Edinburgh’s history and Castles
As many of you might imagine, Edinburgh was a fort in the middle ages. The name of the city dates back to the 7th century when the English captured this part of Scotland and called [...]
Writing an Excellent Essay for History Homework
Title: Writing an Excellent Essay for History Homework Ever wanted to know how to write a good essay for your history homework? A lot of students do not realise there is a structure. We are [...]
The History of Business Cards
When Johannes Gutenberg introduced printing to Europe thanks to the invention of the printing press (15th century), nobody could imagine that this new machine would bring so many useful supplies and equipment, such as what [...]
Racism in History
According to Oxford Dictionaries Online, Racism is: "Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior." And then there is another meaning: "The [...]
The architecture throughout history
Architecture exists since the first time someone had the idea of planning, designing and constructing a building of any type anywhere. Just think about it, when was the first time someone decided to change his [...]
Spine problems?
Human beings have suffered spine problems throughout the ages. Fossilized evidence of bone straightening exists and the ancient Greeks perfected this art. Therefore, spine surgery is not new, whether used to correct back deformities in [...]
Cosmetic Surgery and its Place in Modern Society
People have been concerned about their appearance from the beginning of recorded history. It might sound surprising, but cosmetic surgery has been around for centuries. The tools and methods may differ, but physicians have always [...]
History of La Alhambra in Granada
In this article we will try and explain the history of The Alhambra of Granada, one of the most interesting places to visit in Spain. And on the other hand we are going to recommend [...]
William Turner (Painter)
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was an English painter who stood out thanks to his extraordinary watercolour landscapes and oil paintings. The particular confusion between brilliance and madness was very obvious in the biography of [...]
Henry M. Stanley, explorer and journalist
Henry M. Stanley, explorer and journalist Stanley with a bearer carring his favourite shooting stick / literaturadeviajes.com One is not too sure that modern schoolchildren are taught about persons like Henry Stanley, or [...]
Further thoughts on the SS
/ germaniainternational.com The Schützstaffel was a more or less elite special force created by the National Socialist Party in 1925 for the ‘special protection’ of Adolf Hitler. The name means ‘defence group’, and [...]
Another message from Jeremy Taylor
The author / apaisada.com You can read a book (at the risk of your eyesight) off your computer screen, or you can have it read to you by some famous actor; you can [...]
A bracing brace of Bentincks
3rd Duke of Portland / alaintruong.com Hans Willem, Baron Bentinck was born in the middle of the seventeenth century. An aristocrat by birth, he served as a page to the Stadholder (q.v.) William. [...]
The revolt of Portugal
Sunrise over an older part of Lisbon / the guardian.com The first king of this tiny country, washed by the Atlantic, and blessed with fine seamen, navigators and harbours, was Alfonso I, in [...]
Two Popes with the name Julius
Rex Harrison suitable pious as Julius II (right) & Charlton Heston wooden as Michaelangelo (left) in a Hollywood extravaganza / m759.net In this case I cannot do my usual playing with papal names [...]
Further thoughts on the Khmer Rouge
In 1970, serious trouble boiled up again when the Prince Sihanouk was knocked off the throne by a Cambodian communist guerilla force called Khmer Rouge. This brutal, well-organised group was inevitably opposed to an American [...]
Four revolutions of 1848
Gen. Moritz Karl Ernest von Prittwitz / wikiwand.com Revolutions are a regular feature in all history, human nature being what it is. The careful student can probably find a revolution of some kind [...]
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