Category: History

What you need to pass an exam if they ask you about the causes that motivated the so-called EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM. In the 19th century, a different model of IMPERIALISM developed…

How many years did the VICTORIAN ERA last? The Victorian Era lasted during the reign of Queen Victoria I, from 1837 to 1901. Throughout the 19th century, the United Kingdom…

Cleopatra VII, an immortal figure The last queen of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, is one of those characters who has such a fascination that she crosses the centuries. Her charismatic figure…

The history of cats is the history of the domestic cat, whose scientific name is Felis Catus, lives among us, which has been attested, for more than four thousand years….

Hippie, as a name, derives from “hip”. “Hip“, a term applied to the literary trend known as “Beats”, which became very fashionable during the 1950s. We are talking about writers…

1. Real name: Margaretha Zelle. 2. Place of birth: Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. 3. Date of birth: August 7, 1876. 4. How does Mata Hari die ?: Sentenced to death before…

The Roman soldiers were the fundamental piece so that the Roman Empire could expand and dominate the half known world. That would not have happened if behind the powerful army…

The idea was, in principle, simple. A city could be “compressed into an agglomeration of vertical extrusions in a limited location.” That was what had been done on Manhattan Island…

Thomas Edison (Milan, Ohio. 1847-1931). E l Wizard of Menlo Park A prolific inventor, he created the first laboratory, in Menlo Park, New Jersey, dedicated to inventions with money earned from the sale of…