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October 14, 2008
It was a time of darkness, violence, politics and religion. The spiritual and political leader of the world called for a “crusade" against the East, to exact revenge for wrongs ‘supposedly’ committed against the West. Tens of thousands died and, in the end, nothing was really ..
October 14, 2008
Romanticized and vilified in literature and film, pirates have been the subject of endless fascination. Pirates of course, are any group of sailors who prey upon other ships, stealing money or goods and sometimes harming or killing the crew. Eye patches seem to have something to do with piracy as ..
October 13, 2008
The Brigantine was a powerful type of ship that was highly sought after by pirates. It was a roughly 150 ton ship, capable of carrying from 10-12 guns and a crew of up to 100 men. These ships were for big-boy pirates who didn't have to hide or run from their enemies. Sometimes called ..
October 13, 2008
For most Americans of Italian descent, obtaining information about their ancestors can be quite daunting or seem even impossible when they have to reach past Ellis Island and start poking around in Italy. But truth be told, in most situations, a researcher armed with correct data and a bit of ..
October 13, 2008
Before there were swords, before even spears, there was the dagger. In fact, the dagger was quite possibly the first real weapon ever created by man. Oh sure, it may not have been called a dagger back then, more of a knife really, made from stone then chipped and scraped into a sharp point. It is ..
October 13, 2008
The events of history have been documented as an objective form of non-fiction throughout time. The way in which historians compose these events is termed historiography. Historiography in its simplest terms is a historical form of literature. A more accurate description of historiography is that ..
October 13, 2008
The origin of the Malays has always been a dispute in the academic circle. There are three primary possible theories of the early history of the Malays existence. The first earliest theory is based on the Mekong river migration called the “Yunnan Theory" published in 1890. The second most ..
October 12, 2008
One hobby that is rapidly growing in popularity is that of antique book collecting. Because there are still so many rare antique books around in places like small town auctions and garage sales, there is a chance to collect classic works cheap and possibly make some good money on the side selling ..
October 03, 2008
There are a couple of cultural centres in Peru where you can study Spanish, another language, see plays, enjoy a night of music, go to art shows, or even discussions on a variety of topics. The best way to find out about these events is to either call the cultural centre or go to their websites. ..
October 01, 2008
Learning more about one's family history is known as genealogy. Doing genealogy research is a major pastime for millions of people. After all, filling in the blanks from a family tree, or learning more about the lives of ancestors can serve multiple purposes all at once. First of all, doing ..
October 01, 2008
Great painter that he was, Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890) was nevertheless one of the most under confident artists, who forever doubted his own capabilities and resorted to almost suicidal acts like cutting off his ears to please a prostitute. Vincent had nearly regular ..
October 01, 2008
Rune Mysteries MassachusettsMore about Viking Hidden Secrets and how they discovered America Long before Columbus.In the Icelandic Book “Life of Joseph Brant Thayen Danegea" There are many accurate accounts of Icelandic Records of the 10, 11, 12, and 13th Centuries. The Book begins with a ..
October 01, 2008
Aside from food, shelter and health, the next need of a man is to look good whether knowingly or unconsciously, we spend a good part of our income on items that will enhance our confidence and make us presentable amongst other people.And especially, for the women folk their make up for an outing ..
September 23, 2008
Have you ever wondered if you've come from royalty? Or maybe you've just heard time and again from your old Aunt Gertrude that you look just like your great-grandmother. It sparks your interest, doesn't it? Nowadays, there's a new growing trend to discover your own story -- where you've come from, ..
September 23, 2008
Cherokee workwear scrubs is proud of its name. The Cherokee nation is Native American people who - at the time of the European incursion into the Americas in the 1500's - occupied what is now the East and Southeastern portion of the United States. They refer to themselves in their own language as ..
September 23, 2008
Norse Mysteries Washington Fight Between Vikings and Indians 1010 AD"Found Viking Grave Near City!" headlined the July 5, 1926 issue of the Spokane Daily Chronicle. It showed a Whale shaped boulder 50 feet long and 15 feet high.On it was a Norse Runic Inscription. Professor Opsjohn translated it ..
