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Category: History

Tracing Ancient Trade Networks…

Archaeologists recently found ancient wine jars, named Amphora, around 300ft below the sea, and each one is more than 2,200 years old. This discovery has triggered a stir among archaeologists. […]

On Hegemonic Stability Theory…

Charles Poor ‘Charlie’ Kindleberger (October 12, 1910 – July 7, 2003), an American Economic Historian, once said that it was necessary to establish a Hegemonic Regime in order to maintain […]

On The Imperial Inca Rite…

Inca, the Largest Empire of the 15th Century, was a mixture of technological advancement and aristocracy. The Inca Empire was spread over an area of about 5,000km, from Ecuador to […]

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day…

Pakistan and India marked their 75th Independence Day on August 14 and August 15 (2021), respectively. Seventy-four years have passed since the tragic event of Partition of the Indian Sub-continent. […]

Ticking Away, Differently!

It is considered to be the norm to have 12 numbers on a clock. However, there is a clock in this world that is different from other clocks, as that […]

Etymology

The Colonial Origins Of Sexuality In Sanskrit, the word ‘Rand’ means a person incapable of producing children. The feminine gender of the word is ‘Randa‘, which means Infertile. Over time, […]

A Ticking Time-Bomb

Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund Municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The small village is full of natural beauty, as it is surrounded by mountains. […]

And Back On Earth To Fill Up Forms

He had set foot on the Moon right after Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) on July 20, 1969. Instead of receiving him with flowers and […]