ROSA PARKS (Part 1)
The evening of Thursday 1 December 1955 saw Rosa Park finish her days work as a seamstress at a department store in downtown Mont…
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Stealing the Stone of Scone
Before the Sun was up on Christmas Day 1950, a bold, if outlandish, theft was underway, starting at the side door of Westminster A…
LOST CIVILISATIONS (P2)
HITTITE EMPIRE:At its peak, the Hittite Empire rivalled the more famous kingdom of Egypt, and were such a threat that Egypts Phara…
LOST CIVILISATIONS (P1)
KHMER EMPIRE:Water is the life stream of all civilisations, and the Khmer Empire completely embraced it and used it to its advanta…
Ancient Rome’s Most Despicable Characters (P2)
MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS:Crassus is thought to be the richest man in the history of Rome, with an estimated 200 million sestertii, …
Ancient Rome’s Most Despicable Characters (P1)
GAIUS VERRES:Born to a father who was accused of corruption himself,Verreswould grow up to become one of the most abhorrent person…
MALCOLM X
Born Malcolm Little on 19 May 1925, the man who would inspire generations first opened his eyes in a city already famed for its pe…
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
THEY USED CATS TO WIN A BATTLE:Legend has it that during his conquest of Egypt, King Cambyses II employed a clever battle techniqu…
Ancient Egypt and It's Female Kings
According to the ancient Egyptians, the entire universe was made up of masculine and feminine elements, maintained in a state of p…
Kamikaze
On 12 April 1945, Ichizo Hayashi found himself inside a plane, screaming downwards through humid Okinawan air towards an American …
