A 1925 police raid in Elk Lake, during the era of prohibition in the United States • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS “Tonight, one minute after midnight, a new nation will be born. The drink demon makes his will. An era of clear ideas and fine manners begins. Slums will soon be a thing of the past. Prisons an
The lady of Villiers-Carbonnel, this statuette modeled from a rectangular clay plate is dated around - 4000 and belongs to the Chasséen culture. Its exceptional character is due to the rarity of female figures in the Middle Neolithic. • INRAP The Neolithic revolution coincides with a transformat
January 11, 1774 (Nancy) - March 24, 1847 (Nancy) Portrait of Drouot Son of a baker, at the artillery school of Châlons in 1793, Drouot served in the North and on the Rhine. Captain in February 1796, transferred to the army of Italy, he brooded the retreat of the army to La Trebbia (June 18-20,
Dahomey , kingdom in West Africa , used in the southern region in the 18th and 19th centuries Benin thrived . Tradition has it that in the early 17th century three brothers competed for the kingdom Allada , which like neighboring Whydah (now) Ouidah ), was in Slave Trade got r