Chronicles of the Past
Why did Japan invade China in 1920s? There are two main reasons why Japan invaded China. Manchuria, in China, was rich in natural resources and fertile land. On the other hand, Japan was an island country with virtually no natural resources. Around 1931, Japan was in the midst of a depression triggered by the Great …
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What is the earliest evidence of humans in Egypt? Based on finds, we know that people inhabited both the Nile valley and its nearby deserts as environmental conditions permitted. The Lower Paleolithic period (ca. 300,000–90,000 B.C.) is the earliest occupation known in Egypt and these ancestors of humans often used a bifacial tool we call …
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Diethorn says the Declaration of Independence served as a roll call for the men who supported the revolution and, consequently, treason against Britain. Including all those signatures on a handwritten page was appropriate for the significance of the dangerous commitment they’d made to revolution. Was the original Declaration of Independence handwritten? On July 19, 1776, …
When did Romans stop making statues? 3rd century After moving through a late 2nd century “baroque” phase, in the 3rd century, Roman art largely abandoned, or simply became unable to produce, sculpture in the classical tradition, a change whose causes remain much discussed. Why did Romans create busts? Much like the ancient Egyptians, the early …
Is the reply of the zaporozhian Cossacks real? The story itself is true. The Cossacks didn’t want to bow in front of the sultan and wrote him a response. But, the original of the letter has not survived our times. Suddenly, in the 1870s a copy of the letter century was “found” by an ethnographer-hobbyist …
Are there female soldiers in combat? Women can serve in all areas of the military. They have been allowed in submarines, including nuclear submarines, since 2014. Women are allowed to serve in combat infantry. Did any women fight in the world wars? Most women Yeomen served stateside on naval bases, replacing men who had deployed …
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When was the Funeral Oration written? In 431, shortly after the Peloponnesian War had broken out, Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration to commemorate those troops who had already fallen in battle. What is the main idea of excerpts from Pericles Funeral Oration? The most important thing to remember about the Funeral Oration is that …
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What is the APSE painting from San Clemente de Tahull? The Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll (Catalan: Absis de Sant Climent de Taüll) is a Romanesque fresco in the National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona. The fresco is one of the masterpieces of the European Romanesque, from which the unknown Master of Taüll takes …
How has immigration since 1945 changed Australia? Trends Point to Increasing Diversity in Australia’s Population. Growing diversity among immigrants has made Australia increasingly multicultural. In 1947, 98 percent of the Australian population were born either in Australia or in another English speaking nation. By 1996, this figure had dropped to 86 percent. How many people …
What were some failures of Christopher Columbus? Perhaps his greatest failure was his inability to see what was right before him: the New World. Columbus never accepted that he had not found Asia, even when the rest of Europe was convinced that the Americas were something previously unknown. How many attempts did Columbus make? four …
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