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It’s hard to imagine the modern Western world without chocolate. Whether it’s a treat on the weekend, or as a gift for Christmas or Valentines’, chocolate has become one of those foods that feels like it must’ve been around forever.
Yet the sweet chocolate bars we know and love today are surprisingly new, historically speaking.
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We, and the West Turkana Archaeological Project which we co-lead, had discovered the earliest stone artifacts yet found, dating to 3.3 million years ago. The discovery of the site, named Lomekwi 3, instantly pushed back the beginning of the archaeological record by 700,000 years. That’s over a quarter of humanity’s previously known material cultural history. These tools were made as much as a million years before the earliest known fossils attributed to our own genus, Homo.
1. When did Nicolaus Copernicus publish ‘On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres’ which explained that the Earth orbits around the Sun?
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Reading time: 4 minutes On this day 100 years ago, G-EAOU, a converted World War I...
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Pulaski is a hero of the struggles for Polish and American independence. He is credited with saving George Washington’s life in battle and with establishing the first American cavalry force. According to the documentary, DNA testing has confirmed a female-appearing skeleton is indeed Pulaski’s. This new evidence is the first hint that Pulaski – who seems to have lived as male from childhood – was anything other than a cisgendered man.
1. When did the Exxon Valdez oil spill occur?
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Reading time: 4 minutes In 1965, Australia was involved in two crises in Southeast Asia, one in Vietnam and the other in Indonesia. The connection between the two was vital to Menzies’ decision to increase our involvement in Vietnam. Having already committed a battalion to Malaysia to support resistance to the Konfrontasi policy of Indonesia’s Sukarno government, the logical next step for Menzies was to look to Vietnam. He did this with the support of his Cold War warrior and minister for external affairs, Paul Hasluck. They decided to send an Australian battalion to South Vietnam, partly to ensure continued American interest in the region.
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Reading time: 7 minutes The world is a complicated place, and there are a lot of things out of our control. No wonder, then, that conspiracy theories abound, tales where shadowy forces control what happens, when it happens, and to whom. However, not all of these theories are all that theoretical, and there are plenty of examples of conspiracies that went far beyond the drawing board.
1. Who was the first person to fly solo around the world?
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1. Who led the 1911-1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition?
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1. When was the first Sino-Indian War?
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1. Which country fought alongside the French and British against the Egyptians during the Suez crisis?
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1. What is the 1916 armed insurrection against British rule in Ireland known as?
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1. Where did Joanna Plantagenet, sister of Richard I Lionheart, become Queen?
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1. In the 1300s, which Empire produced approximately half the world’s gold?
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1. Which Empire operated the Manila Galleon trade?
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1. When did the Wars of the Roses end?
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1. Who painted ‘The Basket of Apples’ in 1893?
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1. Who led the victorious army at the Battle of Poltava?
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1. Which conflict did the Battle of Culloden bring to a close?
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1. Which Greek God did the Colossus of Rhodes represent?
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1. In 1947, what was the first living thing sent into space?
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1. When did the Berlin wall fall?
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1. When did the Spanish Empire reach its greatest extent?
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1. After Shackleton’s ship was crushed by ice in Antarctica in 1916, where did he sail an open boat to in order to organise rescue?
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1. When did the first crusade begin?
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1. Who painted Liberty Leading the People in 1830?
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1. How does history view the English King who agreed to Magna Carta?
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1. Which previous empire did the Byzantine Empire grow out of?
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1. Who painted The Creation of Adam in 1512?
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1. When was the term ‘The Silk Road’ first used?
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1. What is the town of Bury St Edmunds named after?
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1. Who painted Boating on the Seine in 1879?
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1. When did the most recent ice age end?
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1. Who built the tower of London?
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1. Where did the custom of decorating a Christmas tree originate?
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1. Who created Knight, Death and Devil in 1513?
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1. Who was an Official Australian Photographer during both WWI and WWII, as well as accompanying three Antarctic Expeditions?
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History Guild would like to acknowledge the Boonwurrung people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are based, and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.