In the 20th century, it became common for people to enact change by means of nonviolence. There was a common thread of connection between many of the
Water and Classical Civilizations
This about water and the Mayan civilization in Central America and the Khmer civilization in what is now Cambodia.Continuing World History Topics by
Drought and Famine
Throughout human history, when food shortages strike humanity, there was food around. There was just a failure to connect those people with the food
Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that occurred from the 13th to the 19th centuries. This cooling was likely caused by a number of
War and Civilization
Was war a result of human beings organizing into larger and more complex agricultural social orders, or did war maybe create agriculture and
War & Human Nature
Is humanity naturally warlike, hard-wired to kill, or is war a cultural construct? There is the Hobbes versus Rousseau debate, the effects that war
Disease!
What effects that disease has had in human history? Disease has been with man since the beginning, and it has shaped the way humans operate in a lot
The First Atomic Bomb
This series has nine easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Atomic Explosion and Safety Measurements.IntroductionThe detonation
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