What year was the Treaty of Cordoba? What agreement was reached in the Treaty of Tordesillas? What was the Treaty of Ghent? Describe the parties to the treaty and why it was significant. What did the Treaty of Portsmouth demonstrate to the world?
William P. Frye served in a number of government roles during his career as a politician. He represented the state of Maine in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was a member of the American delegation to the Treaty of Paris, 1898. ...
In 895 AD, Fatima al-Fihri founded a university in Morocco with funds she inherited from her father. The purpose was to spend her father’s wealth on what is now known as theUniversity of Al Qarawiynn. There’s a lot of controversy about the beginnings of the University of Al Quaraoui...
O () Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure. O's (pl. ) of O Oes (pl. ) of O O (n.) The letter O, or its sound. O ...
In the wake of the Revolutionary War, at the Treaty of Paris in 1783, a new nation, the United States of America, was created, although the seeds had been planted some 20 years earlier. In 1763, as the result of the treaty ending the French and Indian War, France lost its military ...
I see you have two photographs on your desk: De Gaulle and your wife Brigitte. The entire world it seems is completely intrigued by your marriage, in particular the 24-year age gap. You have been asked to address it repeatedly. Why do you think that is?
Your life is organized like an orbit. I know. 了解了这点,就知道为何四年于相隔千里的我们,似乎只是弹指一挥间而已。 我其实了解小女儿的心理,是希望多一点surprise多一点romantic多一点傻里吧唧的指天划地的。可惜我这方面的才能似乎多用在0,1组成的无机世界里了,于是只能委屈她了。大多数的时间,她就一...
It arrived as part of the American occupation of the islands, with the US government formally acquiring the Philippines from Spain through the Treaty of Paris in December 1898.English was introduced as a medium of instruction in public schools instead of Spanish, cementing the language’s use. ...
Immanuel Kant may be more commonly known forWhat is the Enlightenment?(1784) andCritique of Practical Reason(1788), but his concepts of cosmopolitanism and cosmopolitan law have had equally lasting legacies. In the same year as his Enlightenment answer, Kant publishedIdea f...
It might sound like something out of “Sesame Street” but the XYZ Affair was, in fact, a diplomatic incident between France and America in the late 18th century that led to an undeclared war at sea. In 1793, France went to war with Great Britain while America remained neutral. Late the...