The Dire Wolf is an extinct North American species of wolf which was a great deal larger than our wolves of present day. For about 100,000 years it lived alongside its cousins, the Gray Wolves, although they are not directly linked.The Dire Wolf was much larger than the Gray Wolf, and in fact was the largest living wild canine. It averaged about 5 feet long and weight about 175 pounds.or about 100,000 years it lived alongside its cousins, the Gray Wolves, although they are not directly linked. The Dire Wolf was much larger than the Gray Wolf, and in fact was the largest living wild canine. It averaged about 5 feet long and weight about 175 pounds.
IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA. As the world approached the 20th century, several powers grew desperate for more land and more control. In the 1870s, the Belgian King Leopold sent emissaries to establish trade with native Africans in the Congo. This single act began a flurry of imperialistic activity as the other nations of Europe, including: France, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Portugal.
It's debated as to whether or not the US was the first country to introduce decimalized currency; some accounts give Russia credit with this. Regardless, the United States was certainly one of the first nations to do so, and helped popularize the practice.ucelar war. The United States is the only country in the world that has used nuclear weapons for war purposes. Other countries have developed nukes and blown them up for tests, but the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II remain the only instances of such weapons actually being used against people.