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Presocratics: Ancient Antecedents

The term “Presocratic” is a modern creation. The earliest attestation discovered so far is found in a manual of the universal history of philosophy published in 1788 by J.-A. Eberhard (the addressee of a famous letter by Kant): one section is entitled “Presocratic Philosophy” (“vorsokratische Philosophie”).1 But the idea that there is a major caesura bet ...

Archaic Greek Art (700–480 BC)

The seventh century BC saw the beginning of the Archaic period of Greek art. Influenced by their Eastern neighbors, such as the Egyptians and the peoples of Anatolia (e.g., the Hittites and Lydians), the Greeks adopted new styles that soon replaced the spare, abstract geometric patterning that had been common since the fall of Mycenaean civilization. Gre ...

Ancient Egypt: the Development of Record Keeping in the “Old Kingdom”

The Ancient Egyptian Civilization is one of the longest and richest civilizations in the world. The development of record keeping and the rise of the importance of the scribe corresponded with the realization of a large agriculture surplus and the introduction of centralized and efficient administration of the country. The old kingdom, 2686 – 2160 BC was ...

The Death of General George S. Patton

On September 29,1945, General Eisenhower took away the army that General Patton lead so successfully from Normandy to Czecholovakia. Eisenhower could no longer keep Patton in his position as military governor of Bavaria, not only because Patton didn't believe in and din't carry out the orders of denazification, but he also openly said so in the press.Eis ...

Establishment of Gyumri Heritage Centre

The ‘Urban Heritage Centre’ (hereinafter referred to as the Centre) is located in Gyumri city, which is in the Shirak region of the Republic of Armenia. Gyumri is the second largest city in Armenia and its origins are ancient. Many sites and finds of archaeological interest have been found in the area, dating back to the 3rd millennium BC and as recent a ...

Gabonese Republic

Gabon straddles the equator on africa's west coast. It covers 103,347 square miles (267,670 square kilometers), an area nearly the size of Colorado. Gabon is situated in the drainage basin of the Ogooue River. About three-fourths of the country is low-lying equatorial rain forest. The southeast is mostly savanna.

French Guiana. the Penal Colonization of French Guyana 1852-1953

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffu ...

EGYPT Country Brief

Since the 2011 political transition, Egypt has been in a state of flux in respect to the political, social and economic situation in the country.1 According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), these changes have negatively affected the economy, especially the tourism sector, in addition to revenues from the Suez Canal, oil and remittances ...

History of Andorra

Legend has it that Charlemagne founded Andorra in 805 in recognition of the aid provided by its inhabitants in his fight against the Saracens. However, the earliest document known to mention the country is the act of consecration of the cathedral of Santa Marla of Urgell in the mid-9th century, which names the parishes (administrative and territorial div ...

Overview of Cameroon

Portuguese first arrived in 1472 named the country “Rio dos Camarões”, due to the abundance of lobster in the Wouri river, followed by the European missionaries later  1884: Kamerun became a colony of the German empire. In 1919 After the World war 1, the country is divided between British and French In 1960 the French part became independent The ques ...

Key Points on the Political History of Cambodia Before 1975

Cambodia has a long tradition of authoritarian rule dating from the time of Angkor and before. In this system the king’s power was in theory absolute. Everything in the kingdom was his property and the word for govern also meant to eat or consume. There was no corresponding notion, as in the West or some other Asian countries, of the king acting as the s ...

The Origin and Persistence of State Fragility in Burundi

State fragility in Burundi has been a cause, and consequence, of the country’s political instability. Since independence, Burundi has endured six episodes of civil war, two major foiled coup d’états, and five coup d’états that have led to regime change. The root cause of state fragility is traced back to divisive practices introduced by the colonial powe ...

Prehistory to Proto;History of Myanmar: a Perspective of Historical Geography

Myanmar* is* located* between* the* east* Himalayan* syntaxis* and* the* Andaman* Sea* to* the* south,* washed*by* the*Bay*of*Bengal*on* the*west,*Myanmar*links*Alpine' Himalayan( orogenic belt* to* the* west* with* its* extension* in* the* rest* of* Southeast* Asia. Myanmar lies* in the Southeastern* Asia,* bordering*the*Andaman*Sea*and*the*Bay*of*Benga ...

Burkina Faso

Despite an abysmally low GDP/cap, Burkina Faso’s predicted probability of civil war onset has on average been lower than the average for the Africa region as a whole and only marginally higher than the world’s average. Low population, no mountains (Burkina Faso is located in the savanna zone on a granite and gneiss plateau some 650 to 1,000 feet above se ...

A Concise History of Bulgaria

Bulgaria is slated to become a member of the European Union in 2007, yet its history is amongst the least well-known in the rest of the continent. R. J. Crampton provides here a general introduction to this country at the crossroads of Christendom and Islam. The text and illustrations trace the rich and dramatic story from pre-history, through the days w ...

Brunei Darussalam in Brief

Before the advent of Islam, Brunei Darussalam’s early history is unclear but archaeological discoveries supported by historical data indicate that Brunei had wide contacts with its neighbours on the Asian continent around 518 A.D. Chinese historians of that period, for example, made references in their writing of ‘Puni’ or ‘Poli’, two of the many names w ...

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