From the Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire, there are many interesting examples of empires that have risen to power and eventually declined, often due to internal conflicts, external pressures, or other complex factors. 3. The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period of rapid...
He works selflessly for the welfare of others without any vested interests. How often do you see him? I take him as my mentor, and due to his unabated support, I always handle my conflicts adroitly. And explain what kind of relationship you have with him/her OR explain why you consider...
The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961, and saw service in World War I and World War II, along with many smaller conflicts. In 1961 the regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), which merged, in 1994,...
“tease apart a treatment effect (improvement due to AA itself) and a selection effect (driven by the type of people who seek [AA] help).” Keith Humphreys, Janet Blodgett and Todd Wagner did just that using combined data from five randomized experimentsto show that AA really works—for ...
to foster/fool public consent, but even a fascist state had to address political realities. A US fascist state would have been faced almost immediately with an internal power struggle–who would be THE leader? Then THE leader would have to address economic issues–to save or change the gold ...
Henry saw war with France as a way of diverting the interests of the great nobles away from internal conflicts, thus restoring and maintaining order at home. With peace negotiations faltering, and having dealt with several plots to displace him from his throne – the last of which, the Southa...
‘Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic’—Washington Post I’ve read a lot about America’s opiate crisis over the past few years. However, this particular article put a few things in perspective for me that I’d missed before. First of all was the number of pi...
Henry saw war with France as a way of diverting the interests of the great nobles away from internal conflicts, thus restoring and maintaining order at home. With peace negotiations faltering, and having dealt with several plots to displace him from his throne – the last of which, the Southa...
Dr. Thompson dabbled with computer circuits in order to determine whether survival-of-the-fittest principles might provide hints for improved microchip designs. As a test bed, he procured a special type of chip called a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) whose internal logic can be completely...
I was very pleased to be invited to write something forHistory… The Interesting Bits– a blog I have followed for some time. Above all, I have appreciated Sharon’s efforts to raise awareness of some fascinating medieval women, whose stories are too often neglected. Another such woman is Ca...