lessons of history
71History of General Motors — General Motors Corporation, also known as GM or GMC, is the world s largest car manufacturer based on annual sales. Founded in 1908, in Flint, Michigan, GM employs approximately 284,000 people around the world. With global headquarters at the… …
72History of energy — The word energy derives from Greek ἐνέργεια ( energeia ), which appears for the first time in the work Nicomachean Ethics [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3aabo%3atlg%2c0086%2c010%3a1098b%3a33 vers=original… …
73History of the Polish Army — Polish Armed Forces Branches …
74History of the deaf — The recorded history of sign language in Western society extends from the 16th century, as a visual language or method of communication. Sign language is a system of conventional gestures, mimic, hand signs and finger spelling, the use of hand… …
75History of agriculture — Agriculture was developed at least 10,000 years ago, and it has undergone significant developments since the time of the earliest cultivation. Evidence points to the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East as the site of the earliest planned sowing… …
76History of archery — Projectile points are known from early in prehistory. The earlier examples were probably used on spears or on atlatl darts. Examination of the points alone does not allow the method of launching to be determined, and, as bows are normally made of …
77History of Fort Lauderdale, Florida — The area in which the city of Fort Lauderdale would later be founded was inhabited for more than a thousand years by the Tequesta Indians. Though the area changed control between Spain, England, the United States, and the Confederated States of… …
78History of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute — The territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru was one of the most persistent and seemingly most resistant to resolution of any in the Western Hemisphere. The conflict arose virtually at the birth of these two nations from the Spanish Empire in …
79History of the Roman Canon — From the seventh century the Canon of the Mass has remained relatively unchanged. It is to Pope Gregory I (590 604) the great organiser of all the Roman Liturgy, that tradition ascribes its final revision and arrangement. His reign then makes the …
80History of Bogotá — The History of Bogotá refers to the history surrounding the Colombian capital city of Bogotá. The area of nowadays Bogotá was first populated by groups of indigenous peoples that migrated from mesoamerica. Among these groups were the Muiscas that …
