Chronicles of the Past
How do I find out if someone was in the merchant Marines? The public can access these records in two ways: through a request made via an offsite reference request (with reproduction provided for a fee), or via onsite viewing at the National Archives at St. Louis Research Room. The collection opened to the public …
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Pottery plays an important role in studying culture and reconstructing the past. Historically with distinct culture, the style of pottery changed. It reflects the social, economic and environmental conditions a culture thrived in, which helps the archaeologists and historians in understanding our past. What is the cultural significance of pottery? More than any other artifact, …
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Why don’t Egyptians speak Greek? Egyptian & Arabic both divided the nouns into 2 genders (masculine and feminine) while Greek has 3, (masculine, feminine and neuter). Hence, it was easier for Egyptians to adopt a language like Arabic than to switch to speaking Greek. Did Egypt ever speak Greek? Greek began to be spoken in …
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Flappers of the 1920sthe 1920sThe Roaring Twenties was a period in American history of dramatic social, economic and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and gross national product (GNP) expanded by 40 percent from 1922 to …
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Why was Alexander happy with Porus? According to the Greeks, Alexander was apparently so impressed by Porus he gave back his kingdom plus the territories of king Ambhi of Taxila who had fought alongside the Macedonians. … The only possible answer is at the Battle of Hydaspes, the Macedonians realised they were dealing with an …
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Russia is the primary de facto internationally recognized successor state to the Soviet Union after the Cold War; while Ukraine has, by law, proclaimed that it is a state-successor of both the Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union which remained under dispute over formerly Soviet-owned properties. Why is Russia considered as the successor of USSR? …
How to get by in a country where you don t speak the language? Download a Language Translation App Traveling in foreign countries has become much easier in the past few years thanks to the many foreign language apps which translate words on the spot. Mr. Thibault tends to rely on Google Translate and suggests …
Why is Göbekli Tepe so important? Archaeological Importance Göbekli Tepe is one of the most spectacular prehistoric megalithic monuments in the world due to its great antiquity, (late 11th and early 10th millennia BC), its limestone megalithic buildings, the shaping of the stones, and imagery found on many of the stones and T-pillars found at …
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Is Josephus a primary source? [As historians of the ancient world,] Josephus is our primary source for reconstructing history in the late second temple period and in the time of Jesus and the first century. Where did Josephus get his information? In terms of some of his sources for the project, Josephus says that he …
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How are the Dead Sea scrolls different than the Bible? Along with biblical texts, the scrolls include documents about sectarian regulations, such as the Community Rule, and religious writings that do not appear in the Old Testament. Are the Dead Sea scrolls the same as the Torah? The only older known Torah passages are found …
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