Liberian Civil War Cannibalism
In 1989 the First Liberian Civil War erupted. In 1980, Samuel Doe headed a coup d’état to overthrow the government. The war began in 1989 because Charles Taylor, a former More »
Jennifer Birdsall
History Society Update
Hi everyone, Welcome back! We hope that everyone had a refreshing Christmas break and any January exams went well! The History Society has a few updates since our last More »
Germs of Discovery: Penicillin
The fear of antibiotic resistance is at the forefront of world headlines in 2015. But, to understand this fear, we need to delve into the history of antibiotics. The discovery More »
What You Didn’t Know About William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was born in 1759 to a wealthy merchant family in the north eastern city of Hull, England. He became a Member of Parliament for Hull at the age More »
The Meiji Restoration
In 1868 the Tokugawa rule that began in 1603 came to an end.The Tokugawa shogunatewas replaced by the Meiji Restoration.This era consolidated a political systembased on rule by the More »
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