Did Automatic Weapons Exist in 1776? True automatic weapons did not exist in 1776. However, there were a variety of weapons that had high rates of fire and repeating firing mechanisms. Of course, the Puckle Gun is one of them, but there are others as well. Five Guns You Need…
According to an ancient legend, North America was once inhabited by a race of giants that were much taller and stronger than the average man. These giants, a red-haired tribe of cannibals known as the Si-Te-Cah, often harassed the Paiute tribe with war and captured their victims to eat. The…
Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is considered the classic example of a piedmont glacier. Piedmont glaciers occur where valley glaciers exit a mountain range onto broad lowlands, are no longer laterally confined, and spread to become wide lobes. Glaciers of Alaska 1 Agassiz Glacier – Saint Elias Mountains 2 Aialik…
Old World regions are winegrowing areas found in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. These include (but are not limited to) France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Germany, Lebanon, Croatia, Israel, and beyond. Later, the Greeks and Phoenicians extended grape growing to Carthage, Sicily, southern Italy, Spain and France. Under…
In the 1980’s, particularly in the banlieues (the poor suburbs of the big cities), the culture got fragmented into a multitude of other similar subcultures, still with the greaser culture at heart, though it gradually disappeared when said banlieues became multi-ethnic coinciding with The Golden Age of Hip Hop. All…
Although people in the early 1800s could not shop at supermarkets or department stores, they had plenty of other shopping opportunities, especially if they lived in cities. Markets, peddlers and hawkers, specialty stores, general stores and cheap shops all catered to early 19th-century19th-centuryThe 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January…
In the early 1900s, grocery stores were small, cramped, and sort of weird. But by the mid-century, supermarkets began booming. And some of them were kind of fancy. The vintage 1960s supermarkets featured below include family favorites like Kroger, Winn-Dixie, A&P, Safeway, Food Giant, Fazio’s, Gamble-Skogmo, Food Fair, Big Bear,…
Soldiers were stationed in the Great Wall of China guard towers. When the enemies were approaching, soldiers on guard set smoke in daytime and lit fire in night to tell the next guard tower that dangers were coming. Due to the huge length of the Great Wall of China, it…
The most popular firearm was called a Matchlock (this name derived as it was fired by the application of a burning match). It was inaccurate, slow to load and expensive. It was eventually replaced by the Flintlock. What weapons did Elizabethans use? The most common weapons used during this time…
In Medieval and Renaissance times, Roma were known as Gypsies (in English) as a result of their proclaiming themselves to be penitents from Egypt. Gypsy Women’s Costume in the Renaissance by Old Marian, also known as Marian of Edwinstowe Introduction In Medieval and Renaissance times, Roma were known as Gypsies…