In Ancient Greece, the cities of Athens and Sparta were such deadly rivals they were very often at war. Who did the Athens fight against? Read a brief summary of this topic. Peloponnesian War, (431–404 bce), war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. Each…
Dionysus had 9 children: Priapus, Hymen, Thoas, Staphylus, Oenopion, Comus, Phthonus, The Graces and Deianira. Dionysus. However, Zeus saved his son by sewing him up in his thigh and keeping him there until he reached maturity, so that he was twice born. Dionysus was then conveyed by the god Hermes…
After Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the “tea party” with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty, his underground resistance group. The British tea dumped in Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was valued at some $18,000. Boston Tea Party, (December 16,…
The British occupied Egypt in 1882, but they did not annex it: a nominally independent Egyptian government continued to operate. But the country had already been colonized by the European powers whose influence had grown considerably since the mid-nineteenth century. Colonization in Egypt began as the British gained control over…
The Lord gave the land of Canaan as a blessing to Abraham, his wife Sarah, and his covenant children. Later revelations reveal that the Lord has designated other promised lands—the Americas as an inheritance to the children of Joseph, for example. (See 3 Ne. So those who rely on faith…
Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941. Emmett was the only child of Louis and Mamie TillMamie TillEarly Years She was born Mamie Carthan on November 23, 1921, in a small town near Webb, Mississippi, the only child of John and Alma Carthan. Ironically, she was…
Lauren Ambrose as KW, the loner of the group. Chris Cooper as Douglas, a cockatoo-like peace-keeper Wild Thing who is Carol’s best friend. Forest Whitaker as Ira, a gentle and soft-spoken Wild Thing. Catherine O’Hara as Judith, a three-horned Wild Thing who is Ira’s aggressive and loud girlfriend. Where all…
His real name is Yang Sze but adopted ‘Bolo’ after he played the character in Enter the Dragon (1973) – Bey Logan, Dragon Dynasty – Bey’s Blog, 2007. Has dabbled in directing. Due to his remarkable physique, Yeung was generally cast as villains in such Shaw Brothers classics like The…
Charlet Chung is a voice actress, and provides the voice of D.Va in Overwatch. Chung was born as Chihye Takahashi Chung in Long Beach California, to a Japanese mother and a Korean father, and is fluent in 3 languages: English, Japanese and Korean. D. Va Charlet Chung is the English…
1- Gbenga Akinnagbe (born 1978), actor; born in D.C. 2- Jonathan Banks (born 1947), actor; born in D.C. 3- Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor; born in D.C. 4- David Birney (born 1939), actor; born in D.C. 5- Blair Brown (born 1946), actress; born in D.C. 6- Sandra Bullock (born 1964),…