Archives for 2012

Reign of Persia’s King Sapor I

This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Sapor Takes Charge.IntroductionThe Parthians established the last of

Today's installment concludes Neptune Discovered,our selection from Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge published in 1893. For works benefiting

But anyone in the situation of the astronomer-royal knows that almost every post brings absurd letters from ambitious correspondents, some of them

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Problems with Uranus.IntroductionHow does one discover a planet? This

Today's installment concludes The Republican Party Begins,our selection from the speech in First Debate with Stephen Douglas by Abraham Lincoln

Under the Dred Scott decision "squatter sovereignty" squatted out of existence, tumbled down like temporary scaffolding.Continuing The Republican

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Destruction of The Compromise of 1850.IntroductionThe Republican

Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their World History Series, #28.In which John Green teaches you about the American

Today's installment concludes Battles that Began The Hundred Years War,our selection from Froissart's Chronicles by Sir John Froissart published in