Archives for March 2011

China Receives Burma Ambassador

Time: 1106Place: Kaifeng, ChinaThis scroll shows the capital city of China. It dates from this time. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty is 23

Blogging Will Durant’s History of CivilizationOutside of the main civilizations of the ancient history of the Middle East, Egypt,

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.- Hedy LamarrMore on Hedy Lamarr.

It was at Algiers in North Africa in 1943. Bob Hope was there with his USO tour to entertain the troops and to meet General Eisenhower. Ike promised

by Jack Le MoineA great man versus the Dark Age. Continuing our series on France's Wars. Did you ever notice that in almost every great war in

Time: 1886Place: Witwatersrand area, Transvaal, South AfricaIt was March; it was a Sunday, or so the legend says. An Australian miner

Blogging Will Durant’s History of CivilizationAssyria did a lot of cool things. It conquered Babylon, Judea, and Egypt. It left advancements in the

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in

Another installment in my seriesCHURCHILL’S WORLDStories of the world during the time Winston Churchill lived in it: 1873 to