The Crusades
In this lesson we will be learning about the Crusades, which were military campaigns sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the Crusades, which were military campaigns sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Prior to the Romans, Greece was the only part of Europe to have had toilets. But by the peak of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century AD, the Romans had introduced sanitation to much of their domain, stretching across western and southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Their impressive technologies included large multi-seat public latrines, sewers, clean water in aqueducts, elegant public baths for washing, and laws that required towns to remove waste from the streets. But how effective were these measures in improving the health of the population?
In this lesson we will be learning about the conflicts across Latin America from Castro and Cuba to Colombia and the FARC.
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This is the first of a planned series of blogs charting the progress of the Royal Navy Captains’ letters volunteer project. In it I make reference to letters which use terminology and refer to practices that may cause offence.
This project, scheduled for completion in 2024, involves cataloguing letters written by Royal Navy Captains to the Admiralty during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793-1815). The National Archives holds these letters in 564 boxes in the record series ADM 1, archived by year and the initial letter of Captains’ surnames.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the aftermath of the destruction from WW1 and the rebuilding of Europe.
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Read MoreThis lesson will take us to the late Roman Empire as we learn how it nearly collapsed under pressures of invasion, civil war and plagues.
Read MoreThis lesson will take us to the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Rise of the Eastern Empire, now known as the Byzantine Empire.
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Read MoreThis lesson will take us to the late Byzantine Empire as we learn about the last Byzantine dynasty and the fall of Constantinople.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the Ming dynasty which was founded by a peasant rebel leader named Zhu Yuanzhang.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the Holy Roman Empire and how it functioned.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the European front and the atrocities committed against the Jewish people.
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Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the significant battles that turned the tide against the Axis forces during WW2.
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Most people have heard Jonestown Massacre in 1978, when 918 members of the Peoples Temple committed suicide by drinking the proverbial Kool-Aid under instructions of the leader of their cult, Jim Jones. How did Jones get this kind of influence over his followers, though, and why would they even consider suicide?
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The question of whether warfare is encoded in our genes, or appeared as a result of civilisation, has long fascinated anyone trying to get to grips with human society. Might a willingness to fight neighbouring groups have provided our ancestors with an evolutionary advantage? With conflicts raging across the globe, these questions have implications for understanding our past, and perhaps our future as well.
In this lesson we will be learning about the Japanese constitution and how Japan managed to rebuild itself after WW2.
Read MoreThis lesson us takes us to the South American civilizations as we learn about their culture and way of life.
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