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How did the geography of Rome affect its expansion?

Rome was not only able to establish a military stronghold within the parameters of its borders but also founded solid trade relationships with surrounding countries that made the import and export of goods and supplies convenient and fast. Having a heavy sea presence also meant that Rome could exercise control over much of the surrounding areas. Once Rome was able to expand its army, it could send troops both north on land and south via the sea. Most other established civilizations of the time did not have the benefit of both foot soldiers and sailors.\nRome was also located within an area in ..

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What was the role of a clerk during the Middle Ages?

In England, a growing middle class began to emerge during the years following the end of the epidemic known as the Black Death. The upper portions of England's economic classes were becoming literate, and in 1362, English became the official language of the courts for the first time since the Norman Conquest. This created a need for a workforce trained in written English and an educated class of administrative clerks developed. Because the royal court was in London, the city became a hub for the new class of English-language clerks.Because of their professional connection to prominent off..

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What were some of Robert Boyle's inventions?

Boyle invented the famous air pump in 1659 with Robert Hooke. The discoveries that the two made were published in Boyle's very first scientific publication called "New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of Air and Its Effects," which was published in 1660. Throughout the publication, the two explored combustion, the transmission of sound and respiration.Boyle's Law was named after Boyle when one of their findings expressed the inverse relationship between the volume of gas and the pressure of gas. It was discovered when the two were measuring the volume present in a..

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What are some interesting homemade inventions?

A father named Joseph Friedman got the idea for flexible straws while observing the difficulty his daughter was having drinking a milkshake at his brother’s soda shop. She was attempting to consume it through a straight paper straw, but she could barely reach its opening.\nTo eliminate this problem in the future, Joseph inserted a screw in the straw and wrapped dental floss around it to create a ribbed texture. In this way the straw could easily bend over the rim of the glass so his daughter could enjoy her beverages easily.\nExecutive security Bette Nesmith Graham invented typewriter correc..

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How did the Aztecs adapt to their environment?

Instead of moving elsewhere to build on more favorable lands, the Aztecs established a capital city right over a large swampland. They did so at the perceived instruction of the gods, who directed Aztec leaders to settle peacefully on the lands where an eagle, holding a snake its mouth, rested. As the envisioned eagle appeared to a leader over the swampy area, the Aztecs had no choice but to build in that spot. To traverse the lakes and lagoons surrounding the new homeland, the Aztecs constructed canoes and water vessels for transportation. An abundance of vegetation grew in the moist climate,..

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Why do people yell "Geronimo"?

In 1940, the U.S. Army was testing the idea of deploying troops using parachute drops. They decided to try a mass jump in which the testers jumped out of the plane in quick succession. The men were nervous about this. To relax, they went to see a movie the night before the jump. The movie they saw was "Geronimo," about the Apache chief. After the movie and some beer, Eberhardt claimed he wasn't nervous about the jump. The other soldiers gave him a hard time about it. He said that to prove he wasn't scared, he would yell "Geronimo" when he went out of the plane.

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What are some historical facts about Squanto's tribe and family?

The now-extinct Patuxet tribe was a sub-division of the Wampanoag Confederation, a collection of multiple Native American villages that controlled most of what is now southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In the early 1600s, a series of plagues wiped out as much as 90 percent of the Wampanoag population, and the Patuxet in particular. Pilgrim settler Thomas Hunt kidnapped Squanto and a group of Native Americans with the intention of selling them into slavery in Malaga, Spain. After a group of Catholic priests saved Squanto and tried converting him to Christianity, Squanto returned home..

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Who invented glow sticks?

Glow sticks illuminate by means of a chemical reaction activated when the outside portion of the container is flexed, allowing the solutions to combine and react. After breaking, the tubes are shaken to mix the chemicals completely. After the chemical reaction is activated, the light of a glow stick cannot be shut off; it gradually dims and goes out on its own. The mixture inside glow sticks should be kept away from skin and should not be ingested.

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What factors led to the Russian Revolution?

Czar Nicholas II was executed by Bolshevik forces in July of 1918. The Bolsheviks were committed to the ideas of Karl Marx, and they believed that the working classes would free themselves from the economic and political control of the ruling class. They wanted to form a socialist society based on equality. The provisional government was never elected, and it chose to remain in World War I, despite the fact that the country was ill-equipped to fight against Germany. This made people more in favor of the revolution.

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What were the goals of the Knights of Labor?

The Knights of Labor was founded in 1869 as the Noble and Holy Order Knights of Labor in Philadelphia. The group was patterned after Freemasonry and its membership were made up of nine tailors. After 10 years, under the leadership of Rev. Terence Powderly who took the reins from Uriah Stevens, the Knights of Labor became the largest and most important labor organizations in the United States.

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