Archives for January 2010

January 13, 2010 Leave a Comment

Pope Launches Crusade

Time: November 27, 1095Place: Clerrmont, FranceHe did not forsee that one effort would not be enough, or even eight. Nor did he know that in the end,

January 12, 2010 Leave a Comment

The Oracle of Delphi intervenes in the conflicts of Asia Minor (todays Turkey).Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project

January 11, 2010 Leave a Comment

Time: 1815Place: New OrleansBackground: The War of 1812This novel by Eric Flint is an alternate history. This means that this story changes one event

January 10, 2010 Leave a Comment

by Jack Le MoineBoth the name and the time period really fits. There is a coherence to this previous period of history. Starting with the

January 9, 2010 Leave a Comment

Time: 1723Place: Boston, Mass.Business: New-England CourantBenjamin Franklin wrote a series of fake news for his paper. The below is from

January 8, 2010 3 Comments

Time: January 14, 1814Place: The land of the Vikings, Kiel on the Baltic Sea.Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had long ago slipped from the front ranks of

January 6, 2010 Leave a Comment

Time: 3 B.C.Place: Bethlehem, IsraelThis is the day commerating The Three Wisemen laying their gifts before Jesus. This day marks the end of

January 5, 2010 Leave a Comment

Today begins the complete Herodotus with the very beginning.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete

January 4, 2010 Leave a Comment

Time: January 19, 1922Place: Guatemala CityA year earlier the Pact of Union between Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Salvador had been signed at