While commercial bakeries did exist in the colonies, they were few and far between, particularly during the first few decades of settlement. Therefore, most families baked all of their bread goods themselves. Because baking during colonial times was such a chore, most of the baking was done all at once,…
Indeed, it was the goldsmith houses of the late seventeenth century that became the banks of the 1700’s. The goldsmiths were well-to-do men with secure lodgings. The future bankers were not simply keepers and dealers of coin. By the late 1800s, many banks demanded a position on the boards of…
This created a market for barbers, because each monastery had to train or hire a barber. They would perform bloodletting and other minor surgeries like pulling teeth or creating ointments. The first barber surgeons to be recognized as such worked in monasteries around 1000 AD. Barbers in the Middle Ages…
Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United Statesthe United StatesIn its noun form, the word generally means a resident or citizen of the U.S., but is also used for someone whose ethnic identity is simply “American”. The noun is rarely used in English to refer to people not connected…
The following year Abbey Road went on to become one of the band’s best-loved and biggest-selling albums. The Beatles (c. 1969–70, from left to right): George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon. – During the week of April 4, 1964, The Beatles occupied the top five positions on the…
Bees were associated with royalty in Egypt; indeed, as early as 3500 BC, the bee was the symbol of the King of Lower Egypt! (The symbol of the King of Upper Egypt was a reed). There are many examples of bee hieroglyphs to be found in the records, as well…
German Inventor Karl von Drais is credited with developing the first bicycle. His machine, known as the “swiftwalker,” hit the road in 1817. This early bicycle had no pedals, and its frame was a wooden beam. From the 1880s onward, manufacturing technology improved even further and allowed factories to mass-produce…
Faced with racial discrimination at home and in the Corps, African American Marines proved themselves at Iwo Jima and elsewhere during World War II. Prior to the summer of 1941, the United States Marine Corps did not want them. How many black Marines were there in ww2? In total, 19,168…
Africans were a significant presence in cities such as London, Plymouth and Bristol, but were also present in: Derby, Leicester, and Northampton. Africans also lived in rural villages such as Barnstable (North Devon), Holt (Worcestershire), and Hatherleigh (West Devon). When did blacks first enter Europe? In 1441, a group of…
Camels are mentioned as pack animals in the biblical stories of Abraham, Joseph, and Jacob. But archaeologists have shown that camels were not domesticated in the Land of Israel until centuries after the Age of the Patriarchs (2000-1500 BCE). The dromedary, or one-humped camel that so many tourists picture when…