In the late 19th century, ancient tombs were discovered near village of Vohemar at northeastern point Madagascar, and subsequent excavations during French period (1896–1945) revealed presence a major necropolis active from ~13th to 18th centuries. Some artefacts (Chinese ceramic shards glass trade beads) recovered these was sent France now in part belong collection Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, N...

The search for ever smaller violations of Einstein’s weak equivalence principle continues to be an important experimental goal at the close of the 20th century, with string theory providing new motivations. Currently, the most sensitive laboratory and terrestrial-scale tests are carried out with instrumentation based on the 18th century concept of the torsion pendulum, but not with 18th century...

Russia’s expansion in the Baltic region 18th century was neither an obvious nor historically justified direction. It Peter I who abandoned to south and east favor of west. The rise power on linked decline importance 17th‑century powers blocking its path Europe: Sweden, Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ottoman Empire. When Great took Russia had no access either Sea, Black Sea or Azov. However, th...

The oldest library in Istria (Croatia) is located in the Franciscan Monastery of Pazin, with a rich fund of worthy old books. Our attention was attracted by the book "Chirurgie" written by the German physician, surgeon and anatomist Lorenz Heister in the first half of the 18th century. This worthy book is relatively scanty known in Croatian history of surgery. By studying the contents of the bo...

The Ethnic Structure of the Territories South-Eastern UkraineIn her article author analyses ethnic differentiation in Donetsk and Zaporozhe regions Ukraine. These areas first were a target colonisation order to establish new fuel-metallurgical basis for Russian Empire by developing coal industry strengthening agriculture colonising steppes near Black Sea Azov. An important stage settlement thes...

The pedagogical imagination: the republican legacy in twenty-first-century French literature and film / Leon Sachs. pages cm Summary: " Study of French education and republicanism as represented in twenty-first century French literature and film " — Provided by publisher.

The paper aims to describe the results of application IT technologies for analysis fiction text in context ubiquitous digitalisation education. aim is develop an understanding functionality and value Voyant Tools as a potential research tool. authors present their own approach implementation process analysing remote time from modern reader. toolkit has been applied 18th-century text. Its author...