Extraterritoriality

For centuries, food preservation was a significant challenge for humanity.  Even if you were successful in hunting or gathering food, if you could not preserve it, it would be difficult to keep enoug...

31 Jul 202515min

The year 1850 was the mid-point of the 19th century, one of the most transformative centuries in human history.  The first half of the 19th century saw wars, revolutions, and rapid technical and soci...

30 Jul 202516min

Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy whose three major voyages of exploration between 1768 and 1779 greatly expanded European knowledge of ...

29 Jul 202514min

Sometime between the 7th century and 13th century BC, a man was born in Eastern Persia who had a revolutionary idea.  He claimed that there wasn’t a multiple gods, but rather just one god.  He estab...

28 Jul 202515min

In 259 BC, a boy named Ying Zheng was born in the state of Qin in modern-day China.  He was born into the royal family of the kingdom and ascended to the throne at the age of 13.  For most people, b...

27 Jul 202514min

Located off the Southeastern coast of Africa is the island nation of Madagascar. It is a massive island nation known for its beautiful and diverse wildlife. Madagascar is a unique country, both in it...

26 Jul 202516min

Like many ancient civilizations, the Romans had a vast pantheon of gods.  Unlike other civilizations, the Romans were very flexible in where their gods came from.  In particular, they adopted many o...

25 Jul 202515min

On March 13, 1964, at 2:30 am, a woman named Kitty Genovese was returning home from work. As she arrived outside her apartment, a man approached her with a knife. Genovese ran towards her apartment bu...

24 Jul 202514min