Arun's articles Cubism | 10 Interesting Facts About The Art Movement Cubism was a 20th century art movement which had a far reaching impact on the art world. It was inspired by the late works of Paul Cezanne; and pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The Cubist artists abandoned linear perspective and trying to closely imitate three-dimensional reality. Instead, they emphasized the two-dimensional flatness […] August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cubism | 10 Interesting Facts About The Art Movement Cubism was a 20th century art movement which had a far reaching impact on the art world. It was inspired by the late works of Paul Cezanne; and pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The Cubist artists abandoned linear perspective and trying to closely imitate three-dimensional reality. 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Among other things, he helped save millions from starvation during and […] August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Poems In English Literature The earliest surviving English poetry may have been composed in the 7th century. It is written in Old English or Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English. The highest poetic achievement in Old English literature is Beowulf, a 3182 line epic by an unknown author. Following the Norman conquest of England in the 11th […] August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Sculptures In The World Among the oldest sculptures discovered to date is the Lion-man, which was found in 1939 in a German cave. It is between 35,000 and 40,000 years old and belongs to the prehistoric period, or the period before the invention of writing. Another iconic prehistoric sculpture is Venus of Willendorf, a 4.4 inch figurine portraying […] July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Nikola Tesla | 10 Facts About The Famous Scientist Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American scientist who is renowned for his enormous contribution to physics, especially to the field of alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla was an ethnic Serb who was born on 10th July 1856 in present day Croatia. He was very attached to his mother and is said to […] July 27, 2018July 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous German Artists And Their Masterpieces Although Germany as a united state has existed only since the 19th century, the people referred to as German have a long and distinguished tradition in the visual arts. The Renaissance, marked by renewed interest in ancient Greco-Roman culture, originated in Italy in the 14th century and had spread to Germany by the following […] July 18, 2018July 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Poets From The United Kingdom The earliest surviving English poetry was composed as early as the 7th century. It was written in Old English or Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English. Most Old English poems are recorded without authors, and very few names are known with any certainty. Geoffrey Chaucer is the most highly regarded English poet of […] July 14, 2018July 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Interesting Facts About The Ancient Babylonian Empire Mesopotamia is a historical region in West Asia situated between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. It corresponds to present day Iraq, mostly, but also parts of Iran, Syria and Turkey. Mesopotamian civilization was one of the earliest in world history. Babylon was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia from the 18th to 6th century […] July 10, 2018July 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Rene Descartes | 10 Major Contributions And Accomplishments René Descartes (1596 – 1650) is widely regarded as the father of modern western philosophy. Apart from other things, he wrote some of the most influential works of modern philosophy which are still studied in universities across the world. He also formulated theories, developed concepts and made statements which became fundamental to Western philosophy. […] July 6, 2018July 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Interesting Facts About President Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) is one of the most interesting and controversial presidents of the United States. Born in a family which was facing financial difficulty, Johnson struggled as a student before becoming a teacher for a brief period. He joined politics as a secretary to a Congressman and in 1937, at the age […] July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Landscape Paintings By Renowned Artists A landscape painting refers to an artwork whose primary focus is natural scenery. Landscape was a main genre in the eastern art tradition by 4th century AD. However, in the west, till the 17th century, landscape was majorly confined to the background of portraits or paintings dealing principally with religious, mythological or historical subjects. […] June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Sculptors And Their Greatest Masterpieces Sculpture is three dimensional art which was originally created by carving and modeling materials such as stone, metal, ceramics and wood. However, since the rise of Modernism in late 19th century, artists have used a wide variety of processes and materials to create sculptures. The earliest sculptor on our list is Donatello, who was […] June 24, 2018June 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Poems In American Literature Poetry in the United State arose first when colonists wrote poetry to add to the poetic voices in the United Kingdom. As expected, early American poetry closely matched the British models of poetic form, diction and theme. A distinctly American lyric voice of the colonial period was Phillis Wheatley, an African slave who was […] June 20, 2018June 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Nikola Tesla’s 10 Major Contributions And Accomplishments Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) was born as an ethnic Serb, in the village of Smiljan in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day Croatia). Training to be an engineer he attended the Johann-Rudolph-Glauber Realschule Karlstadt, a polytechnic in Graz, Austria from where he dropped out in the third year. With the help of his uncles […] June 16, 2018June 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Achievements of the Han Dynasty of China With a reign of over four centuries, the