Chronicles of the Past
What is a famous quote about chemistry? Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it.” Frederick Soddy: “Chemistry has been termed by the physicist as the messy part of physics, but that is no reason why the physicists should be permitted to make a mess …
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What act led to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson? The primary charge against Johnson was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act. Specifically, that he had acted to remove from office Edwin Stanton and to replace him with Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas as secretary of war ad interim. What was the outcome …
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Why was Europe never unified like China? For those geographic reasons, China was unified in 221 B.C. and has stayed unified most of the time since then, whereas for geographic reasons Europe was never unified. Augustus couldn’t do it, Charlemagne couldn’t do it, and Napoleon and Hitler couldn’t unify Europe. Why did China remain unified? …
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What do you know about King Ashoka? Emperor Ashoka is credited with remaking the Mauyran Dynasty from a war machine into a society of tolerance and nonviolence, based on Buddhism. Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson Ashoka (Aśoka) (ca 304–233 B.C.) took the Mauryan Empire to its greatest geographical extent and its full height of power. What are …
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Where did hairstyles originate from? From the Egyptians, who were fanatical about hygiene and haircuts (and have a most iconic and recognisable style of cut to this day), the practise spread to Rome, where barbers operated from market stalls or in the streets. What was the first hairstyle in the world? The oldest known depiction …
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Yes, both World War I and World War II involved South and Central America. Was South America involved in either World War? Brazil was the only South American country to send troops abroad during World War II and, despite US pressure, only Bolivia and Colombia had followed its lead in declaring war on the Axis …
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What is Ptolemy’s map a map of? The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy’s book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to …
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Europe was not united and there was no clear common enemy named barbary states. That is the main reason there were no main efforts to end the Barbary pirate raids. How did the Barbary pirates end? The United States successfully defeated Qaramanli’s forces with a combined naval and land assault by the United States Marine …
What was the landscape like in ww1? The trenches of the Western Front were always “muddy”, even when it was dry. In Flanders the landscape is predominantly flat and the water table is high. Even in summer after only a few feet of digging the water appears (Corrigan 2003: 95) and summer rainfall is not …
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What happened after the Diadochi Wars? With the death of Seleucus the Diadochi Wars came to an end. Alexander’s empire was split in three – Macedonia, Ptolemaic Egypt and the Seleucid Empire, which briefly held most of the area that had made up the Persian Empire in the years before Alexander’s invasion. How many Diadochi …
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