The Triassic Period (252-201 million years ago) began after Earth’s worst-ever extinction event devastated life. The Permian-Triassic extinction eventPermian-Triassic extinction eventThe Permian–Triassic (P–T, P–Tr) extinction event, also known as the End-Permian Extinction and colloquially as the Great Dying, formed the boundary between the Permian and Triassic geologic periods, as well…
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second World War. – Germany on 10 January 1920. – Austria on 16…
The temple had been built by Cleopatra, which is one theory of how they came to be called “Cleopatra’s Needles,” a name that still endures. The Romans created the bronze crabs as supports for the damaged obelisks. If Cleopatra’s tomb and those of the other Ptolemaic rulers were constructed in…
Connecticut’s first military episode was the Pequot WarPequot WarOn April 23, 1637, 200 Pequot warriors attacked the colonial village of Wethersfield killing 6 men and 3 women, all noncombatants. This was a major turning point in the Pequot war as it enraged the settlers that the warriors would kill civilians…
These movements include the civil rights movement, the student movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women’s movement, the gay rights movement, and the environmental movement. Each, to varying degrees, changed government policy and, perhaps more importantly, changed how almost every American lives today. What were the fashion trends in the…
In the years of the fur trade, the Indians of Idaho had no major wars with the white newcomers. Hostilities were limited to minor incidents aside from a battle or two. The following are all Civil War battles in Idaho although there is only one that took place. Campaign: Expedition…
The Republic’s armies also contained non-clone units. Though most HoloNet-documented battles were fought by the all-clone Grand Army and their Jedi officers during the Clone Wars, the non-clone Republic Army engaged in many battles throughout the galaxy without the aid of a single clone trooper. Skellywas a human male, non-clone…
The Swiss army had last fought in 1847, during the Sonderbund, a short civil war. Since then, Swiss troops had only twice been mobilised against possible invasion, when threatened by Prussia in 1856-57, and during the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War. – Dissolution of the Confederate States – U.S. territorial integrity preserved…
Only a few of the known dinosaurs were omnivores (eating both plants and animals). Some examples of omnivores are Ornithomimus and Oviraptor, which ate plants, eggs, insects, etc. Omnivorous dinosaurs include Anserimimus, Deinocheirus, Gallimimus and Othnielia. Fruitadens haagarorum was a small dinosaur known to be omnivorous by the presence of…
Polish–Soviet War (1920–21); Poland defeats Soviet expansion; Ukraine and Belarus were divided. Major armed conflict in Ireland including Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) resulting in Ireland becoming an independent country in 1922 followed by the Irish Civil War (1922–23). New suspicions and hatreds. By the end of the nineteenth century,the…