Han dynasty was the longest reigning imperial dynasty of China. It was preceded by the Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD). Han dynasty’s long period of stability and prosperity consolidated the foundation of China as a unified state. Lasting […] June 4, 2018June 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Effects of the American Civil War The American Civil War was fought from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 between the Union forces and the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Ultimately won by the Union forces, it remains the deadliest battle for the country with estimated deaths between 600,000 […] May 31, 2018June 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Battles of the American Civil War The American Civil War was an armed conflict between 23 Northern states representing the Union and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. It began on April 12, 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Though there were many important battles over […] May 27, 2018May 27, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Interesting Facts About The American Civil War The American Civil War was a major event in U.S. history which lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. It saw an armed conflict between the Union, which proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution; and the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The […] May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Causes of the American Civil War The American Civil War started due to the secession of Southern states who then went on to form a new federal government, the Confederate States of America. American president Abraham Lincoln declared in his inaugural address that he would use force to maintain possession of Federal property and the war began with the Confederate […] May 19, 2018May 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Napoleon Bonaparte | 10 Facts On The Famous French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of the greatest military leaders in history. He rose through the ranks to become Emperor of the French, a position he held from 1804 to 1814, and again briefly in 1815. Napoleon was born in the city of Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica on August 15, 1769. […] May 15, 2018May 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Poets From The United States A distinctly American lyric voice of the colonial period was Phillis Wheatley (1753 – 1784). An African woman sold to slavery, Wheatley became a renowned poet in not only the American colonies but also in England and other nations. The first internationally acclaimed poet of independent United States was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). However, […] May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Interesting Facts On The Mummification Process Mummification is the process by which a dead human or animal may be preserved for a long duration by preventing its decomposition. It can occur naturally or it can be done intentionally. The mummification process is usually associated with ancient Egypt though there are numerous cultures around the world which have practiced it. In […] May 3, 2018May 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Achievements of the Ancient Olmec Civilization The Olmec were the earliest known major civilization of Mesoamerica or Pre-Columbian America. It is thought that early Olmec culture appeared around 1600 BC and it flourished from 1200 BC to 400 BC in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Much of what we know about […] April 29, 2018May 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Landscape Artists And Their Masterpieces Landscape was an established genre in the eastern art tradition by 4th century AD, but in the western art world, landscape painting as an independent genre began only after the era of Renaissance art. Prior to that, the scenery acted merely as a background for human activity. Netherlands was one of the first places […] April 25, 2018May 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Effects of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a major turning point in history which was marked by a shift in the world from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. It brought about a greater volume and variety of factory-produced goods and raised the standard of living for many people, particularly […] April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Important Dates of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization which moved the world away from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The revolution began in Great Britain and then spread across the United States and the rest of the world. The driving force behind the Industrial Revolution […] April 17, 2018April 19, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Inventions of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization which began in Great Britain in the mid-18th century and spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany, and to the United States. It is regarded as a major event in history which ushered in the modern era in which we live. The […] April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Inventors of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a major event in history which had an enormous impact on the way the world functioned. It began in Great Britain in the mid–18th century and spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany, and to the United States. The driving force behind the Industrial Revolution was the […] April 9, 2018April 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Interesting Facts About The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a major event in history. It may be defined as the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The revolution began in Great Britain in the mid–18th century and spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany, and […] April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Causes of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and then spread across the United States and the rest of the world. The revolution in Britain is often called the First Industrial Revolution while the later worldwide revolution is referred to as the Second Industrial Revolution. There is a debate among historians about the precise dates […] April 1, 2018April 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Accomplishments of Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 – 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969. Before becoming president, he served as the Senate Minority Leader from 1953 to 1955; the Senate Majority Leader from 1955 to 1961; and finally as Vice President […] March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Modernist Poets And Their Famous Works Literary modernism is difficult to define as it encompasses a wide variety of movements and as many writers who are termed as modernists were not affiliated with these movements. Broadly, modernist literature is characterized by a radical break with traditional ways of writing in favor of new forms of expression. Ezra Pound captured the […] March 24, 2018March 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Most Famous Modern Art Paintings By Renowned Artists Modern art is a term used to describe the artworks produced in the period roughly extending from the 1860s to the 1970s. This period saw unparalleled development in the art world and some of the best known paintings were produced by artists of this age. Modern artists broke away from the traditions of the […] March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Interesting Facts About The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 Carried out during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and was by far the largest territorial gain in American history. It added 2.14 million square kilometers of land to the United States that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the […] March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Major Accomplishments of Margaret Thatcher Born Margaret Hilda Roberts (1925 – 2013), Thatcher was a British stateswoman who is often called “Iron Lady” due to her uncompromising politics and leadership style. In 1975, she became the first woman to lead a major political party in the U.K. when she was elected as head of the Conservative Party. In 1979, […] March 8, 2018March 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Interesting Facts About U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant joined the West Point Military Academy at the age of 18 and he distinguished himself as a daring and competent soldier during the Mexican–American War, which lasted from 1846 to 1848. 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Cubism | 10 Interesting Facts About The Art Movement Cubism was a 20th century art movement which had a far reaching impact on the art world. It was inspired by the late works of Paul Cezanne; and pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The Cubist artists abandoned linear perspective and trying to closely imitate three-dimensional reality. Instead, they emphasized the two-dimensional flatness […] August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cubism | 10 Interesting Facts About The Art Movement Cubism was a 20th century art movement which had a far reaching impact on the art world. It was inspired by the late works of Paul Cezanne; and pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The Cubist artists abandoned linear perspective and trying to closely imitate three-dimensional reality. Instead, they emphasized the two-dimensional flatness […] August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Achievements of Mother Teresa Born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) became convinced that she should commit herself to religious life at the age of 12. In 1928, at the age of 18, she left home to join the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland and, the following year, she moved to India, where she lived for […] August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Accomplishments of Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (1874 – 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933. Hoover, a successful businessman, first came to national prominence in the 1910s due to his work as a humanitarian. Among other things, he helped save millions from starvation during and […] August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Poems In English Literature The earliest surviving English poetry may have been composed in the 7th century. It is written in Old English or Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English. The highest poetic achievement in Old English literature is Beowulf, a 3182 line epic by an unknown author. Following the Norman conquest of England in the 11th […] August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Sculptures In The World Among the oldest sculptures discovered to date is the Lion-man, which was found in 1939 in a German cave. It is between 35,000 and 40,000 years old and belongs to the prehistoric period, or the period before the invention of writing. Another iconic prehistoric sculpture is Venus of Willendorf, a 4.4 inch figurine portraying […] July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nikola Tesla | 10 Facts About The Famous Scientist Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American scientist who is renowned for his enormous contribution to physics, especially to the field of alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla was an ethnic Serb who was born on 10th July 1856 in present day Croatia. He was very attached to his mother and is said to […] July 27, 2018July 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous German Artists And Their Masterpieces Although Germany as a united state has existed only since the 19th century, the people referred to as German have a long and distinguished tradition in the visual arts. The Renaissance, marked by renewed interest in ancient Greco-Roman culture, originated in Italy in the 14th century and had spread to Germany by the following […] July 18, 2018July 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Poets From The United Kingdom The earliest surviving English poetry was composed as early as the 7th century. It was written in Old English or Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English. Most Old English poems are recorded without authors, and very few names are known with any certainty. Geoffrey Chaucer is the most highly regarded English poet of […] July 14, 2018July 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Interesting Facts About The Ancient Babylonian Empire Mesopotamia is a historical region in West Asia situated between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. It corresponds to present day Iraq, mostly, but also parts of Iran, Syria