Archives for March 2010

Durant's "Our Oriental Heritage"

This is the first volume of a multi-volume series intended to cover the history of the world. After 40 years, the author got to the Age of Napoleon

Of marvels to be recorded the land of Lydia has no great store as compared with other lands, excepting. . .Translated by George C. Macaulay --

Some of my recent stuff on other places:Twitter eye-openerCan Sam Sloan ever be respectable?Foundations of InvestmentWhat are Obama's goals in

This is Robert Peel, the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Today, January 22, he is at the height of his power. His Tories command the majority of

Business that grow by development and improvement do not die. But when a business ceases to be creative, when it believes that it has reached

Heaven," answered Pyrrhus, "alone can give us victory and success; but these conquests would merely prove to us the stepping-stones to greater

March History Blog Carnival is up and using a Winter Olympics theme. Very creative!Yes, I know. I missed it. Too busy with taxes to product much

The Persians defeat Croesus and conquer his kingdom.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete Herodotus

This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe Romans, in B.C. 290, had conquered the Samnites and this extended the Roman