State Death: The PolitIcs and Geography of Conquest , Occupation, and Annexation (2007)

Through out history states have appeared and vanished from the world map. Political scientist Tanisha M. Fazal gives provides a term for this cycle of history known as state death. The disappearance of states has been a violent affair mostly the result of warfare. States either face annexation, occupation, and conquest. All state deaths are […]

Meeting of Heads of State From Africa, Asia, and Europe (1889)

This rare photograph captures heads of state from around the world in one setting. Although most of countries were in some form of rivalry or direct conflict, sometimes political situations make diplomacy the only option. Yohannes IV (Ethiopian Empire), Tewfik Pasha (Egypt), Sultan Abdul Hamid II ( Ottoman Empire) and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( […]

Most Significant Events of 2019

The First Photograph of a Black Hole There has finally been physical evidence of a black hole captured through photography. Black holes had been predicted through the mathematical work of Albert Einstein and Karl Swarzschild. However, there was no direct means of detecting this strange phenomenon in outer space. The Event Horizon Telescope collected data […]

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