Why did Napoleon invade Russia? Napoleon invaded Russia because he wanted to force back Russian troops and consolidate all of his power in Europe. He assumed that he would be able to defeat the Russians and, as Hitler did later on, underestimated them. Napoleon had come to power through a coup in 1799 and made […]
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When did knights stop wearing armor? Knights stopped wearing armor when muskets began to be used more widely in battles. There are many types of armor, and it has evolved over the centuries. We are all familiar with the iron and then steel armor that knights often wear in movies. We have also probably seen
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Why were the Easter Island Moai statues built? The Moai statues were built on Easter Island by the Polynesians to embody the spirits of their ancestors, not to appease the gods as their island died. There are 887 known statues on the island at the moment, but there are more that are still buried and
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Did the Hundred Years War last for a hundred years? No, the Hundred Years War didn’t last a hundred years. In fact, it lasted for 116 years. The thing we need to understand before we start talking about the Hundred Years War is that it was not one continuous war that lasted for over a
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How did the Incas build their roads? The Incas built an extensive road network by using a labor tax, but they used different construction techniques depending on the landscape they were building through. We have a lot of roads today. It is estimated that there are 200 million km of roads around the word at
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How many of Nostradamus’s predictions have come true? The number of Nostradamus’s predictions that have come true depends very heavily on how you want to look at it. If you are asking how many have come true, then the answer is 0. If you are asking how many can be made to sound as though
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Why was the Waldorf-Astoria hotel built because of a feud? The Waldorf-Astoria hotel was built because of a dispute over who should be able to use the name “Mrs. Astor”. The original Waldorf-Astoria hotel doesn’t exist anymore. It was knocked down in 1929 and the land was sold to the Empire State Inc, a group
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How did the Phoenicians dominate the sea for a thousand years? The Phoenicians were able to dominate the sea for nearly a thousand years because of the ship technology they had, because of the way they controlled their colonies, and because of the collapse of other civilizations during the Bronze Age.. The Phoenician Empire wasn’t
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What was the Great Fire of Rome? The Great Fire of Rome was a huge fire that decimated the city of Rome in 64 AD. It is the fire that burned Rome while Emperor Nero was supposed to have been playing his fiddle. Most major cities that have a long history will have had a
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What did Florence Nightingale do? She managed to improve hospital hygiene, made nursing into a profession, used statistical analysis, and became the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. She was British, but she was born in Florence, Italy, during a family tour of Europe, hence her name.
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