The
horse was a key element in the emergence of a distinctive Comanche culture
Socialist revolutionary Che Guevara was born in
Argentina and received the nickname "Che" because of his frequent use of the Argentine word
Che, meaning "pal" or "mate"
Constantine the Great was the first Roman Emperor to accept Christianity
Spanish painter Francisco Goya is both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the modern artists
Author Charles Kingsley was one of the first to praise
Charles Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species," and seeking a reconciliation between science and Christian doctrine
Bob Dylan was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016
Jing (essence),
Qi (breath energy) and Shen (a divine or human spirit) are known as the "Three Treasures" in
Daoism
Mirabeau the Elder was known as the "friend of mankind" who believed that the wealth of a nation was its population
The Indus is the most important river in
Pakistan providing essential water for its economy
The original meaning of "cartoon" comes from the Italian "cartone," meaning "big paper," and referred to a drawing made on paper as a full size study for artwork
In the
Jewish law there was no provision for bankruptcy; instead, all unpaid debts were canceled every seven years
Pueblos are among the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the US
Daniel Patrick Moynihan regarded the breakdown of the
family, particularly the black family, as central to the problem of
poverty
In the
Middle Ages, Constantinople was the richest European city and was known as the "Queen of Cities"
In
Norse Mythology "Hel" refers both to the cold realm inhabited by the dead who died not in battle and the cold
deity who rules it
The Eagles are the highest-selling American band in U.S. history
Dian Fossey is the first known person to be voluntarily contacted by a mountain
gorilla
The archipelago of Zanzibar was a separate state which united with Tanganyika to form
Tanzania and still enjoys a high degree of autonomy within the union
Luanda is one of several cities that has been called the "Paris of Africa"
Astronomy is one of the few sciences where amateurs can still play an active role
The first human being in space was
Russian cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin in 1961 and the first person to set foot on the
moon was
American astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969
Abner Doubleday was once credited with the invention of baseball, but the story is now considered a
myth by sports historians, and Alexander Cartwright is now recognized as the true inventor of baseball.
Clarence Darrow tried two important cases (the
Scopes Trial and the Ossian Sweet case) after announcing retirement
John Locke believed human beings start life "from scratch," with the
mind at birth a "
tabula rasa" or blank slate, which is then filled with
knowledge through experience
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was a seminal event in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
The origin of the Dravidian languages, spoken by over 200 million people located primarily in Southern
India, has remained unclear and controversial
The form that we now recognize as the symphony took shape in the early eighteenth century
Scientists have come up with several theories to explain how the Moai of
Easter Island "walked" from the quarry to their stone platforms
Sigmund Freud is commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis"
Inuit is a term that encompasses the Indigenous peoples who live in the
Arctic regions of
Alaska,
Greenland, and
Canada, and Siberia although some prefer to be called by their own name, such as
Kalaallit in Greenland and [[Inupiat]
Althea Gibson was the first African-American woman to play on the world tennis tour, winning eleven Grand Slam titles
One of the earliest
hominids, dated to over one million years old, was found in Eritrea
James Garfield's presidency lasted just 200 days, the second shortest presidency in U.S. history after
William Henry Harrison's 31 days
Vatican City is the smallest independent nation in the world
The giant panda is classified as a
carnivore but its diet is almost exclusively
bamboo
