I’ve found over my many years of travel that there are three kinds of people one encounters after returning from…
I have placed this at the beginning of my “history themes and patterns” blog as I see this as the…
What is “history”? Why history is important to study A professor I was reading recently described a number of scenarios…
Preamble: Key dates in history: my process and intention in assembling this “key date document” Why history is important A…
Moving from B.C. (before Christ) to A.D. (anno domini – “in the year of our Lord”) Note re systems to measure…
The 19th Century It took over two hundred thousand years of modern human history and 6 million years of human…
Sources Magazines: National Geographic; The Economist; The Atlantic; Foreign Affairs; The New Yorker; The Walrus; Harpers; Canada’s History Newspaper sources:…
Introduction Since watching the coronation May 6th, I decided to write a blog about what the institution of the monarchy…
A surprising number of countries have ruling monarchs; 43 countries still have them. 1. Constitutional monarchy: the monarch divides power…