The Force will be strong on Barracks Row to celebrate May the 4th this weekend. Starting Friday evening through Sunday, there will be all kinds of Stars Wars-inspired fun on 8th Street SE, from lightsaber training to a performace by the Galactic Empire Band to Star Wars-themed food and dr...
If the English had just stayed at home instead of deciding to carve an Empire — with the help of all the British, england kits of course — then everything today would be hunky-dory. According to this Anti-Imperialist mentality, everything bad that has ever happened in the history of ...
From this time on, Chinese rulers were called “Sons of Heaven” and the Chinese Empire, the “Celestial Empire.” The transfer of power from one dynasty to the next was based on the mandate of heaven. Zhou rule in China continued for nearly eight centuries. During that time great ...
Then the actual comic logistics. Are we going to have 20 to 40 issues before we are treated to a movie adaptation of Empire and then another 20-40 issues till the same for Return of the Jedi? I had really hoped that this series would have picked up after the Yuuzhan Vong stories in ...
During our visit to Lisbon, we stepped back into the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries during the Age of Discovery when the Portuguese Empire was at its peak. As we clocked thousands of steps each day, we also saw how Lisbon was affected by the devastating earthquake of 1755. Portugal’s ...
During our visit to Lisbon, we stepped back into the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries during the Age of Discovery when the Portuguese Empire was at its peak. As we clocked thousands of steps each day, we also saw how Lisbon was affected by the devastating earthquake of 1755. Portugal’s ...
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[Pictured: Smog obscures the view of the Chrysler Building from Empire State Building, New York City on Nov. 20, 1953.] 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act L. J. Willinger/Keystone Features // Getty Images 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act The United States took big steps in motor vehicle transp...
Salt has been mined in Cardona since the times of the Roman Empire and during the ninth century,Wilfred the Hairybuilt Cardona Castle to protect the mine. Salt continued to be mined in Cardona until the nineteen nineties when the mine was closed. ...
Energy legislation, energy prices, and global warming concerns were high on the congressional agenda in 2007. The resulting Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) outlined some major provisions to improve energy standards. [Pictured: President George W. Bush with Speaker of the House Nancy Pel...