When Amenhotep III (reigned c1390 - 1352 BC) became Pharaoh in 1390 BC, Egypt had become the richest and most powerful nation on earth through war and conquest. The new king tried a different approach ...
First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies.’ Within a few months, this subtitle had ...
Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara, is ...
Astronomers measure distances to the stars in terms of light years, units that combine time and distance. One light year is the distance light travels in one year; so if you look at a star ten light ...
Students will use information they have learned from viewing parts of the PBS "Napoleon" series, study and research about the U.S. Constitution to compare the effects of Napoleon's civil code on ...
Cinematographer Francis Kenny and Timothy Ferris on Key Biscayne by Mark Diamond Enlarge Image Timothy Ferris interviewing Robert Smith on Key Biscayne by Mark Diamond Enlarge Image Robert Smith on ...
QUESTION: What are the most surprising things you find in studying the Great Depression? DAVID KENNEDY: One of the most surprising things that I discovered about the Depression was the degree of ...
"When God wants to speak with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents." (Martin Luther) Martin Luther was named after St Martin by his parents Hans and Margarette Luther, a pair of ...
"The Sun is just one among a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, each with its own cosmic tale to tell." — Timothy Ferris, in the film Seeing in the Dark The stars seem to change little if ...
THEODORE CAPLOW: Robert and Helen Lynd went to Muncie, Indiana in 1924, with a commission to study grassroots religion. And they came back in 1925 with a marvelous study of social change, having used ...
Astrophotography has come a long way in recent years, thanks to digital cameras (which are more light-sensitive than film), digital photo processing (which can bring out the subtle details in dim ...
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