Over the centuries, as agriculture spread across the planet, people moved toward places where metal was found and worked and to centers of commerce that then become cities. Those places were, in turn, invaded and overrun by people later generations called barbarians.In between these storm surges...
Bangladesh was established in 1971 after Bengali nationalists fought for the independence of 'East Bengal' or 'East Pakistan' from the main Pakistani state to the west created at the end of British India in 1947. The ensuing war led to the deaths of three million people an...
The navy was 30% smaller than before the war and Britain lost its naval supremacy forever to the United States. In addition, the country had exhausted its reserves of gold, dollars and overseas investment, and was deeply in debt to the United States. 英国赢得了战争,但付出了巨大的代价。约...
The Romans invaded Britain in 43, and the only area they did not subdue therein was .(对外经贸 2005 研)【答案】Scotland 【解析】罗马人于公元 43 年入侵英国,但没有征服苏格兰。 The Church of England, also called the Church, is one of the many ―Protestant‖ sects which broke away from ...
Raj believing that he's getting to know Tina when it's really Pooja. His family decides to go back on a holiday to India for 2 weeks, when Tina discovers the truth about Pooja's e-mails, they decide together that Tina will play along with the charade. When Raj arrives in India, he...
and high-wire balancing act between gonzo absurdism and surprisingly affecting introspection,Poor Thingstruly has to be seen to be believed. And even then, you’ll probably wonder if the whole thing was a fever dream after all. Catch up on it now before Lanthimos’ next Emma Stone team-up...
Decolonisation in IndiaIncident at Simla, May 1947: what the documents reveal a moment of truth for the historians?doi:10.1080/14662048208447408Hugh TinkerLancaster UniversityThe Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
She was 2 years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated. Suffering from leukemia because of the atomic radiation and knowing she was dying, Sadako undertook to make a thousand origami cranes before her death. Following her diagnosis, she survived for another 10 years, ...
Spendthrift Willie Leyland again returns to the family home in London penniless. His father is none too pleased but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was ab...
Tandoori chicken is said to have been invented by Kundan Lal Gujral, who owned a restaurant called Moti Mahal in Peshawar, in what is now Pakistan. After the partition of India in 1947, Gujral moved to Delhi and opened a new restaurant called Moti Mahal Delux. ...