What was life like during the dark ages Every country on earth has been through many different time periods that changed the nation in major ways, but none of them were as uncomfortable to live in as the dark ages. In Britain, the exact date of the Dark Ages is...
Surviving Napoleons retreat from Russia Napoleon Bonaparte is recognized as being one of the best army commanders of all time, but he is also seen as making one of the biggest mistakes in military history. During the Napoleonic wars, which ran from 18 May 1803...
5 animals that humans have seen become extinct For the most intelligent species on the planet, humans are surprisingly destructive and our actions have caused the very world we live in to drastically change. Between changing the temperature of the atmosphere to...
How did people survive the great depression? The great depression was a time when the whole world was hit by a huge economic downturn that caused mass poverty across many nations, particularly the United States. It began in September 1929 when stock prices began to...
The lowest survival rate jobs in history Safety standards haven’t always been what they are today, and for the vast majority of human history, people were given the option of doing something that could kill them, or simply starve to death. After the medieval period...
The first ever structure built by humans What we recognize as humans have only been around for just under 300,000 years, evolving from a string of species very close to, but not quite humans as we know them today. A major change in human evolution occurred around...