In the late sixteenth century, Europeans began journeying to the region in North America that became the original thirteen colonies. Many explorers reported on the features of the land and the customs of native peoples. But their primary goal was to...
WE ARE in the 16th century, somewhere on the Amazon. Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), a demented, hunchbacked conquistador walks gingerly from beam to beam on a flimsy raft. Men lie dead or dying around him, felled by arrows from unseen assailants...
The native population collapse in 16th century Mexico was a demographic catastrophe with one of the highest death rates in history. Recently developed tree-ring evidence has allowed the levels of precipitation to be reconstructed for north central Mexico, adding to the growing body of...
Question 1 of 10:Which Renaissance masterpiece did Leonardo da Vinci complete in 1506?The Last Supper The Mona Lisa The Madonna LittaThe Proportions of ManQuestion 2 of 10:In 1513, the Italian thinker Machiavelli published which notoriously amoral book on power and politics?The DevilThe PatriarchThe Overman The...
A court extended the bail of an Indian actor by almost a month Thursday while he awaits sentencing for illegal arms possession in connection with the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people.Judge Pramod Kode said Sanjay Dutt could remain free on bail until Jan....
