Events
Writing: A Key to Success
More than 5,000 years ago in what is now Southern Iraq, people began living together in towns and cities. This set the stage for one of the most important advances in civilization: writing! The Sumerians of Mesopotamia were apparently the first to hit upon the idea of marking clay tablets with a sharp reed pen [...]
Battle of Crecy: Sunset for the Knight
A few miles north of the village of Crécy-en-Ponthieu, France, in the year 1346, the sun began to set on the proud and seemingly invincible armored knight, who had ruled European battlefields in the Middle Ages. The English longbow ended its reign.