Egypt’s chief archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, said the finds show the workers were paid labourers, rather than slaves. Hawass told reporters at the site that the find, first announced on Sunday, said the find sheds more light on the lifestyle and origins of the pyramidbuilders. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t…
convinced U.S. leaders that jazz was the best way to intervene in the Cold War cultural conflict and could help counter Soviet stories about American racism. Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Dave Brubeck took on the role of “jazz ambassadorsjazz ambassadorsJazz ambassadors is the name often given to jazz musicians…
The American colonies were the British colonies that were established during the 17th and early 18th centuries in what is now a part of the eastern United States. The colonies grew both geographically along the Atlantic coast and westward and numerically to 13 from the time of their founding to…
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t slaves who built the pyramids. We know this because archaeologists have located the remains of a purpose-built village for the thousands of workers who built the famous Giza pyramids, nearly 4,500 years ago. Who were the pyramids builders? The Great Pyramid of Khufu is…
The Jesuit order played an important role in the Counter-Reformation and eventually succeeded in converting millions around the world to Catholicism. The Jesuit movement was founded by Ignatius de Loyola, a Spanish soldier turned priest, in August 1534. There was a great emphasis put on personal advancement within the Jesuits.…
The Osage were a sedentary tribe. This meant they lived in permanent villages. Was the Osage Tribe nomadic? The Great Plains Osage were woodland farmers but adopted a nomadic lifestyle, hunting the great buffalo herds and living in tepees made of buffalo hides. Where is Osage nomadic? Like other members…
Relations with American Indians in the Southern Colonies began somewhat as a peaceful coexistence. As more English colonists began to arrive and encroach further into native lands, the relationship became more violent. The Southern Colonies relationship with the Native Americans were at war when the English settled in Jamestown, in…
Their movements were dictated primarily by the availability of food. They obtained this food by a combination of hunting, fishing, and gathering. Bison, deer, and fish, were staples of the Karankawa diet, but a wide variety of animals and plants contributed to their sustenance. Karankawa Native Americans. The Karankawa Indians…
The Turkish-speaking Ottoman royal family, the administration it created, and the educational and cultural institutions it eventually favored were all Sunni Muslim. However, subordinate Christian and Jewish sects also coexisted with Islam, which enjoyed the support and favor of the state. You should learn about both Sunni and Shia and…
The Spartacist Revolt was a left-wing uprising designed to establish a communist state in Germany and destroy the Weimar Republic. It was led by the Spartacist League – a group within the Communist Party led by Rosa LuxemburgRosa LuxemburgDuring the November Revolution, she co-founded the newspaper Die Rote Fahne (The…