Politics - History

Nov 21, 2011

Dr. Mike Evans, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, is an award-winning journalist/ Middle East analyst who has served as a confidant to leaders in the Middle East for more than two decades.

Nov 30, 2010

The Australia team that lifted the World Cup in the West Indies a few months ago already claim that title. And 'Twenty20 world champions' doesn't really mean anything, at least yet: so few T20s are played internationally (England have played the most in history with a grand total of 6; India have played just 2) that no-one will really care. Also, the games are so short that a second-rate international team could conceivably lift the trophy.

Jun 23, 2010

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Feb 24, 2010

We have all heard of Jews and understand that Israel is now considered their land, but Israel is a very young country and Jews are the most ancient of people. The Jewish people had no nation.

Feb 24, 2010

The Jewish people have the most complicated history of any race. Never really having a land of their own, they were persecuted all over the world. Traditionally, Jews all over the world claim to be descended from the ancient Israelites. Jewish tradition

Nov 7, 2009

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Oct 31, 2009

The O2 arena, an indoor multi-purpose arena is located at the centre of The O2 which is a massive entertainment complex in Greenwich peninsula in South East London. From the year 2001 until 2008, it has held the crown of the Worlds Busiest Arena, a title which previously belonged to the MEN Arena in Manchester.

Oct 31, 2009

The late sixties and the early seventies saw a flurry of activity at the NASA headquarters as various manned missions to the moon were executed one after the other. Christopher Freville reasons that the race to the moon was basically triggered by the Cold War between the US and the former Soviet Union

Oct 31, 2009

Henry VIII was born on 28 June 1491 and reigned as the King of England until his death on 28 January 1547. He succeeded his father Henry VII and was the second in the line of monarchs of the House of Tudor

Oct 31, 2009

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 and was a great explorer who went on to accidentally land on the shores of the North American continent and later helped establish contact between the Europeans and native Americans.

Oct 31, 2009

The use of plants for healing ailments depicted in cave paintings suggest that herbal medicine was practiced since prehistoric times. Using trail and error as a means of gaining experience, many tribal cultures had developed a database of medical knowledge that was used to cure many diseases.

Oct 31, 2009

The ARPANET was a kind of predecessor to the Internet says Christopher Freville. At 22:30 hours on October 29, 1969, it first linked the University of California, Los Angeles with the Stanford Research Institute.

Oct 31, 2009

The Cold War is a state of relationship between the USSR and its surrounding regions, and the Western World led by the United States over a period ranging from 1945 to 1991. The Cold War according to Christopher Freville expressed itself in military tension

Oct 31, 2009

The Inuit people were probably the first ones to indulge in a sport activity that resembled the trampoline in many respects. They used walrus skins to toss one another into the air.

Oct 31, 2009

Tennis as we know the game today originated in the late 19th Century in the United Kingdom. Termed as ‘lawn tennis’, the rules of the game were heavily borrowed from other field and lawn games and also from the royal version of tennis which is also called ‘real tennis’.

Oct 31, 2009

From 1485 AD until 1603 AD, the Tudors were the royal house that ruled England and its neighboring regions. Henry VII was the first among the five Monarchs that constituted the Tudor reign that extended for more than a century.

Oct 19, 2009

The recent uproar over The Da Vinci Code book, and now movie, has digressed into a tedious argument about historical factual details. However, one thing that is indisputable is that the book touched something in millions of readers across the planet. Perhaps the magic spark that excited readers to tell others about the book, eventually making it a global best seller, was not the facts or fiction of the book, but rather the metaphoric truth it exposed.

Sep 9, 2009

A petition is a list of names, usually with signatures, that are collected together to show a support for an idea or decision. Petitions like these are used in order to show those with power relating to the issue that a large selection of people feel strongly about a certain issue.

Aug 27, 2009

American flag rules were established in 1942. Congress enacted this Code to provide guidelines and rules to ensure the American flag continues to receive the respect it deserves. Many of the regulations provided in the Code are well known, however some of the American flag rules are more obscure. The American flag rules cover everything from folding, placement, and lighting. Understanding the Code will ensure that you give this national treasure proper attention.

Feb 24, 2009

This week there has been much brouhaha about a cartoon published in the New York Post after the stimulus package was passed and signed into law by President Obama. The cartoon in question linked the signing of the stimulus bill with that of an incident in Connecticut wherein a woman's several hundred pound pet chimpanzee, Travis, brutally attacked a guest visiting her home after going "ape." Eventually Travis had to be shot by police officers after he was unable to be contained.