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In which year did Tutankhamun become king?

At the time of Tutankhamun's ascent to the throne, Egypt was in the grip of his father's experiment with monotheism. Tutankhamun's first capital, Amarna, was the seat of this religious deviation, and it fell to him to move the capital back to Thebes. Tutankhamun appears to have suffered from poor health, and his reign was short. He died with a badly infected fracture to his right knee in 1323 BC, at the age of 19.

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Where can you purchase authentic Vietnam combat photos?

The photos available at AP Images and the Americana Photo Store were taken by Associated Press photographers stationed in Vietnam during the war. Some of the images, such as that of a naked 9-year-old girl fleeing a napalm attack, have become iconic and are easily recognizable. Many of the photos available for purchase on the AP Images site were collected in the 2013 book "Vietnam: The Real War."

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What were the consequences of the Vietnam War?

The impact on Vietnam was dramatic. The war caused complete destruction of its infrastructure and thousands of its people were killed. Chemical warfare polluted much of its farmland. After the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, the North Vietnamese began to massacre thousands of Vietnamese from the South. Vietnam had to go on to fight wars against both China and Cambodia before it secured its independence, and today it remains one of the world's poorest nations. Vietnam was united in 1975 after the final collapse of the Southern regime.

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Who was the first president born west of the Mississippi River?

After him, seven presidents came from west of the Mississippi River, a sign that those once lightly populated areas were filling with new people. The second was Harry Truman, who was born in Missouri. The next was Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was born in Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson was also born in Texas, while his successor, Richard Nixon, was born in California. Gerald Ford was born in Nebraska, Bill Clinton in Arkansas and Barack Obama in Hawaii.

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Why did Jerusalem fall to the Romans?

Jerusalem revolted against Roman rule in 66 A.D., at the outbreak of the Great Jewish War. Determined Jewish resisters, known as Zealots, took control of the city and killed or drove out members of the Roman military garrison and civil government. After the defeat of the rebels in Galilee and the death of the emperor Nero in 68 A.D., the Roman general Titus was free to march almost his entire force south to Jerusalem by February, in the year 70.\nTitus, seeking to starve out Jerusalem's defenders, allowed pilgrims to enter the city for Passover, then sealed the surrounding area with a foo..

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Why do countries want to join the European Union?

Citizens of the various countries enjoy the freedom to move to any of the EU member countries without having to meet strict requirements. These citizens may move for the purpose of employment, education or to set up a business.Another reason countries may wish to join the EU is that commodity prices are significantly lowered. This is possible because the EU creates a single market for all members meaning certain taxes are eliminated.Joining the EU gives countries a better platform to air their international concerns. Since member countries work together in dealing with important issues, it is ..

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Where did Albert Einstein do his work?

Einstein began his education in Germany, but he received training to be a mathematics and physics teacher at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich. He then achieved Swiss citizenship and became a technical assistant at the patent office, where he published theories of physics and Newtonian mechanics. He then became a professor in Germany. In 1916 in Berlin, Einstein came up with the theory of gravitation and of relativity. He also worked on theories of radiation and statistics. Einstein was also a professor in the United States, where he worked on unified field theories and quantum th..

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What was Andrew Jackson's attitude toward Native Americans?

Andrew Jackson's legal efforts were an extension of earlier rulings by the Supreme Court that native Americans could not own the title to the land that they occupied. Some native American tribes had been cooperative in the effort, but others had not. The Cherokee nation fought the Supreme Court's ruling through legal means prior to Jackson's Indian Removal Act, but they lost. The political motivation behind removing the native Americans from their land was rooted in expansionism. Jackson wanted the native Americans removed, so that lands they occupied could be freed up for white..

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Who was John "Liver-Eating" Johnson?

As an adult, Johns practiced trapping, hunting and survival skills, which a mountain man needed to live and profit in the Montana Territory. Rumors, legends and campfire tales abound about Johnson, and his story has grown to mythic proportions.\nPart of his legend is that he was kidnapped by the Blackfoot tribe to be sold to his enemies, the Crow nation. Johnson managed to break free from his captors and survive a journey of 200 miles by eating the flesh of one of them.\nJohnson died on January 21, 1900.

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Where can you find historically accurate information about famous people in world history?

Biography.com features over 7,000 different biographies and daily articles. The site breaks up its biographies into themes such as nostalgia, celebrity, history and culture, and crime and scandal.\nHistory.com features articles covering both events and people in world history. The site features videos of History Channel specials and series as well as a store where customers can buy DVDs of past television episodes.\nThe Wikipedia Foundation hosts Wikipedia.org, Wikisource, Wikiversity and Wiktionary, an online dictionary and thesaurus.

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