New Imperialism<span> or Neo-</span>imperialism<span> was a period of colonial expansion by </span>European<span> powers, the United States of America, and the Empire of Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</span>
Alcids (or auks) fill a similar ecological niche in the northern hemisphere as penguins do in the southern hemisphere, except alcids can fly — and can fly long distances. The top photo is of a mixed group of Rhinoceros Auklets and Common Murres in flight over Monterey Bay in February, some having flown thousands of miles from Alaska to reach that rich pelagic wintering locale.
To quote Nettleship (1996), alcids are "a highly specialized and ecologically diverse group of marine, wing-propelled pursuit-diving birds." Many live at high northern latitudes — like this group of Atlantic Puffins and Razorbills (left) on Machias Seal Island, Canada — where their fat well-insulated bodies and comical appearances add to the feeling that they recall "northern penguins." Like penguins, though, some species reach tropical latitudes.
Troy, Homer wrote The Odyssey in which it was a war dealing with Troy.
The main reason why dictatorships would be interested in some sort of government is not to appear as a dictatorship: this way they won't be as likely overthrown and would have less opposition from abroad.
