History

Everything history related! I'll be posting some Greek history blogs myself every few days.
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If you enjoy posting/viewing anything about world history, whether it's anything from informative encyclopedia-style articles or a related picture you'd wanna share, this community's for you!
Specialising in Classical Greek and Roman history, I'll be posting blogs on this community and onto my account every few days - feel free to stay tuned!

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Are Historical Reputations all they're Cracked up to be?
Are Historical Reputations all they're Cracked up to be?
If there's one thing I've learnt from history it's that people are rarely either good or bad and they generally do a mixture of both good and bad things. We often make judgements on people in history,
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minismallholding
History
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How Civilised is Civilisation?
How Civilised is Civilisation?
When you hear or read the word 'civilisation' or 'civilised' what does it make you think? While there is no single definition it's generally seen as a good thing to be civilised. It gives peaceful connotations
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minismallholding
History
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History is Usually Good, Bad and Ugly
History is Usually Good, Bad and Ugly
Recently I overheard my husband listening to someone give an argument on why the crusades were justified. I'm not sure what he was responding to, but he seemed quite incensed and defensive, so I'm guessing
dbooster
History
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Today in Japan - The Meiji Restoration and Ryōma’s Quiet Shadow
Today in Japan - The Meiji Restoration and Ryōma’s Quiet Shadow
January 3 marks the Meiji Restoration—and, quietly, the birth of the man who helped make it possible.
minismallholding
History
1y
Does History Repeat or Rhyme?
Does History Repeat or Rhyme?
Something that's fascinated me for as long as I can remember is history and archeology. Our small school didn't offer history as an exam option, so their approach to teaching it was a bit different to
dbooster
History
1y
From Monkey Face to Taikō: The Peasant Who Rose to Rule Japan
From Monkey Face to Taikō: The Peasant Who Rose to Rule Japan
How a peasant named Hideyoshi outwitted samurai lords to rule Japan—and how ambition finally undid him.
melancholic.bear
History
1y
The Medieval King Who Died From a Toilet
The Medieval King Who Died From a Toilet
In medieval Bohemia, kings had to worry about assassination, betrayal... and apparently, their plumbing.
kur8
History
1yPublished via Ecency
Juan Sebastián Elcano: The Unsung Hero Who Finished Magellan’s First Voyage Around the World
Juan Sebastián Elcano: The Unsung Hero Who Finished Magellan’s First Voyage Around the World
Source: Wikipedia Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Basque navigator from Getaria, Spain, born around 1487. He is renowned for leading the expedition that achieved the first successful circumnavigation of the
ketzali
History
1y
Swiss neutrality in World War II
Swiss neutrality in World War II
Spies, Gold, and the Postwar Truth No One Talks About
ketzali
History
1y
What does "proxy war" mean?
What does "proxy war" mean?
Currently, we are experiencing a proxy war.
dbooster
History
1y
The Death of Oda Nobunaga
The Death of Oda Nobunaga
On this day in 1582, one of Japan’s most feared and transformative warlords was betrayed and killed in a Kyoto temple. Oda Nobunaga, known equally for his ruthlessness and his revolutionary vision, died
melancholic.bear
History
1y
Europe Didn’t Discover Chocolate It Stole It
Europe Didn’t Discover Chocolate It Stole It
Chocolate was sacred to the Maya and Aztecs—until Europe stripped it of meaning and turned it into candy.
ketzali
History
1y
The two atomic bombs that ended World War II
The two atomic bombs that ended World War II
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
dbooster
History
1y
Miyamoto Musashi: Death of a Sword Saint
Miyamoto Musashi: Death of a Sword Saint
June 13th marks the death of Miyamoto Musashi, arguably Japan’s most legendary swordsman. He died in 1645, nearly four centuries ago, yet his life and philosophy continue to capture imaginations around
kur8
History
1yPublished via Ecency
Orphan Train: America’s First Mass Child Migration
Orphan Train: America’s First Mass Child Migration
Source: New England Historical Society The Orphan Train movement (1854–1929) was a social experiment in the United States that relocated over 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children from crowded
dbooster
History
1y
Why a Dollar is Called a “Buck”
Why a Dollar is Called a “Buck”
Here’s one that comes up fairly often in some of the Intro to American Culture classes I give businessmen. I was surprised at just how often people would ask me this, so I started incorporating it
ketzali
History
1y
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Political analysis of NATO against Russia today
Political analysis of NATO against Russia today
What is happening with NATO and Russia?
ketzali
History
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End of World War II
End of World War II
Capitulation of Germany and Japan
dbooster
History
1y
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu: Shogun, Sovereign, and the Dream of Dynasty
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu: Shogun, Sovereign, and the Dream of Dynasty
On May 31, 1408, exactly 617 years ago to this day, one of the most ambitious and enigmatic men in Japanese history died suddenly, just as he seemed poised to crown his life’s work with the ultimate
dbooster
History
1y
The Man Who Claimed Hirohito Wasn’t the Real Emperor
The Man Who Claimed Hirohito Wasn’t the Real Emperor
A few days ago I posted about Emperor Sukō and the chaos of the Northern and Southern Courts. At the end of the post I mentioned a little trivia that after WWII, a guy came around who claimed to be the