8 Natural Disasters of Ancient Times
12 Oct8 Natural Disasters of Ancient Times
From Listverse”Natural disasters are something that humanity has had to deal with since its inception. They have the capability to wipe out significant amounts of the human and wildlife populations where they strike. In fact, it is possible that a natural disaster will be the cause of the end of the world, whenever that inevitably happens. They could be avoided, to some extent, by removing the human population from areas where natural disasters are known to strike. However, looking back on natural disasters in the past, we see that people were just as prone to exposing themselves to the risk of natural disasters as they are today.”
History Channel Mankind The Story of All of Us Episode 1/12 Inventors
21 Sep
“Mankind embraces a groundbreaking way of telling this epic human story. Drawing on a growing global interest in a revelatory field of history, now adopted by universities across the globe. ‘Big history’ focuses on the forces of nature to show how mankind’s path is guided by events that stretch back, not hundreds, but thousands, even millions of years. How the power of science, from geology and astronomy, to physics and biology, combined to shape our shared human journey. Revealing astounding global connections, and an astonishing interconnected story. This is history without limits. Free from boundaries and politics. Our story, like it’s never been told before. Written by History Channel “
Guns Germs and Steel | Documentary
21 Sep
Why do some civilizations advance while others remain stagnant?
Diamond argues that Eurasian civilization is not so much a product of ingenuity, but of opportunity and necessity. That is, civilization is not created out of superior intelligence, but is the result of a chain of developments, each made possible by certain preconditions.
The earliest human societies lived as hunter-gatherers. The first step towards civilization is the move from hunter-gatherer to agriculture, with the domestication and farming of wild crops and animals. Agricultural production leads to food surpluses, which supports sedentary societies, specialization of craft, rapid population growth, and specialization of labor. Large societies tend to develop ruling classes and supporting bureaucracies, which may lead in turn to the organization of nation states and empires”
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THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: The Library
19 SepTHE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: The Library
JUDAEA, First Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (22mm, 13.19 g, 12h). Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). “Shekel of Israel,” Omer cup with pearled rim; date above / “Jerusalem the Holy,” sprig of three pomegranates. Meshorer 202; Hendin 662. EF, attractive dark gray toning. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
- Bible
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- Israel Studies
- Jewish Art
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- Jewish Education
- Jewish Genealogy
- Jewish History
- Jewish Languages and Literature
- Jewish Lifecycle
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10 Great Sites for Bored History Nerds – Flavorwire
30 AugIf you’re crazy about history like I am, take a look at the site http://flavorwire.com/412297/10-great-sites-for-bored-history-nerds
The big history project now available!
20 AugTHE BIG HISTORY PROJECTGreat reference for educators world wide, free of charge! Check out @BigHistoryPro’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BigHistoryPro/status/369631370240225280
The big history project now available!
20 AugGreat reference for educators world wide, free of charge! Check out @BigHistoryPro’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BigHistoryPro/status/369631370240225280
Watch “And they Came to Chicago: The Italian American Legacy” on YouTube
12 Aug” And they came to Chicago, traces the over 150 years of Italians settlement in Chicago, from early settlers who made the foundation for burgeon enclaves to contributions to business, politics, the arts and culture…” #historyandresearch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeikaWQCyo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Black in Latin America – Haiti & the Dominican Republic – An Island Divided
17 Nov
In the Dominican Republic, Professor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed, and how the country’s troubled history with Haiti informs notions about racial classification. In Haiti, Professor Gates tells the story of the birth of the first-ever black republic, and finds out how the slaves hard fight for liberation became a double edged sword.
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PLEASE JOIN! I Love History…and Research facebook group
12 NovI Love History…and Research facebook group
This facebook page seeks to provide members with valid source documentation for all manners of subject matter. Some links might be controversial and comments are always welcome but this group was not designed for debate.
History of English (combined)
23 Oct
“Where did the phrase ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ come from? And when did scientists finally get round to naming sexual body parts? Voiced by Clive Anderson, this entertaining romp through ‘The History of English’ squeezes 1600 years of history into 10 one-minute bites, uncovering the sources of English words and phrases from Shakespeare and the King James Bible to America and the Internet. Bursting with fascinating facts, the series looks at how English grew from a small tongue into a major global language before reflecting on the future of English in the 21st century.”
Free learning from The Open University http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/english-language
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A look at the history of the English language. (this is a combination of all 10 parts of the series into one video)
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8 Sep
“Allen Lomax’s wonderful documentary about the bayous of Louisiana which have combined French, German, West Indian, native American and hillbilly ingredients into a unique cultural gumbo.”
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Digital State Archives
2 Aug
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History at your fingertips
A quiet revolution is taking place. State governments have been sifting through their historical archives, digitizing records, and putting mountains of content on their websites. The result is a goldmine of information, newly available online. This is great news for historians, professional genealogists, family historyresearchers, students, journalists, or anyone wanting to know more about the communities in which they live and work.
State archives are digitizing documents, photographs, videos, sound recordings, deeds, artifacts, court records, slave emancipations, newspapers, reports, military records, and so much more. They really are amazing resources.
The reason I call it a quiet revolution is because the information is out there, but hardly anyone knows about it. States have neither the skills nor the resources to fully market the information they are putting online. Many of the archives are not terribly user-friendly, so even users who stumble across the sites may not realize the treasures that await, if they just dig a bit.
So this is my attempt at making things a bit better. This site will post regularly on content you can find in Digital State Archives, focusing on the hidden gems they contain.
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The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
12 Jul
American Revolutionary War General John Sullivan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
INTERACTIVE: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
This Smithsonian website skillfully integrates Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. There is also a Civil War mystery, an exhibition self-guide, and a teacher’s guide. The New American Roles (1899-present) section contains an introductory movie and short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts.
INTERACTIVE: To View click here>>>>http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html
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America’s True History of Religious Tolerance
12 Jul
Richard Warren, among 10 passengers in the landing party, when the Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod, November 11, 1620 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
America’s True History of Religious Tolerance
In the storybook version most of us learned in school, the Pilgrims came to America aboard the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in 1620. The Puritans soon followed, for the same reason. Ever since these religious dissidents arrived at their shining “city upon a hill,” as their governor John Winthrop called it, millions from around the world have done the same, coming to an America where they found a welcome melting pot in which everyone was free to practice his or her own faith.
The problem is that this tidy narrative is an American myth. The real story of religion in America’s past is an often awkward, frequently embarrassing and occasionally bloody tale that most civics books and high-school texts either paper over or shunt to the side. And much of the recent conversation about America’s ideal of religious freedom has paid lip service to this comforting tableau.
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Jewish Virtual Library
8 Jul
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The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. There are more than 16,000 articles and 7,000 photographs and maps that have been integrated into the site.
The Library has 13 wings: History, Women, The Holocaust, Travel, Israel & The States, Maps, Politics, Biography, Israel, Religion, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, Vital Statistics and Reference. Each of these has numerous subcategories.
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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA
8 Jul
The headquarters of Library and Archives Canada on Wellington Street in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In 2004, the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were drawn together by theLibrary and Archives of Canada Act to create a new knowledge institution for Canadians—Library and Archives Canada, a source of enduring knowledge and the continuing memory of the government of Canada and its institutions.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES ONLINE
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Logo of the Archival Research Catalog, the online catalog for the holdings of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES ONLINE
The Online Public Access resource is the online public portal to our records and information about our records. The OPA prototype currently provides access to nearly one million electronic records currently in the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), which are not available elsewhere online. More electronic records from ERA will be included in OPA in the coming year.
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