The Indigenous Bumbita Arapesh of Papua New Guinea
An article surveying the cultural history of the Bumbita Arapesh people of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. Based on the field research of anthropologist Stephen Leavitt, this article shows the adverse effects colonization can have on a culture.
Anglo-Saxon Colonization of Britain
This article is about British history in early middle ages. It’s a short story about dark ages of European history when masses of barbarians are invading former roman territory in Britain.
Turmoil in Africa
Africa is a country enveloped in turmoil. My opinion on, what I believe, to be the root cause of the turmoil.
Exploration, Discovery, and Settlement: 1492-1700
There was a greater population in Central and South America than there was in North America.
Problems with Fermi’s Paradox
A literal interpretation of Fermi’s Paradox embraces a number of invalid assumptions. It therefore has irreconcilable problems, putting it in conflict with reality. Some misguided individuals attempt to use Fermi’s Paradox as if it were proof that Earth is the only home of intelligent life in the Universe. They are erroneous and likely misunderstand the original point of Professor Fermi’s question.
The Pre-independence Belgian Congo
A enormous territory of the sub-Saharan African interior conforming to the shape of the Congo River Basin and a Belgian colony from 1908 to 1960. It had hitherto been under the personal rule of the Belgian King, Leopold II (1835–1909), as the Congo Free State.
Aborigines and Australian Frontier War
A series of frontier wars waged by Australian Aborigines against British settlers, soldiers, and police from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century for control of what is now Australia.
Australia in 19th Century
Originally Terra Australis Incognita, or the unknown southern continent, Australia was first claimed for Britain by Captain James Cook on August 22, 1770. Although the Dutch navigator Tasman had first explored what is now Tasmania in the seventeenth century, and the French were active in eighteenth century Pacific exploration, the British claim to Australia and many adjacent islands was within a short number of decades widely accepted.
Who are These People and What Are They Doing Here?
What are we really talking about when we discuss immigration laws? Who really are the immigrants? Is there one of us who isn’t? And is that a bad thing?
Earliest Origins of the Japanese
Where did the earliest Japanese people come from? Did they always live in Japan?
