The next thing we need to talk about are the terms AD and BC and their equivalents CE and BCE. AD means Anno Domini, which is Latin for "in the year of the Lord". Basically, it's meant to measure the years from the birth of Jesus. Anything before that point is called BC, which stands for "Before Christ". Now, most sc...
inside Arabia, there was chaos. Well mostly chaos. More so-called civilized people would have called the Arabs barbarians but that’s not entirely true or fair. There were many tribes around Arabia. One of those tribes The Quraish lived in Mecca.
In Boston, in protest of taxes on tea, colonists disguised as Native Americans climb on board British East India Company ships and throw out its tea cargo into the ocean. With the situation tense, representatives from 12 colonies gather in Philadelphia to organize the First Continental Congress. They decide to boycot...
Turkey is positioned uniquely on the globe. The beautiful peninsula is sited between the continents of Europe and Asia. Historically, Turkey has a rich background and although it is modern you can see its traditions and ethnicities here. Ancient buildings and walls although stand high continue to wane, the Turkish go...
The most famous of these is Fences, which looks at race relations in the 1950s. Today, modern theatre has become a mix of styles and has expanded with the use of multimedia. As we've seen, theatre has changed quite a bit over time. It started with the ritualistic nature of primitive theatre and continued through the ...
And then in August 1870, the French National Assembly, outraged at these characterizations, declared war. The French were handily defeated, with Napoleon III and an army of 150,000 people captured on September. The Bavarians along with smaller states had had to join Prussia. And in January 1871, the German Empire was...
