A place to find information relating to history, all periods,all countries.
We are starting to get some lovely pieces of work coming in. From the dawn of creation, through the ancient world, medieval monarchs, colonial capers and Victoriana, right up to modern day topics. Be a part of our collection, Friends, Romans, Countrymen...send me your squid!
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Old Testament Bible Lessons
Your studies of ancient history start with a look more...0 points
Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780
Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his fath more...0 points
Ancient History Lessons
Spice up your ancient history studies with hands-o more...0 points
Modern-Day Noah's Ark
Schagen, The Netherlands, has something old under more...0 points
The Untouchables - Eliot Ness and Prohibition
After Prohibition was passed, a set of racketeers more...0 points
Constitution Lapbook
As young future American voters, children need to more...0 points
Big Annie: Mississippi Flatboat Captain
Activities related to the story of Big Annie, a fl more...0 points
The Jervis Bay and convoy HX84
HX84 was a British navy convoy in the second world more...0 points
Longitude - John Harrison's chronometers
Longitude is a measure of position vital for navig more...0 points
Medieval Quest
Develop your child's love for history as you under more...0 points
The Black Death
This is an article that I wrote for a history maga more...0 points
The Invention of the Clock
Having accurate time measurement is something that more...0 points
Old Vermont Barn
The old barn on our farm in Vermont was built by m more...0 points
VINTAGE VIXENS
This light-hearted lens pays tribute to titillatin more...0 points
The Fall of the Walls of Jericho - Foolish or Feasible?
The Battle of Jericho is one of the more astonishi more...0 points
Domebo - the Mammoth Kill site
Domebo Canyon, Oklahoma is a site of great scienti more...0 points
King Henry VIII and his Wives
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 - 28 January 1547) was Ki more...0 points
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln was the sixteenth first lady in more...0 points
RMS Lancastria - the forgotten tragedy
The Lancastria was a converted Cunard liner, used more...0 points
The History of Drinking Fountains
The modern drinking fountain was invented in the e more...0 points
Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades
Richard I (September 8, 1157 - April 6, 1199) was more...0 points
Movie vs. History: 'The Other Boleyn Girl'
How much fact and how much fiction in the movie more...0 points
The Story of Griselda
The Story of Griselda was extremely popular in the more...0 points
Tutankhamun - Missing Papyri?
Other tombs had yielded bits of papyrus. Egyptolog more...0 points
Castles of Scotland
Here begins the journey through the Land of Scotla more...0 points
Mongolia Under the Khans
Most of us have heard about Kublai Khan and Genghi more...0 points
Mysterious and Amazing History
This lens is dedicated to the Earth, it's people, more...0 points
The First Hot Air Balloon
Three barnyard animals claim the honor of being th more...0 points
Johann Sebastian Bach
You know at least some of Bach's music, even if yo more...0 points
Neferneferure
Princess Neferneferuré was the 5th daughter o more...0 points
Money as Debt: How Banks Loan Money They Don't Have to Create Money We Owe!
What is money? How is it created, where does it co more...0 points
The Plague
This is material from a lecture that I give in my more...0 points
The Life of Wallace D Wattles and Getting Rich
Wallace Delois Wattles (1860 - 1911) was a pioneer more...0 points
The Golden Age Of Barnstorming
"What in tarnation is THAT?", Jonas aske more...0 points
The Charge of the Light Brigade:a new perspective
We have all heard of the famous "blunder" more...0 points
Medieval Connections: From Crusades to the End of Feudalism
This series, Medieval Connections, is based on the more...0 points
Battle of Hastings
1066 is one of the first dates that English school more...0 points
Brunel - the great engineers
Isambard Kingdom Brunel is virtually a household n more...0 points
Native Americans in Kalamazoo, MI
Native Americans were very prominant in the early more...0 points
Gettysburg Battlefield Images
The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), fought more...0 points
Medieval Children
There is a lot of misinformation about children in more...0 points
The Silk Road: New light on ancient pathways.
A look at recent discoveries and their enhancement more...0 points
Meet the Persians!
What was Persia or Iran like before the Islamic Co more...0 points
Isabella of France
This biography is part of a larger project featuri more...0 points
Fifty Unrecognized Medieval Women
This is an on-going blog of my progress on my SCA more...0 points
Anne of Bohemia
This biography is part of a larger project featuri more...0 points
Catherine of Aragon
This biography is part of a larger project featuri more...0 points
Lady Jane Grey
This biography is part of a larger project featuri more...0 points
Current Resources in my Homeschool Journey
We are eclectic, with a strong classical base. We more...0 points
Did Nero Fiddle Whilst Rome Burned
We have all heard the saying about Nero "fidd more...0 points
Real Egypt
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Ploutarchos
Plutarch was a famous Greek writer of biographies more...0 points
The Historical Archive Headquarters
The Historical Archive
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Featured Historical Writing
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Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades
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Richard I (September 8, 1157 - April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. Outside the Houses of Parliament there stands a statue of Richard I seated on his horse as testimony that he was one of England's bravest and greatest kings.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade:a new perspective
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We have all heard of the famous "blunder" that lead to the disasterous Charge of the Light Brigade at the battle of Balaclava, but most of the modern readers perceptions come froma combination of Tennysons poem and modern attitudes. If we look a litt...
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VINTAGE VIXENS
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This light-hearted lens pays tribute to titillating temptresses and playful personalities with oodles of pucker power! You know the ones we mean -- those funny floosies, sassy sirens, hilarious hussies, moxie mavens, or those wonderfully witty yet w...
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Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780
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Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...
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King Henry VIII and his Wives
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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 - 28 January 1547) was King of Englandfrom 21 April 1509 until his death in 1547. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor,...
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Scholara wrote...
Hi just a quick note to let people know I have two new history lenses.
As well as Ploutarchos and Real Egypt I have Meet the Persians and Herodotus.
Posted November 27, 2008
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