By the 12th century, upper-class samurai were highly literate because of the general introduction of Confucianism from China during the 7th to 9th centuries and in response to their perceived need to deal with the imperial court, who had a monopoly on culture and literacy for most of the Heian…
In Poland, as well as in some other countries of Eastern Europe, knights (noblemen, the Polish szlachta) were called for war (pospolite ruszenie) until the end of the 18th century, or until the end of the (Saxon times). However, until the battle of Grunwald, 15 July 1410, most of Polish…
As Canada evolved into a French colony the religious orders increasingly turned their attention to the education of the children of French settlers. The period saw the establishment of a number of petites écoles (elementary schools), a Jesuit college for boys, and several trade schools. Most schools today have both…
In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). Where were the POW camps in the US? The first full-scale POW camps in the U.S. opened on Feb.…
Fossil of 85-foot blue whale is largest ever discovered. The marine giant lived about 1.5 million years ago, suggesting that blue whales started bulking up much earlier than thought. The blue whale is not only the largest animal alive today, it is the largest one that has ever lived. The…
Several men held the position: John Hanson (Nov 5 1781 – Nov 3 1782), Elias Boudinot (Nov 4 1782 – Nov 2 1783), Thomas Mifflin (Nov 3 1783 – Nov 29 1784), Richard Henry Lee (Nov 30 1784 – Nov 22 1785), John Hancock (Nov 23 1785 – Jun 5…
The outstanding feature of the trenches was the extraordinary number of rats. The area was infested with them. It was impossible to keep them out of the dugouts. They grew fat on the food that they pilfered from us, and anything they could pick up in or around the trenches;…
There are no lions or bears remaining in Israel. Lions and bears have already become extinct while other animals like the cheetah are gone for now from Israel. There are over 240 endangered animals in this country, including: Buxton’s Jird. There are no gray whales off Israel. There are no…
There were always restaurants in the USSR cities but they required money, and money tended to be rare. Most people got their food and clothing through vouchers and lived in government assigned housing. 1 Share ReportSave More posts from the explainlikeimfive community Soviet cuisine. Generally, Soviet cuisine was shaped by…
Tudor gowns were designed to give women a triangular shape, while men’s clothes gave them an almost square shape. At court, women’s gowns usually consisted of a smock, petticoat, kirtle, and a partlet. Men, meanwhile, wore a shirt, jerkin, doublet, overgown, and a hose. Meanwhile, the rich people also ate…