the Gemini Agena Target Vehicle (GATV), completing the world’s first on-orbit docking of two spacecraft. The mission was originally scheduled for three days, but was aborted on the first day in space. Was the Gemini mission successful? The crew…
Richard Caswell (August 3, 1729 – November 10, 1789) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first and fifth governor of the state of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780 and from 1785 to 1787. He also served as a senior officer of militia in the Southern…
A new biography shows just how much Matisse’s artistic ideas cost him. MATISSE always stood out among artists as a decent family man—a model of equanimity who sought serenity in his work. But appearances can be deceptive. What kind of person was Henri Matisse? Henri Matisse was a French artist,…
People & Ideas: Henry Ward Beecher. Prominent Congregational minister, abolitionist and social reformer, Henry Ward Beecher embodied the transition of American Protestantism from stern Calvinism to a buoyant “gospel of love.” Why was Henry Ward Beecher A abolitionist? In 1856, following the Nebraska-Kansas Act, Beecher raised money to buy rifles…
And she was not a doting mother – she thought it her duty to be “severe”. She didn’t do affection. Relations with her eldest son Bertie, later Edward VII, were especially fraught. From the start he was a disappointment for Victoria. Victoria resented her mother’s support for Conroy’s schemes and…