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1 day ago · The first (1916) edition of the American eugenicist Madison Grant's popular book The Passing of the Great Race classified Germans as being primarily Nordic, but the second edition, published after the US had entered WWI, reclassified the now-enemy power as being dominated by "inferior" Alpines, a tradition which was echoed in Harvard Professor ...
3 days ago · He died on August 18, 1227. Genghis Khan, the fearsome Mongol conqueror and visionary leader, forged the largest contiguous empire in history through his military prowess and innovative strategies.
- Charles R. Bawden
- What was Genghis Khan’s early life like?Genghis Khan was born Temüjin to a royal clan of the Mongols. When he was nine, his father Yesügei was poisoned and Temüjin was held captive by his...
- How did Genghis Khan come to power?After becoming the head of his clan, Genghis Khan forged alliances with other clans, exterminated the existing clan nobility, and overpowered enemy...
- What was Genghis Khan best known for?Genghis Khan was best known for unifying the Mongolian steppe under a massive empire that was able to challenge the powerful Jin dynasty in China a...
- When did Genghis Khan die?Genghis Khan died on August 18, 1227, during a campaign against the Tangut kingdom of Xixia.
1 day ago · Trial. Nuremberg trials. Criminal penalty. Death. Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; [a] German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ⓘ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to ...
- Adolf Hitler, (1934–1945)
- Paul von Hindenburg, (1932–1934)
3 days ago · Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would invalidate many state and federal laws that discriminate against women; its central underlying principle is that sex should not determine the legal rights of men or women.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The Great Replacement (French: Grand Remplacement), also known as replacement theory or great replacement theory, is a white nationalist far-right conspiracy theory espoused by French author Renaud Camus.
4 days ago · Louis XIV, king of France (1643–1715) who ruled his country during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age. He extended France’s eastern borders at the expense of the Habsburgs and secured the Spanish throne for his grandson.
2 days ago · It focuses on real-life Victorian explorer Graham Gore, who died on a doomed Arctic expedition in 1847. But in this novel, time travel is possible and Gore is brought to the 21st century where he ...
