It was predicted that with the development of technology, people would have more free time in 21st century. To what extent do you think the prediction has come true? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words...
1 I can still vaguely recall the men who built the walls, and raised the roof, even though it was many families ago. The master from the manor house over the way needed a lodge for his groundsman, and found a clearing in the huge orchard which ran up and down the hills. He sent ...
How long ago was the Shang Dynasty? Did the Chinese like the Song Dynasty? How did the Song Dynasty strengthen China? Did the Song Dynasty have a strong military? What was the Song Dynasty the first government to do? How did the Plantagenet dynasty end?
Baltimore’s Ordinance 610 in 1911 was a precursor to redlining across the country in the 1930s. HOLC was created as part of the New Deal in 1933 and was a division of the government which issued bonds to purchase mortgage loans. The corporation is best known today for itsmapso...
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How long did the Meiji Period last? How did the Chinese Empire fall? How long ago was the Shang Dynasty? How long did the second Opium War last? How long did Emperor Meiji rule for? How long ago was the Han Dynasty? What is the lasting legacy of Imperial Japan?
In Problems 22, I explained in detail how hard it was for China’s Blue Republic to establish anything resembling Western notions of normality between the initial revolt in 1911 and its replacement by the People’s Republic in 1949. A dose of Leninism proved essential: the Kuomintang only got...
A Message in a bottle sent out to sea by a New Hampshire man more than five decades ago was found 1,500 miles away and has been returned to his daughter. The long lost message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he was vacationing. Buffington says he found a soda bottle...
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“a few” dogs, according to the 1954 book “Pekingese Scrapbook.” Among the British, the dogs were coveted as souvenirs of “Old China” — a romanticized, mystical vision of a then-fading imperial nation that, weakened by the Opium Wars, collapsed in 1911 and was replaced by a Chinese...