66 million years ago, an asteroid with the destructive power of billions of atomic bombs slammed into Earth. The impact caused a planet-wide extinction event, wiping out approximately 75% of Earth’s plant and animal species – including the mighty dinosaurs.…
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in modern history and has ruled England as Queen since 1952. The Queen has only ceremonial powers and no real political power to enforce change or policy. For example, if she withheld…
Google founder Larry Page, tech billionaire Elon Musk, terraplanists, ufologists. Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla doesn’t have an eclectic fan base by accident. The same scientist who changed the way people use and distribute electricity had pigeons as pets, was a…
The story of human evolution is the story of our species acquiring dominance. This episode goes back over three million years to examine clues in the human genome that explain how humans evolved from being tree-dwelling apes to becoming the…
What are the discoveries of Galileo Galilei? Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist and astronomer whose most famous discovery was that the Earth revolves around the sun. But Galileo was also responsible for other remarkable discoveries in the field of…
We explain what the Ancient Age is and what characterized its beginning. In addition, its general characteristics and stages into which it is divided. How is the Ancient Age classified and what are the main characteristics of the Ancient Ages?…
We explain and summarize the history of technology and its causes. Also, what were the technological revolutions and characteristics. The history of technology is the historical account of how humans developed tools and techniques that enabled them to fulfill practical…
House of Medici history: Throughout the 15th century, the name of an Italian banking family was synonymous with power. They were the Medici, who, through their loans, wielded great political influence and financed great works of the Renaissance. In 1429,…
The Renaissance was a cultural, economic, and political movement, which emerged in Italy in the 14th century and lasted until the 17th century throughout Europe. Inspired by Classical Antiquity values and generated by economic changes, the Renaissance reformulated medieval life…