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The Ebola Contagion Epidemic of 2014

Posted On February 5, 2020

In late December of 2013, children of Meliandou, Guinea in West Africa found hundreds of bats nesting in a hollowed out tree. The children had no way of knowing that bats are the suspected carriers of the ebola virus. The […]

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Prince Albert’s Philanthropic Project of the South Kensington Museum

Posted On May 8, 2019

Prince Albert owned the worlds largest collection of Raphael reproductions with over 50 unique portraits. Albert commissioned a photographer to go into the Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy and take photographs of all Raphael works. These photographs of course lacked […]

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The Reason Behind the Anglo-Burmese War

Posted On April 11, 2019

The annexation of Burma, which is modern day Myanmar, by England, occurred in 1885. The conquering and colonization of Burma was a long and drawn out process involving 3 wars in 1824 – 1826, 1852, and finally 1885, each a […]

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The Dreadful Conditions Imposed Upon North Korean’s Who Work Abroad

Posted On March 13, 2019

Many North Koreans decide to work abroad but foreign work programs do not work the same way in North Korea as they do in the western world. Workers go abroad to places which will take them, with Russia and China […]

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The Typical Habits of North Korean Defectors

Posted On March 12, 2019

30,000 people have managed to escape North Korea, most of them ending up in Seoul, South Korea because it acts as the closest analog to home in terms of culture, cuisine, and tradition. Many who have escaped refuse to provide […]

Anthropology / Art / Cultural Anthropology / Graphology / History / Sociology

Chinese Landscape Painting

Posted On January 25, 2019

Landscape painting came into itself during the 10th century in China and by the 11th century, the art form had inlaid deep roots into the Song Dynasty and Chinese culture as a whole. Painting academies were established and books were […]

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Napoléon Bonaparte’s Erroneous Assumption of Civilization and His Campaign Into Egypt

Posted On December 17, 2018

Prior to the development of the methods and tools used for scientific analysis, many Europeans regarded Egypt as the birthplace of civilization. This meant that Napoléon Bonaparte was free to invade Egypt because the French people viewed his campaign as […]

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