Post Modern world 1945-now
Late modern world 1780-1945 (from French revolution)
Early modern world (the Renaissance) 1450-1780
Late Medieval period 1250-1450
High Medieval period 1000-1250
Early medieval period (dark ages) 476-999
Classical times 500 bce-476 ce
I'm working on a seminary paper on the blood libel of Little Hugh of Lincoln (1255 CE). Naturally, there are discrepancies in the source material (mainly several chronicles and an Anglo-Norman poem). For example, the sources disagree on the day that Hugh disappeared, the day he was supposedly...
This poem, or whatever you want to call it was written about 40 years ago. I don't expect anyone to be converted to the Baha'i Faith by this. This is just my personal view of the developments of the last 2000 years of Western civilization and were it is headed ultimately. For those Muslims...
But i do wonder why were the outfits so elaborate and why did men wear power white wigs and why did they go out of fashion ? 1775–1795 in Western fashion - Wikipedia
I finished reading earlier today Patricia Crone and Michael Cook's "Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World" (1977 ed.). I admit I only skimmed the last section of the book and the first appendix. One of the previous owners of the book (which I had borrowed from the uni library) had...
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So, there was a thread recently on Hinduism vs Buddhism. I personally thought it was a fun thread but what had occurred to me as I read it was that a lot of people seem to divorce these two traditions from each other. It’s true that there is an abundance of differences that have emerged...
A little over a month ago I thought of a theory to explain a seeming historical discrepancy with Daniel 1:1. I first posted the theory on the Judaism Stackexchange here, but as the answer just seemed too simple, I've been wondering since whether it was just too good to be true. Hence I'm going...
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In this Material World : Have you ever heard about the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls?
This is a 4 part history of the Dead Sea Scrolls from finding them, and even uncovering more. At the end will be the conclusion. Hope that it helps you understand what the Dead Sea...
I don't know if this is the right place to post about historical stuff. But anyway here it goes.
I was reading this book where the author says that, there was this great flood that took place around 4000 BC in Mesopotamia (as per archaeologists).
Now here comes the difficult part.
The author...
Why the fall of Christianity? The status quo of the US was Christianity.
HISTORIC record:
1962 - Engel v. Vitale: removal of prayer in public schools by "supreme court".
1963 - Abington School District v. Schempp: removal of Bible reading in public schools by the "supreme court".
1973 - Roe...
Just a short note on my background, to place my statements into proper context: I am not American. I am from Austria, where I first studied philosophy, then trained to be a teacher of English and History in Austrian schools. My education in history naturally focused on European history, although...
How is history matching the revelations of the bible, and how does that affect everyone?
There are 7 plus one beasts of Revelation 13, and the most relevant one today is the 7th, the beast with two horns like a lamb, Constantine the Great King of Rome, who succeed the 6th head of the...
I stumbled on this and found it interesting.
https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis
At one time, the Irish were the refugee crises in the U.S. I guess history does repeat itself.
Shirdi SaiBaba remains a popular saint and is worshipped mainly in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and of course world over. Debate on his Hindu or Muslim origins continues to take place. He is also revered by several notable Hindu and Sufi religious leaders. Some of his...
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Jon Meacham's been making the rounds with his new book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels. I'm looking forward to reading it in the near future.
I caught a 30-minute interview with him on NPR while driving home earlier today and thought I'd share. I think we should...
I am uncertain how many people are familiar with this tale that is known to students of Medieval Judaism/Islam or Ottoman history.
But in the middle of the 17th century a false messiah named Sabbatai(Saturn in English) Svi emerged in Islambul, Ottoman Empire, which absorbed the expelled from...
I don't think humans will ever achieve world peace. We simply are not built for that kind of thing. We're built as far as I can tell for war and hatred. I've never thought humanity can be truly united and quite honestly it's not an idea I think of with any real fondness.
That being said do you...