The Second Virginia Convention was held at St. John's Church in Richmond on March 23, 1775. Patrick Henry argued that a volunteer mercenary should be organized and armed in every county of Virginia to defend themselves from Great Britain. Henry was a straight to the...
World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945. This war in particular was the biggest armed battle in human history. World War II consisted over six continents and took place in all the world’s oceans. The war created an event that was essential...
Early Egyptians buried their dead in the ground, placing them in a fetal position, in shallow graves dug in the sand. Egypt grew into a powerful prosperous nation on the dynastic period began in 3100 BC. Around this time Egyptians began to construct more and...
Bollywood, or the Hindi film industry of India which produces about 1000 films per year, is the world’s largest film industry. Since then, the first Indian sound film Alam Ara was produced in the year 1931, in many ways in this industry. Preparing films, displaying...
There are two main types of food in Costa Rica. A traditional Cuisine is one of the main types found in Costa Rica and it is the most common, it is known as comida tipica and the second main type thatis found in Costa Rica...
The feasts of Israel take a special place in the scripture. They are referred in both Old and New Testaments. The feasts are to tell the story of God’s redemption plan for his people. Upon feasts, the first 3 involve the sacrifice of God’s Passover...
The founding of People`s Republic of China in 1949, China has made tremendous efforts to explore a development road designed for her own needs and suitable to her own national conditions, which was finally summed up by Deng Xiaoping, the architect of the opening-up in...
This industry has witnessed a major shift in last 3 decades in terms of its production bases. Until 1980’s production of textile and clothing was concentrated in USA and EU but over a period of time production of these commodities shifted drastically to Asian countries....
A study conducted by Rajiv Radhakrishnan and and Chittaranjan Andrade on the historical, epidemiological and demographic factors of suicide in India and examines the strategies aimed at the prevention of suicide on hoping that the exposure of the problem will facilitate primary prevention planning. They...
The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and Sparta, theses were two leading-city states in ancient Greece. This was lasted from 431-404 bce. The war took over a good part of the Greek world and Thucydides was the one who judged it. This war was considered...
In 1914, before the start of the First World War, Germany had become Europe’s most powerful economic and military power and was second only to the United States in the world. Four long terrible years of warfare meant that, by 1918, Germany’s economy was in...
Singapore is one of the world’s most prosperous nations. Despite an active parliamentary opposition, it has been ruled by one party, the People’s Action Party. Singapore is a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between...
The majority of new homes in England and Wales are built using traditional masonry construction. Traditional masonry construction is the construction method of choice for new homes in England and Wales. This method is ingrained in our national psyche and most people appear to feel...
The Siege of Bastogne took place in Germany in the year of 1944. It was a part of the last major German offensive campaign during World War II called the Battle of the Bulge which involved 250,000 German forces and 80,000 American forces. Germany’s main...
The war came to the Philippines in a surprise air attack. In the case of the Philippines, however, this initial strike was followed by a full-scale invasion of the main island of Luzon three days later. Then the US and Philippines were forced to retreat...
Automatic Streetlight Control System is a simple and powerful concept, which uses transistor as a switch to switch ON and OFF the street light automatically. By using this system manual works are removed. It automatically switches ON lights when the sunlight goes below the noticeable...
The Peloponnesian War was a war between two leading city- states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta which lasted from 431-404 bce. The fighting took over the entire Greek world and it was judge by Thucydides, this was the war was considered to be among...
For decades now, Nigeria has been playing a fatherly role in African politics, providing economic support and peace keeping assistance, when and where necessary. For this, she is often referred to as “the giant of Africa”. It was not until 1st of October 1960 that...
In 2003, the government of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) formulated a five year development strategy. This strategy was anchored on the principles of democracy and empowerment (The strategy put a case for empowerment of the people through creation of employment and other income earning...