History

The Eskimos are just one more kind of North American Indian. They look Mongolian, but no more so than some other native peoples of North and South America. Like the rest of the Indians, the Eskimos came from Asia. It is believed that the first  Eskimos came to North America by way of the Bering  … Read more

Posters are so named because they contain messages that are “posted” for people to see. Most posters call attention to a  product, an event, or a service. They are placed at a point where many. people pass. And, in a way,  they are the first examples of advertising. Posters have been found in certain ruing of ancient … Read more

A coin is a piece of metal of a given weight and alloy with the mark or stamp of those who issued it. The first coins were made in the seventh century B.C. by the Lydians. They were wealthy and powerful people living in Asia Minor. These primitive coins were made of “electrum”, which is … Read more

Silk is the thread or cloth made from the fine web of the silkworm, a certain kind of caterpillar. The web is actually a cocoon that the worm spins during a stage of its development into a moth. The secret of making silk thread and cloth was known to the Chinese about 4,000 years ago. … Read more

What Is A Flag? It is a symbol or sign made of cloth. It can be carried, flown, or waved. And it is used to say that the people who carry it or display it belong to a certain country or organization. The idea of a flag probably originated thousands of years ago among early hunters … Read more

To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually, the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. … Read more

If there is one sight in London that every visitor wants to it is the Tower. The history and grandeur of England seem to be present where- ever you turn. On the spot where the Tower now stands there was probably first a British fort, then a Roman one, and perhaps a Saxon one. William … Read more

What we call a “world’s fair” is really an exposition. The fair is one of the oldest and most popular means of selling and trading goods. Expositions,  on the other hand, are for a different purpose. These large displays are set up mainly to show the industrial and artistic development of a particular country or … Read more

It took man many thousands of years to reach the stage where he could produce anything that even remotely resembles a book as we know it. So who we consider the first “book”, we have to think of something quite different. In fact, the earliest books we know about were not really books in the … Read more