and Turkey. Mesopotamian civilization was one of the earliest in world history. Babylon was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia from the 18th to 6th century […] July 10, 2018July 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rene Descartes | 10 Major Contributions And Accomplishments René Descartes (1596 – 1650) is widely regarded as the father of modern western philosophy. Apart from other things, he wrote some of the most influential works of modern philosophy which are still studied in universities across the world. He also formulated theories, developed concepts and made statements which became fundamental to Western philosophy. […] July 6, 2018July 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Interesting Facts About President Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) is one of the most interesting and controversial presidents of the United States. Born in a family which was facing financial difficulty, Johnson struggled as a student before becoming a teacher for a brief period. He joined politics as a secretary to a Congressman and in 1937, at the age […] July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Landscape Paintings By Renowned Artists A landscape painting refers to an artwork whose primary focus is natural scenery. Landscape was a main genre in the eastern art tradition by 4th century AD. However, in the west, till the 17th century, landscape was majorly confined to the background of portraits or paintings dealing principally with religious, mythological or historical subjects. […] June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Sculptors And Their Greatest Masterpieces Sculpture is three dimensional art which was originally created by carving and modeling materials such as stone, metal, ceramics and wood. However, since the rise of Modernism in late 19th century, artists have used a wide variety of processes and materials to create sculptures. The earliest sculptor on our list is Donatello, who was […] June 24, 2018June 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Poems In American Literature Poetry in the United State arose first when colonists wrote poetry to add to the poetic voices in the United Kingdom. As expected, early American poetry closely matched the British models of poetic form, diction and theme. A distinctly American lyric voice of the colonial period was Phillis Wheatley, an African slave who was […] June 20, 2018June 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nikola Tesla’s 10 Major Contributions And Accomplishments Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) was born as an ethnic Serb, in the village of Smiljan in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day Croatia). Training to be an engineer he attended the Johann-Rudolph-Glauber Realschule Karlstadt, a polytechnic in Graz, Austria from where he dropped out in the third year. With the help of his uncles […] June 16, 2018June 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Achievements of the Han Dynasty of China With a reign of over four centuries, the Han dynasty was the longest reigning imperial dynasty of China. It was preceded by the Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD). Han dynasty’s long period of stability and prosperity consolidated the foundation of China as a unified state. Lasting […] June 4, 2018June 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Effects of the American Civil War The American Civil War was fought from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 between the Union forces and the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Ultimately won by the Union forces, it remains the deadliest battle for the country with estimated deaths between 600,000 […] May 31, 2018June 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Battles of the American Civil War The American Civil War was an armed conflict between 23 Northern states representing the Union and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. It began on April 12, 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Though there were many important battles over […] May 27, 2018May 27, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Interesting Facts About The American Civil War The American Civil War was a major event in U.S. history which lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. It saw an armed conflict between the Union, which proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution; and the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The […] May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Causes of the American Civil War The American Civil War started due to the secession of Southern states who then went on to form a new federal government, the Confederate States of America. American president Abraham Lincoln declared in his inaugural address that he would use force to maintain possession of Federal property and the war began with the Confederate […] May 19, 2018May 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Napoleon Bonaparte | 10 Facts On The Famous French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of the greatest military leaders in history. He rose through the ranks to become Emperor of the French, a position he held from 1804 to 1814, and again briefly in 1815. Napoleon was born in the city of Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica on August 15, 1769. […] May 15, 2018May 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Poets From The United States A distinctly American lyric voice of the colonial period was Phillis Wheatley (1753 – 1784). An African woman sold to slavery, Wheatley became a renowned poet in not only the American colonies but also in England and other nations. The first internationally acclaimed poet of independent United States was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). However, […] May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Interesting Facts On The Mummification Process Mummification is the process by which a dead human or animal may be preserved for a long duration by preventing its decomposition. It can occur naturally or it can be done intentionally. The mummification process is usually associated with ancient Egypt though there are numerous cultures around the world which have practiced it. In […] May 3, 2018May 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Achievements of the Ancient Olmec Civilization The Olmec were the earliest known major civilization of Mesoamerica or Pre-Columbian