The Nobel Peace Prize 1901 was divided equally between Jean Henry Dunant "for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding" and Frédéric Passy "for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration"

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The Narkina 5 Imperial Prison Complex, also known as the Narkina 5 detention facility was an Imperial prison factory for convicts assessed as labor worthy. It was comprised of seven separate facilities situated in the middle of a lake located on the moon Narkina 5. Each prison cylinder had a capacity of 5,000 inmates, divided among ninety-eight work teams and guarded by more than eighty-four prison guards. Prison cylinders were divided into strictly enforced sections, including a central command

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The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from where they had obtained wild beasts for the venatio), and the inevitability of Roman justice for criminals and those foreigners who had dared to challenge the empire's authority. Though we might see these games as bloodthirsty, cruel and reprehensible condemning any alien culture out of hand for a sport that offends our sensibilities smacks of cultural chauvinism. Instead one should judge an ancient sport by the standards of its contemporary cultural context. This book offers a fascinating, and fair historical appraisal of gladiatorial combat, which will bring the games alive to the reader and help them see them through the eyes of the ancient Romans. It will answer questions about gladiatorial combat such as: What were its origins? Why did it disappear? Who were gladiators? How did they become gladiators? What was there training like? How did the Romans view gladiators? How were gladiator shows produced and advertised? What were the different styles of gladiatorial fighting? Did gladiator matches have referees? Did every match end in the death of at least one gladiator? Were gladiator games mere entertainment or did they play a larger role in Roman society? What was their political significance? | Author: Roger Dunkle | Publisher: Routledge | Publication Date: December 14, 2019 | Number of Pages: 408 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 0367869373 | ISBN-13: 9780367869373

Since the end of the Second World War the escape activities of Allied troops and airmen in German custody as prisoners of war has been depicted in film, television, and literature, often by men who were part of the escape activities themselves. Hidden tunnels, forged papers, ingenious inventions to aid the men attempting to flee German captivity and return to the war are often key to these stories. Two important issues usually are not considered. One, the overwhelming majority of Allied prisoners, nearly two thirds, once in the POW camps never attempted to break out. Secondly is the level of

For more than a century, most games of chess have been played using a familiar set of abstracted black-and-white pieces, with minimal variation in size...