We all know the feat of Thermopylae where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans of his – in addition to the 700 Thespians and 400 Thebans forgotten – they faced the innumerable army of Xerxes - innumerable because the numbers range from 100,000 to a million - but there was another similar feat that took p
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He was one of the founders of the « Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade » (Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807 which ended the British sl
It is often said that the first thing we learn about a language are profanity and insults. In fact, a typical joke for newbies, when first arriving in a country, is to be taught swear words as if they were normal, in order to get the innocent in a good trouble. The inhabitants of Mesopotamia were no
Earth coal Although it seems unlikely to us, air pollution problems in human societies began almost a thousand years ago. As early as the 9th century, coal (as opposed to charcoal), found on the northeast coast of England, was burned as fuel. Soon the air reeked of filthy fumes, making breathing i