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An almost forgotten battle between the English and Scots had an horrendous death toll
I’m in a sombre mood at the moment. It’s because, as I said in my last post, I’m working on a Topic TimeMap title on World War I.
Another anniversary that’s just passed (as I said, we at TimeMaps have a habit of missing anniversaries!), is that of the…
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A Grim Chapter of History
In my last post I talked about one of our new History Apps for the iPad, on the Black Death. As it happens, I’m working on another grim product at the moment, a TimeMap entitled the First World War. As you know, the centenary of this event is coming up,…
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One of History's Little Ironies
In my last post I talked about visiting the Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated manuscript dating from about the year 700. I reflected on how this book was part of the broader story of the coming of Christianity to Britain, and on the fact that this…
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How did Christianity Reach Britain?
My wife and I visited a very interesting exhibition over the weekend. It was on the Lindisfarne Gospels.
These are in an ancient book, well over a thousand years old. It contains the gospels copied down by Anglo-Saxon monks in about AD 700. They were…
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Comparing China and India's contribution to history
In my last post I talked about the fact that our modern world is the product of the intermingling of all the various historical cultures of the world. I very briefly itemized the contributions made by great civilizations of the past, and the foundations…
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Strength Through Diversity
I was at a dinner, one evening last month, at the Durham University college of which I am a member of the senior common room. The college is Ustinov College, and its student body is made up entirely of postgraduates. They come from all corners of the…
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Ancient Roman History Provides a Lesson in Compromise
In a world where conflict is part of the daily news cycle, our historian looks at a lesson from the Roman Empire that brought 200 years of peace in a previously tumultuous area of Europe.
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In my opinion, compromise (in most circumstances) is what makes…
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How were wild horses domesticated?
In recent posts we’ve been dealing with rather serious issues, such as prejudice, or the “Great…
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The Black Death Topic TimeApp
Things Ain't Always What They Seem
I can well remember the 70s and early 80s, when patriotism was a dirty word amongst us youngsters, at least here in the UK. It seemed that it was a thoroughly out-dated concept. But the moment this country found itself actually at war, the mood switched…
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Brave, Wonderful Europeans.. ?
Sometimes one writes something that looks really crass, but isn’t quite as crass as it seems.
I’ve…
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What are the Chapters in the History of the World?
This is the last in this series on how to get to grips with the vast amount of knowledge in the world by classifying it into manageable chunks with artificial labels. In this post our historian suggests some divisions that may be useful.
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In my last…
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The in-accurate but necessary problems of labels in categorising history
I am back from my holiday now. I travelled around the Balkans, arriving in Split in Croatia and…
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On holiday to Eastern Europe
I’m off on holiday to Eastern Europe tomorrow – so no blogging from me. I was hoping to squeeze in…
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Exploring when historical labelling is useful and when is it misleading?
Further to a comment on a previous post ( changing understanding of world history ) which talked about when and how history is re-evaluated and has it’s interpretation changed, this post sets out to look at the labelling of historical periods.
Are we…
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The Most Comprehensive Atlas of World History Freely Available On-line
Now with over 40,000 downloads and an average rating of 4/5 star, our free Google Chrome app can be…
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Who was Abraham?
I recently had a note from a reader who challenged me – very courteously – on something I’d written on the TimeMaps website. In a page in our TimeMap of World History, on Ancient Israel, I referred to Abraham as being an Amorite chieftain. She gently…
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