Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Norse Mythology: Human Sacrifice in Ancient Scandinavia

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In the narrowest sense, ‘Scandinavia’ is Sweden and Norway. In a broader sense, the word also refers to Denmark and Iceland. Its widest usag...
Friday, December 22, 2017

From Dunkirk to North Africa: Britain Revitalizes the War Effort

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In early 1940, the British military forces, which had come to western Europe in an effort to slow or stop the advance of the German army, we...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Global Climatic Instability: A Continuation of Ancient Trends

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Variations in the Earth’s climate have caused researchers to look for the causes of such changes. Specifically, certain political groups hav...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Chiang in Context: China in the Mid 1930s

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As the leader of mainland China from 1928 to 1949, and the leader of Taiwan China from 1949 to 1975, Chiang Kai-shek experienced many ups an...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

The Island Mentality

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Geography influences culture. Societies on islands are profoundly affected by their boundaries: England, Sri Lanka, Hawaii, and Cuba. Four q...
Monday, November 20, 2017

The Carrying Capacity of Planet Earth: Human Population

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The term ‘carrying capacity’ is used to designate the maximum population that a certain habitat can support. A square mile deciduous fores...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Human Sacrifice in Norse Mythology

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Most, and probably all, civilizations in their earliest phases have practiced proto-religions which routinely included human sacrifice. From...