Events of the Ancient Olympic Games
In the discus event the athletes threw a disk-shaped object for distance. The discus itself was made of stone or, later...
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Wars of the Roses
Deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA, is crucial to life on Earth. The questions and answersWars of the Roses, (1455–85), in English history...
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Hannibal
Hannibal was the son of the great Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. The Greek historian Polybius and the Roman historian Livy are the two...
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Spotlight: World War I
The international conflict was virtually unprecedented in the slaughter, carnage, and destruction it caused embroiling most of Europe along with Russia...
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What’s Inside the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá?
Twice a year thousands of visitors crowd into the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá, located in...
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Great Wall of China
Great might be an understatement. One of the world’s largest building-construction projects, the Great Wall of China is widely thought to be about...
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