Category Archives: History

Every Society Collapses, Here’s How to Survive…

Posted on February 13, 2023 by agogo22

The news is often determined to tell us that we live in uniquely critical times, beset by political disasters and afflicted by terrible crises and that the demise of human civilisation is surely imminent. We are encouraged to view the … Continue reading →

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Native American history. California history. Indigenous peoples. Native culture and history

Posted on February 12, 2023 by agogo22
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Early Japanese Visitor Describes “Baffling” American Culture // (1872) The Iwakura Embassy

Posted on February 11, 2023 by agogo22

[…] xtracts taken from “The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873: A True Account of the Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary’s Journey of Observation through the United States of America and Europe by Kume Kunitake, Graham Healey, Chushichi Tsuzuki, Martin Collcutt, Andrew Cobbing, P. … Continue reading →

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THE ALPHABET EXPLAINED: The origin of every letter

Posted on February 11, 2023 by agogo22

Every letter of our alphabet has a story to tell. Join me for an A to Z of A to Z. I’ll explain… 𐦃 The Egyptian hieroglyphics that became our letters 🏛 Why W is called “double U” 🇫🇷 Why … Continue reading →

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In the 3,700-year footsteps of a king, a barber and a slave | Aeon Essays

Posted on February 9, 2023 by agogo22

Tablet from Gimil-Ninkarrak’s archive for the hire of a labourer, describing Gimil-Ninkarrak as the ‘chief barber’. Courtesy the Louvre Museum, Paris Some 3,700 years ago, an enslaved girl, a barber, and a king crossed paths in a city by the … Continue reading →

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Did Pirates Really Sing Sea Shanties? It’s Complicated

Posted on February 8, 2023 by agogo22

Songs like “A Pirate’s Life for Me” and “Dead Man’s Chest” are as prevalent in pirate lore as eye patches or treasure maps. But these tunes were written more than a hundred years AFTER the Golden Age of Piracy. In … Continue reading →

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History of the British Empire (in One Take)

Posted on February 8, 2023 by agogo22

Welcome to the British Empire. This video takes an epic tour through centuries of change, resistance and violence, meeting key figures who played important roles in this turbulent era. […]

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What Was Life Really Like For A Medieval Peasant?

Posted on February 7, 2023 by agogo22

What Was Life Really Like For A Medieval Peasant? Watch the full episode of ‘Going Medieval: Those Who Work’ on History Hit TV: https://access.historyhit.com/going-m… In the Medieval period, peasants made up roughly 80% of the European population. But what was … Continue reading →

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When Elephants Got Weird

Posted on February 3, 2023 by agogo22

This extinct elephant relative had the entire garden shed on its face. This is the Platybelodon. [..]

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Quaternions are Amazing and so is William Rowan Hamilton!

Posted on February 3, 2023 by agogo22

Quaternions are amazing, they made modern vector mathematics. But how were they created and how do they work? In order to explain all that I am providing both a fun biography of Hamilton AND a biography of quaternions and the … Continue reading →

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