Category: History
How Thames Water Squandered Its Thatcher-Era Monopoly
Thames Water has gone billions of dollars in debt. How did they manage to bleed their cash cow dry?
Franz Kafka and the Girl Who Lost Her Doll
From Motivation Station: At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children,…
Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky
In 1900, two of Russia’s most prominent literary figures, Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky, were photographed together…
The Horse: Man’s Most Useful Companion
Dogs may be man’s best friend, but for thousands of years horses were humanity’s most valuable domesticate.
Ubuntu: ‘I am I When We Are’
Couple of years ago, the then Vice Chancellor of Balochistan Univ. of Info Tech. Engg. & Management Science (BUITEMS) Dr. Farooq Bazai…
Why Didn’t Ancient Philosophers Eat Meat?
The religious and ethical debates surrounding animal sacrifice in ancient Greece and Rome, abstinence from animal food.
Knights Templar: The Powerful Military Order During the Crusades
Their skill as warriors, their financial acumen, and the legends of their hidden riches continue to captivate imaginations worldwide.
‘Universe 25’: The Rat Colony Experiment
This ‘Universe 25’ idea comes from American scientist John Calhoun. He creates an ‘ideal world’ where rats will live and breed.
Fall of the Aztecs
The collapse of the Aztec civilization remains a profound turning point in history, symbolizing the devastating effects of colonial conquest and cultural transformation.
How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle
“Well, sometimes Ledwinka looked over my shoulder and sometimes I looked over his.” –Ferdinand Porsche on designing the Volkswagen.
Why Migrants Matter
Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, was subjected to disparaging comments because of his migrant status and his Phoenician ethnicity.
All History is Environmental History
…and that includes both environmental effects on societies and those societies’ impacts on the environment.