Why was Gautama Buddha so special? Why did Richard II become king? Why did King Tutankhamun become king? Why did Louis XVI let constitutional monarchy form? Why was William the Conqueror a good king? Why is King Henry VIII famous?
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This was supposed to represent the first taste of an upcoming comeback album that still hasn't emerged. Instead,Euphoriademonstrates exactly why Vinnie Vincent's music is so polarizing. The guy can clearly play the hell out of a guitar, and his writing contributions to three of Kiss' best n...
said that no Kazakh would consider having a wedding—or large party for that matter—without wrestling. It’s the most important attribute of the culture’s historic “Three Manly Skills,” which include horsemanship and archery. It’s said that Genghis Khan made his warriors...
Immediately after the destruction of the Kabul garrison, Akbar Khan found his vast tribal force slipping away, so when Britain dispatched a new column (dubbed the Army of Retribution) from India, it had little trouble retaking Kabul. Once there, it destroyed the famous Kabul bazaar and then ...
Why isThe Epic of Gilgameshstill relevant today? The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Epic of Gilgameshwas likely written around 2100 BCE. That's a long time ago! This Mesopotamian epic poem follows the king of Uruk, Gilgamesh, on a journey fighting monsters that are both literal and internal. ...
Some of the most famous people in history were believed to resemble their dogs, including U.S. ex-president, Richard Nixon, and his dog ‘Checkers’. Food icon, Martha Stewart, has often been likened to her Chow Chow, Genghis Khan; while some say pop icon, Lady Gaga, looks similar to...
In the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279), Pu’er County became a famous market for trading tea and horses. In the former part of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), reputation of the Pu’er tea reached its climax. Yunnan is a land of rugged mountains and steep valleys which meant that Pu’er...
to have superhuman powers—whether it be Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Genghis Khan, Marie Curie, John Lennon, Ayn Rand,2 or Louis C.K.—the more I’m convinced that it’s their software, not their natural-born intelligence or talents, that makes them so rare and so ...
Close to perfect. So, does “writing well” still matter? I would argue that it does, but not for the same reasons it once did. The ability to generate good writing is now less important, and the ability to tell good writing apart from bad writing is now much more important. ...