September 23, 2008
Bronze has long been the ideal metal for the casting of bronze sculptures and all the many other historic formations of daily living. When it comes to the sculptures made of bronze, historically this was the chosen medium due to the ease of the crevices being filled perfectly within every detail, ..
September 22, 2008
Rune Mysteries DakotaTime for Vikings to unite and take back their heritage. Viking Runes and Artifacts have been discovered throughout the whole country. Let these articles be primers for you. Go to the Net and surf for more info. e-mail all your kindred with the info. Make hard copies before they .
September 21, 2008
John Negroponte was born in London on July 21, 1939. His father, Dmitri John, was a Greek shipping magnate. Negroponte was the first ever Director of the Central Intelligence appointed in 2005. Currently he is serving in the capacity of United States Deputy Secretary of State.John Negroponte ..
September 20, 2008
Boasting its rich literary heritage, Dublin is the home of the renowned Writers Museum. The Dublin Writers Museum, located on Parnell Square North Dublin, is based in a large and restored eighteenth Georgian mansion. The idea of having a dedicated museum for writers was to encourage attention to ..
September 19, 2008
Personality inscribes personal identity in the field of Politics, Dance and Music, Literature, Science, Religion, Industry, Cinema, etc. personalities in India have contributed a lot to the India's culture and spirit. Many great personalities have taken birth on the Indian soil. Monastic ..
September 19, 2008
Rune Mysteries - Michigan White IndiansMichigan is full of Viking Artifacts dating back to 1000 AD.In 1876, Johan Bauer from the village of Wallsange, Sweden went in search of the “Rings and Runes of Kolberg." He found them and started his life long quest for rune mysteries. In 1891, he ..
September 18, 2008
"India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, grandmother of legend, and great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."- Mark Twain (American Author ..
September 17, 2008
Sonoma County, also known as the wine country, and its total of approximately 1,800 square miles was officially founded in 1850. However, the area's scenic beauty, rich soil, hospitable year-round climate and easy access to ocean and river fishing as well as plentiful hunting grounds attracted ..
September 15, 2008
Many people are just sick and tired of all the hate in the World and they want to do something about it. Indeed, the best thing to do is to start with your own mirror and make yourself a better person, but let's say you have done all that already and you do not see a big change and all you see is ..
September 14, 2008
Genealogy - defined as ‘an account of the descent of a person or family through an ancestral line', or alternatively, ‘the investigation of pedigrees as a department of knowledge', is a high faluting description of what, to the rest of us, is known simply as ‘tracing the family ..
September 05, 2008
Oriental rugs aren't just on our floors - they are part of our culture, and have been woven into our literature, history, and fables for centuries. We read of the royal family having beautiful oriental rugs decorating their halls and rooms in one book, and something as absurd as a person rolling up .
September 05, 2008
Born on 30th of March, 1853 in Groot Zundert, a small town in the Brabant, the southern Netherlands - Holland at the time - Vincent Van Gogh was destined to become the most popular post-impressionist painter of all ages, alas only appreciated after his tragic death.He was named after his brother ..
September 05, 2008
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 is one of the most infamous events in American history, one that undoubtedly changed the course of history as far as Reconstruction in the South is concerned.Few realize, however, that the assassination that took Lincoln's life was not the ..
September 05, 2008
Not unlike their husbands, Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis Howell had much in common. Both were first ladies of countries besieged by war. Both women grew up in prosperous, slave-owning families. Both were well-educated, better educated, in fact, than most women of the day. Both were often ..
September 04, 2008
There are few families more dysfunctional than those in Greek mythology. You think the Simpsons, the Kardashians or the Hiltons were bad? Then these first families of Ancient Greece will surely make you think twice about starting a family of heroes or gods. Apart from their vaunted civilization ..
September 04, 2008
There is no more fascinating subject than in which a person may become occupied than family genealogy, an examination into the history of his ancestry. The study of human beings is an interesting one, especially when they are the particular human beings from whom the student has derived his ..
September 04, 2008
As impending civil war became a reality rather than a possibility, every state in the United States has a decision to make - whether to stay with the Union or join the nascent Confederacy.For states where slavery had been abolished, the decision was clear. For those states where slavery was still a .
