The presence of early Native Americans in present-day South Carolina is evidenced in the presence of ceremonial mounds that had been built by the Mississippian culture or Mound Builders. At the time of European settlement, native occupants included the Yamasee of the Muskogean language group, the Catawba of the Siouan group and the Cherokee of the Iroquoian group.
The following map is from (circa) 1871, according to this source, and it was published in Bologna, Italy. Could you please provide some context for it? Parts of the map are self evident, as for exa…
By "Taboo" I meant the lack of widespread access to the information (very few sources, sparse information in biology books etc). I've edited the title for clarification. As you all probably
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, retires as prime minister of Great Britain.Born at Blenheim Palace in 1874, Churchill joined the British Fourth Hussars upon his father’s death in 1895. During the next five years, he enjoyed an illustrious military career, serving in India, the Sudan, and South Africa, and distinguishing himself several times in battle.
'The great defeat of Diocletian' is a work by Jesús Pardo, published in 2004.Cayo Aurelio Valerio Diocleciano, Dalmatian by origin and of a very modest birth, is considered one of the most reforming and intelligent sovereigns that Europe has ever had. Named emperor from Rome in the year 285 of our era, he soon came to the conclusion that a territory as vast and with borders as difficult as the Roman one needed more than one head.
In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party meet to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig Party, which was formed in 1834 to oppose the “tyranny” of President Andrew Jackson, had shown itself incapable of coping with the national crisis over slavery.
Faced with population growth and environmental pressures, such as sea level rise between 3,000 and 1,000 years ago or droughts about 1,200 years ago, Mayan societies responded by turning tropical forests into complex wetland fields with canals to manage the quality and quantity of water.
