Titans are the biggest factor in the Attack on Titan world. These behemoths have distinguished themselves as the strongest in the series. The good news is the Titans, to many, are still a top-10 NFL football team. Tennessee stayed where it was last week in various power rankings. The highest…
The first celebration of the modern Olympic Games took place in its ancient birthplace – Greece. The Games attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming from Greece, Germany, France and Great Britain. – History Of The Olympic Games. At the Olympic flame ceremony in Athens, Greece for…
The 1940s TVs didn’t look like today’s televisions. Most had picture screens between 10 and 15 inches wide diagonally, inside large, heavy cabinets. And, of course, color broadcasts and sets didn’t arrive until much later, in 1954. Looking back now, Mildred Hopkins is surprised at her own excitement for their…
At the beginning of the 19th century, there were only two main theatres in London. Emeritus Professor Jacky Bratton traces the development of theatre throughout the century, exploring the proliferation of venues, forms and writers. By 1800 there were not enough theatres in London for the explosively-growing population. From 1820…
There were never any tigers in Europe, Their fur is often too thick to survive the all-year-round warm climates of Greece and Italy. In the Middle Ages, it inhabited the steppes and forest steppes of Ukraine and southern Russia. In the 19th century, tigers occurred in: the Eastern Anatolia Region,…
They also had dug outs, for rest, and latrines. These latrines were trench toilets. They were usually pits dug into the ground between 1.2 metres and 1.5 metres deep. Two people who were called sanitary personnel had the job of keeping the latrines in good condition for each company. What…
The Pyramids of GizaThe Pyramids of GizaThe pyramids of Giza were royal tombs built for three different pharaohs. The northernmost and oldest pyramid of the group was built for Khufu (Greek: Cheops), the second king of the 4th dynasty. Called the Great Pyramid, it is the largest of the three.https://www.britannica.com…
By 1850, 9,000 miles (14,000 km) of railroad lines had been built. The federal government operated a land grant system between 1855 and 1871, through which new railway companies in the west were given millions of acres they could sell or pledge to bondholders. Railroads And The Industrial Revolution (1850s)…
In ancient Egypt, Tomb Traps were employed much like our burglar alarms of today especially in the tombs of pharaohs and other well known and powerful people. Entrances to tombs were sealed after entombment which alone gave a pretty strong indication that visiting was not allowed. The Great Pyramid of…
They occupied a bulge in the lines of trenches, known as a salient. Strategically important, it was fought over ferociously during the First Battle of Ypres in 1914, and again the following year during the Second Battle of Ypres. Passchendaele would be the third – and largest – major battle…