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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (subtitled A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years in Britain) is a 1997 transdisciplinary non-fiction book by the American author Jared Diamond. The book attempts to explain why Eurasian and North African civilizations have survived and conquered others, while arguing against ...
The goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr pull the chariot of the god Thor in an illustration from 1832. Tanngrisnir (Old Norse: [ˈtɑnːˌɡrisnez̠], literal meaning "teeth grinder" or "one that grinds teeth") and Tanngnjóstr ([ˈtɑnːˌɡnjoːstz̠], "teeth thin", or "one that has gaps between the teeth") are the goats who pull the chariot of the god Thor in Norse mythology.
Three Kings is a 1999 American black comedy war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley. It stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze as four American soldiers on a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein following the end of the First Gulf War .
The phrase "guns, goons, and gold," sometimes referred to as the "Three Gs of Philippine Politics" was a catchphrase coined by media to describe the violence and vote-buying that characterized the political campaign period in the Philippines, beginning with the presidential reelection campaign of 1969, declining only with the advent of electronic voting machines during the elections of 2010.
Primitive wild goats put on rare breed list. July 11, 2024 at 9:32 AM. Only 86 female Cheviot goats produced offspring last year [PA Media] Goats living in a wild herd in the UK have been added to ...
1 killed. The Black Hills Expedition was a United States Army expedition in 1874 led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer that set out on July 2, 1874, from Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, which is south of modern day Mandan, North Dakota, with orders to travel to the previously uncharted Black Hills of South Dakota. Its ...
The Gama Goat was a six-wheel drive semi-amphibious off-road vehicle originally developed for use by the US military in the Vietnam War.The Goat uses an articulated chassis, so that from distance it appears to be a four-wheel drive vehicle pulling a two-wheel trailer, but it is a single six-wheel vehicle with a four-wheel steering arrangement with the front and rear wheels turning in opposite ...
The Golden Guernsey is an endangered breed: it was listed by the FAO as "endangered-maintained" in 2007. [1] : 120 In 2019 the population numbers reported to DAD-IS were 1381 for the Golden Guernsey and 171 for the British Guernsey; both were listed as "at risk". [2] [8] In 2020 the Golden Guernsey was listed as "minority" on the goat watchlist ...