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How did old international loans work?

How did old international loans work?

On June 11, 1782, John Adams secured a much needed loan for the new Republic from Holland. How exactly did this work in the days of strictly paper currency? What did it mean to loan internationally…

Day 10 the of the Obama Administration - History

Day 10 the of the Obama Administration - History

The President spent the first part of the morning receiving his daily briefings and meeting with his senior advisors.9:15am THE PRESIDENT received Presidential Daily Briefing9:45am THE PRESIDENT received Economic Daily Briefing10:15am THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisorsAt 11:00 AM the Presdient met with Vermont& 39;s Governor and Republican co-chair of the National Governors association.

Harry Nuttall

Harry Nuttall

Biography of footballer Harry Nuttall

John Sinclair

John Sinclair

Biography of John Sinclair

Where can I find an explanation of the variations in style of Egyptian hieroglyphs?

Where can I find an explanation of the variations in style of Egyptian hieroglyphs?

I've seen that Egyptian hieroglyphs are not always written or drawn identically. Long time ago I made a trip in Egypt and saw, in the Valley of the Kings, a tomb with hieroglyphs on the walls that…

They discover the burial of a noble woman with her donkeys from more than 1,000 years ago in China

They discover the burial of a noble woman with her donkeys from more than 1,000 years ago in China

A team of archaeologists has made a rare and surprising discovery by analyzing the tomb of a noblewoman from Imperial China buried along with the remains of donkeys, according to a study published this month in the journal Antiquity. Humans and animals have historically been lived together, even in many cultures they considered that this union should continue in the afterlife, however, in the case of Cui Shi, from the Tang dynasty, this seems to be a strange example of showing what his life was like.