All posts tagged History

Ancient HistoryPompeii and VesuviusGeographical contextThe Nature of Sources and Evidence Sources of Evidence | Written | Archaeological | * Ancient texts in letters (epigraphic), poems, speeches, histories * Inscriptions on buildings and statues * Business documents on waxed tablets * Papyrus scrolls, in Greek * Signs * Graffiti; personal, political, . . . Read more

1Since the 1800?s, traced back from the Greeks, psychology has been studied, interoperated, and put in many different perspectives. Formulating from philosophy and biology, it structured psychology to study thoughts and behavior of a human being. Many psychologists had their own outlooks and theories on contemporary psychology and it helped . . . Read more

ys been centers of conflict, and the U.S.-Mexican border is no exception. With the European colonizing the New World, it was a matter of time before the powers collided. The Spanish settled what is today Mexico, while the English settled what is to day the United States. When the two . . . Read more

Elizabeth CavnessPeriod EMiddle East HistoryJerusalemThe conflict in Jerusalem is rooted in religious, political, and historical aspects. As a center for the worlds three major religions, with a history of political divisions and borders, as well as historical claims to the territory, it calls for a peaceful coexistence and sensitive diplomacy . . . Read more

Staying Cool: The History of the Refrigerator We enjoy many conveniences in our homes. They are the result of years of innovation by dedicated inventors. We take many of them for granted. Some—like the refrigerator—have significantly affected the way we live our lives. Who invented the refrigerator, and how has . . . Read more

The dinosaurs were reptiles that appeared about 230 million years ago. It’s believed that they had scaly skin and some ate plants and others ate meat. Scientists don’t know whether or not the dinosaurs were cold blooded, but they think the smaller ones were warm blooded, and the large ones . . . Read more

Dr. James Naismith is known world-wide as the inventor of Basketball. He was born in 1861 inRamsay township, near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. The concept of basketball was born from hisschool days in the area where he played a simple child’s game called duck-on-a-rock outside of his schoolhouse. The game had . . . Read more

In the words of British composer Thomas Beckman the harpsichord is, “The sound of harmony in composition.” At onetime or another most everyone has heard the piano, not so with the harpsichord. In comparison with the piano hardly anyone has heard the harpsichord or could recognize it. A question begins . . . Read more

In the early stages of the twentieth century, little was known about cell membranes. Until the early 1950s, the biological cell membrane was rarely mentioned in scientific literature. It was recognised that something was probably there, but hardly anything about it was known. Considering the lack of technical equipment available . . . Read more