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What were the achievements of Socrates?

Socrates' primary interest was in using philosophy as a tool to make society better. In service to that goal, he taught a system of rational ethics to the young men (and future leaders) of Athens, using the Socratic Method, a system of questioning to reach an answer, to ensure they learned to think for themselves. This technique did help people come to rational conclusions, but because it also revealed how foolish didactic beliefs were, it made many enemies as well.\nSocrates' insistence upon people facing the truth ultimately led to his downfall. During his lifetime, Athens was in s..

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What was traded along the Nile River?

Trading across the Mediterranean Sea was a natural choice for the ancient Egyptians because the Upper Nile River allowed for easy access. Trade posts were established in Greece, Cyprus, Crete, Syro-Palestine, Punt, and Nubia. Though the exact locations of some of these posts are lost to history, Punt was famous for its incense production, while Syro-Palestine traded in cedar, horses and oils. More exotic goods, such as ostrich feathers, giraffe tails, monkeys and cattle, were traded throughout history. As land travel improved with the domestication of horses around 1,550 B.C., trade around the..

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What is Napoleon Bonaparte famous for?

According to BBC History, Bonaparte was born on French-held Corsica in 1769, and was sent to France to be educated. Rising up through prestigious French military schools, Bonaparte eventually went into the artillery, gaining skills which he used to great affect at the Siege of Toulon during the French Revolutionary Wars. After that battle, Napoleon's star rose quickly, and he saw further action in Italy and Egypt. In 1799, Bonaparte took part in a coup overthrowing the weak and corrupt Directory, and became the most powerful man in France under the newly installed Consulate. By 1804, the ..

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Is there a Mayflower passenger list?

The Leiden congregation made up 37 members of the passenger list. These members traveled to establish their own ideology of Christianity. A minority of the passengers worked as servants to other passengers, including 13 Leiden congregation members. Almost half of the passengers perished during in the first winter in the New World. There were 14 officers on the Mayflower as well as 30 to 50 crewmen.

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What achievements made the Gupta Empire a golden age?

The Gupta Empire existed from about 320 A.D. until about 550 A.D. Its first ruler was Chandragupta I, but it was his son, Samudragupta, who gave the empire some of its greatest achievements in the field of war. He expanded the territory of the empire extensively and is regarded alongside other historical conquerors such as Napoleon and Alexander the Great.Other achievements by the Gupta Empire center on the arts and the sciences. It was a time when the creation of sculpture, painting and literature flourished. The fields of mathematics and astronomy were advanced through renowned scholars. For..

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What is Pocahontas famous for?

Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the chief of a confederacy of Algonquin tribes in Virginia. According to an account by John Smith written to Queen Anne, Pocahontas placed her own head on top of his to save him from being clubbed. Afterwards, she became friends with Smith, visited the colony often, and not only brought food, but warned the colonists of an ambush. However, when John Smith became ill and left for England, Pocahontas stopped visiting Jamestown.\nSeveral years later, the British lured her onto a ship and captured her, holding her for ransom. When the ransom demands were no..

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What was one of Emperor Constantine's accomplishments?

The emperor before Constantine harshly persecuted people of the Christian faith. In 313, Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which gave all people the freedom to choose their own religion. This interest in religious doctrine set a new standard for emperors to come. Numerous irreversible cultural issues arose from this new way of life, as many of Rome's civic events were based on secret religious rituals. Previously, Christianity was viewed as a cult. Suddenly Christians were offered government jobs and were favored by an emperor.\nConstantine also hastened the decline of the once-great..

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What was the climate like in the Virginia colony?

From a period of roughly 1403 to 1850, the Northern Hemisphere was gripped by what climatologists have since dubbed 'The Little Ice Age'. This meant a milder spring and autumn, but also colder winters. This period of decreased temperature made growing seasons shorter and winters harsher. This made life difficult for the early colonists, who became more vulnerable to disease from lack of food and eventual starvation.

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Why was Stephen F Austin arrested?

The reason behind Austin's arrest lay in a letter he wrote in October 1833 to the Municipality of Bexar, recommending that all the Texas municipalities should unite as a single state. The Mexicans intercepted the letter and considered it a treasonable matter. They arrested Austin at Saltillo, and imprisoned him in for 8 months. He was released in August 1834, and he proceeded to lead the Texan rebels to victory over Mexico.

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How old is the Internet?

Some of the first universities attached to ARPANET included Harvard, Stanford, UCLA and MIT. Today's Internet is usually traversed using a series of Web pages known as the World Wide Web, with each page typically accessed by entering a URL address into a browser. The World Wide Web is only 25 years old in 2014 and was proposed in 1989 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. The first webpage was posted in 1990.

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