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A place for essays and thoughts about History. All eras, all countries. Feel free to suggest things for me to research and write about.

Added on: Aug 5th, 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: Lazarus
Listed in: History
Tags: history

Recent Posts

A Brief History of the Knights Templar

Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 10:00 in middle ages, knights templar, 12th century, 14th century, 13th century

I have just posted a brief overview of the history of the Knights Templar at the link below. Hope you enjoy.http://www.helium.com/items/1465966-history-of-the-knights-templar...
Was America founded as a christian or a secular nation.

Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 16:15 in american, american revolution, 18th century

This is obviously a very emotive subject for many, especially for the every growing conservative Christian factions who are becoming more prominent in America today. One of the problems with understanding history is that our ticket to the past is mai...
Books for Sale

Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 15:37 in books for sale

I have just up loaded a bunch of (mainly) history books at Price Minister and there are loads more to be added, check out the list as they are all at bargain prices. A link is in the left hand menu....
The fate of the Neanderthal

Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 08:10 in pre-history

The Neanderthals are an important part of mankind’s past. Being our closest pre-historic relatives. For 200,000 years they dominated they area geographically described as Eurasia, that is the continued landmass on which the continents of Europe and...
The contemporary appeal of the dark age nomad.

Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 13:52 in roman empire, dark age, 4th century, 3rd century

Understanding history is a continuous process of revaluation and evolution of ideas. As new information is added to the historical, literary and archaeological record, so our view of the past must alter, sometimes in minor ways, occasionally in major...
Ten extinct languages of the U.S.

Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 10:22 in links, american, linguistics

Read a fascinating article over on Mental Floss the other day about languages that had become extinct in the US. Thought I should do the decent thing and share it. Follow the link below for the full scoop.http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/220...