September 04, 2008
More than 30 years ago during one of our first visits to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, while browsing through a small souvenir shop, we noticed a handful of small black objects high on a back corner shelf. They were covered with dust and obviously hadn't been touched for years. We asked the owner of the .
September 04, 2008
There is so much individuality displayed in printed genealogies that it is somewhat difficult to set down any general rule governing their use. This is why so many people look for genealogy help.By far the most common numbering practice, is to number consecutively from I, representing the emigrant ..
September 03, 2008
One of the most interesting things about US history is the variety of stories it contains. Whatever your particular historical interest is - boats, potato recipes, pirates - you can probably find a long history of it in at least one part of our country. In addition to the more noble trends in these .
September 03, 2008
Arlington...where my affections and attachments are more strongly placed than any other place in the world. Robert E. Lee1864. Beautiful Arlington House, the family home of General Robert E. Lee and his family, is in a shambles. The rose gardens have been turned into cemeteries. Soldiers are ..
September 03, 2008
In the old days when harried New Yorkers needed to get out of town for awhile, as often as not they'd head out to the Hamptons. Not to be confused with the Catskills - which is a mountain range - the Hamptons actually consist of a number of small villages (incorporated into two larger towns) ..
September 01, 2008
Japanese history includes alternating periods of isolation and revolutionary influences from the rest of the world. As early as the Jomon period from about 14000BC to 300 BC, Japan had a hunter-gatherer lifestyle; wooden stilt houses, pit dwelling, and agriculture. Weaving was still unknown and the .
September 01, 2008
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerians were the first to witness settlement. Man had ceased being a nomad and began raising cattle, farming and developing their skills at a fast pace. Perhaps the most number of discoveries and inventions ever made were in the ancient era of the Sumers. Ancient ..
September 01, 2008
With the availability of almost anything through the Internet at the present days, collectors of the forged Samurai swords have access to both antique and modern pieces from a variety of sources. Although the number of craftsmen using ancient forging techniques is getting smaller by year and ..
August 31, 2008
Carma: I ran across your Working Writer's Coach Blog back in March 2007 and I kept being drawn back to it. Actually I think it was when I subscribed to the Morning Nudge that kept me going everyday and still does. Tell us how The Morning Nudge came about.Suzanne: As a writing coach, I like to ..
August 20, 2008
More than ever, man had become more mobile. He can now go to places whenever or wherever he wants to. Be it on land or sea, or to the cities or most isolated islands. Well, we can attribute this to the advancement we have made on transportation. Fares have been also cut to almost a half, thus ..
August 19, 2008
The time following the end of the civil war should have been one of celebration. A long and painful conflict had ended, and the terrible crime of slavery had finally been stopped in the US. Many optimistic Americans dubbed this time period “the progressive era" and began pushing for equal ..
August 19, 2008
While many of the figures associated with the Confederacy have become controversial in the years since the war, few have been the subject of more controversy than Nathan Bedford Forrest.A man of contradictions himself, it's no wonder that Forrest stirs such strong feelings - either of respect or ..
August 19, 2008
Western Delaware is a variation of a Southern Unami Native American dialect, taught by the Delaware Tribe of Indians. It is labeled Western because the language was used in the Western region of Oklahoma.The Unami language in its original form - also known as Lenape ‘is now an extinct ..
August 18, 2008
There are many interesting facts about Prince Harry. He is the youngest son of Princess Diana and the Prince of Wales. He is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and has a older brother who is known as Prince William.Prince Harry was born in central London, England in the year of 1984. In 1997 when ..
August 18, 2008
The estimates at the UN Human Habitat research group for the total human population in the year 2050 keep adjusting. Some accuse the group of embellishing the reality, as many of the industrialized nations have slowing birth rates now. Projecting the slowdown along with the increases in other ..
August 18, 2008
Labyrinths and mazes have a long and interesting history and everybody is familiar with the story of the Minotaur in the Labyrinth at Knossos. This is the famous myth of the labyrinth that people would be sacrificed into. The hero Theseus killed the Minotaur and found his way back out by following ..
August 18, 2008
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy. William Tecumseh ShermanRarely has an historical figure been both as revered and reviled as William Tecumseh Sherman. For Northerners, Sherman is the man who almost singlehandedly brought ..
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