Chronicles of the Past
More than 60 years ago, Martin Luther King described 11 o’clock on Sunday morning as “one of the most segregated hours… in Christian America”. Who said 11 am is the most segregated hour in America? Nearly a half century after Martin Luther King Jr. called 11 a.m. on Sunday morning the most segregated hour in …
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What jobs did Roman slaves have to do? Slaves worked everywhere – in private households, in mines and factories, and on farms. They also worked for city governments on engineering projects such as roads, aqueducts and buildings. As a result, they merged easily into the population. How did Roman slaves earn freedom? Skilled or educated …
Were gladiator fights expensive? Then the first duels would begin. It is not true that all gladiator fights ended with the death of one of the combatants. Gladiators were very expensive and a defeated fighter would often be spared, especially if they were popular with the crowd. Were Roman gladiators rich? The games were so …
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What was the main reason American Indians went to war? For Native Americans, the War of 1812 was a desperate struggle for freedom and independence. Native Americans became involved in the conflict to secure British support for their own war against the United States. Led by Tecumseh, they played a key role in defending Canada. …
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What technologies have been lost? 15 Forgotten Revolutionary Technologies Ahead Of Their Time Greek Fire. Flexible Glass. Damascus steel. Apollo and Gemini Space Program Technology. Silphium. Nepenthe. Roman Concrete. Starlite Egg. What technology no longer exists? You might remember many of these, but there are plenty of the younger generation that don’t. Public telephone booths. …
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Why did Queen Juliana abdicate? The independence of Indonesia, which saw more than 150,000 Dutch troops stationed there as decolonization force, was regarded as an economic disaster for the Netherlands. With the certain loss of the prized colony, the queen announced her intention to abdicate, doing so on 4 September 1948. Which Dutch princess was …
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How did the Byzantines view Muslims? Arabs and the Middle East were among the first to embrace Christianity, leaving their print on its culture. Thus Byzantium, by geography and culture, encountered Islam at its birth. No wonder that many saw and treated Islam as a contemporary Christian “heresy” – whatever the word may connote. How …
Which two 2 types of de aeration are used in steam boilers? There are two basic types of deaerators, the tray-type and the spray-type: The tray-type (also called the cascade-type) includes a vertical domed deaeration section mounted on top of a horizontal cylindrical vessel which serves as the deaerated boiler feedwater storage tank. What is …
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Cost of Taj Mahal: Shah Jahan may have spent nearly Rs 70 billion to build the Taj Mahal. Construction of the Taj Mahal may have cost Shah Jahan what is nearly Rs 70 billion today! One of the jewels of Islamic art in India, the Taj Mahal is the mausoleum of Mughal King Shah Jahan …
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How did people write in ancient Greece? The principal vehicles for writing were wax tablets incised with a stylus or a prepared surface of skin, such as leather and vellum, or of papyrus written on with a pen. Other surfaces—e.g., broken pieces of pottery, lead, wood, and even cloth—were also used. How do Greek people …
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