Did Egyptians specifically copy the Sumerians in architecture?https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=61556013616053&story_fbid=122144400128200453
Remember the film Zulu? This picture shows the storehouse at Rorke's Drift, where one company of the 24th Foot held off 4,000 Zulus. Heroes all - on both sides of the battle.
Anniversary of the Battle of CromdaleOne of the forgotten battles of the wars between William of Orange and James VII. The Haughs of Cromdale was a victory for the Williamites over a Jacobite army in the Highlands. There is a nonsense song about it, which has rollicking lyrics and no...See More »
Captain Penny of Aberdeen A whaling man and an explorer who took his wife with him. Unusual for the 19th century!
what colour garments were commonly worn by the Anglo saxons and Normans tooanyone study the middle ages much and know what i'm talking about? my ancestry is anglo saxon on my mothers side and i'm a history learner beginner.
what do you know about Anglo saxonsi am anglo saxon on my mothers side and italian ancestry on my fathers side.
plokijhyugtfrdesdxfcgvhbjkml;;I've been looking at the World War 1 version of Flames of War, and it stirred something in my mind which I can't seem to get rid of. It bugs me that we only ever see depictions of the Western Front, especially the later years when things like tanks...See More »
Why do you suddenly think we can't share the world after such a dramatic and genocidal westward expansion?Are you living without history and free from these things?
Would the American Civil War be viewed differently today?Due to the involvement of the issue of slavery the Civil War is often presented as a noble war, with Abraham Lincoln as a hero. That's how I grew up learning about it. But if you take away the issue of slavery, as a hypothetical exercise, would we...See More »
Why did Great Britain want to obliterate Russia in the 1840's?do you know what caused the Crimean War? Do you know how some things NEVER CHANGE? Do you want the USA to own the world the way Israel "owns" Palestine? Here's the cheat-sheet: media=https://youtu.be/8ra60FIItiE