America. It is thought that early Olmec culture appeared around 1600 BC and it flourished from 1200 BC to 400 BC in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Much of what we know about […] April 29, 2018May 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Landscape Artists And Their Masterpieces Landscape was an established genre in the eastern art tradition by 4th century AD, but in the western art world, landscape painting as an independent genre began only after the era of Renaissance art. Prior to that, the scenery acted merely as a background for human activity. Netherlands was one of the first places […] April 25, 2018May 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Effects of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a major turning point in history which was marked by a shift in the world from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. It brought about a greater volume and variety of factory-produced goods and raised the standard of living for many people, particularly […] April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Important Dates of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization which moved the world away from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The revolution began in Great Britain and then spread across the United States and the rest of the world. The driving force behind the Industrial Revolution […] April 17, 2018April 19, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Inventions of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization which began in Great Britain in the mid-18th century and spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany, and to the United States. It is regarded as a major event in history which ushered in the modern era in which we live. The […] April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Inventors of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a major event in history which had an enormous impact on the way the world functioned. It began in Great Britain in the mid–18th century and spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany, and to the United States. The driving force behind the Industrial Revolution was the […] April 9, 2018April 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Interesting Facts About The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a major event in history. It may be defined as the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The revolution began in Great Britain in the mid–18th century and spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany, and […] April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Causes of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and then spread across the United States and the rest of the world. The revolution in Britain is often called the First Industrial Revolution while the later worldwide revolution is referred to as the Second Industrial Revolution. There is a debate among historians about the precise dates […] April 1, 2018April 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Accomplishments of Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 – 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969. Before becoming president, he served as the Senate Minority Leader from 1953 to 1955; the Senate Majority Leader from 1955 to 1961; and finally as Vice President […] March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Modernist Poets And Their Famous Works Literary modernism is difficult to define as it encompasses a wide variety of movements and as many writers who are termed as modernists were not affiliated with these movements. Broadly, modernist literature is characterized by a radical break with traditional ways of writing in favor of new forms of expression. Ezra Pound captured the […] March 24, 2018March 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Modern Art Paintings By Renowned Artists Modern art is a term used to describe the artworks produced in the period roughly extending from the 1860s to the 1970s. This period saw unparalleled development in the art world and some of the best known paintings were produced by artists of this age. Modern artists broke away from the traditions of the […] March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Interesting Facts About The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 Carried out during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and was by far the largest territorial gain in American history. It added 2.14 million square kilometers of land to the United States that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the […] March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Accomplishments of Margaret Thatcher Born Margaret Hilda Roberts (1925 – 2013), Thatcher was a British stateswoman who is often called “Iron Lady” due to her uncompromising politics and leadership style. In 1975, she became the first woman to lead a major political party in the U.K. when she was elected as head of the Conservative Party. In 1979, […] March 8, 2018March 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Interesting Facts About U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant joined the West Point Military Academy at the age of 18 and he distinguished himself as a daring and competent soldier during the Mexican–American War, which lasted from 1846 to 1848. After resigning from the army due to a drinking problem, he faced financial difficulty for a number of years. During […] February 28, 2018March 1, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Major Contributions of Chinese Philosopher Confucius Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese philosopher who is considered one of the most important and influential individuals in history. His teachings have had a great impact on affecting the lives of humans not only in China but around the world. Born during a time of political and social turmoil, Confucius […] February 24, 2018February 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Most Famous Romantic Painters And Their Masterpieces Romanticism was a movement that dominated all genres; including literature, music, art and architecture; in Europe and the United States in the first half of the 19th century. It originated in late 18th century as a reaction against the ideals of order, calm, harmony, idealization and rationality which marked Classicism in general and late […] February 20, 2018February 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked