Philadelphia may already be known as home of the cheesesteak, but could it soon be known as home of the cupcake? Cupcake baking has become big business in the area in recent years, with cupcake trucks popping up on local streets and several hometown bakers even winning Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars.” But in Philadelphia, is ...
Seeing the word “Oil!” on the face of a book probably was the equivalent of grabbing someone by the bow tie and telling someone right in the face to pay the hell attention. In 1927, things were fairly happy-go-lucky in America with the stock market being bullish and people not worrying about the potentials of ...
Feudalism is a relatively simple societal and military structure based on mutual but unbalanced benefits contrived from the need for protection and material provision. In its basic form, feudalism offers those at the top a ready supply of warm bodies and arms for personal and national protection. Those in the middle act as conduits for ...
Around 3000 B.C.E. jewelry making had become a big business in the cities of Akkad and Sumer. Most of the archaeological evidence comes from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. While many burials were unearthed, tombs for the Kings contained a multitude of artifacts in gold, silver and precious stones. Items such as crowns made of ...
