All Entries in the "History" Category
The Flag of Cuba
Those seeking time travel to the sixties or early seventies might want to consider a visit to the island of Cuba, if considered legal. A little while back, whilst I was traveling trough countries in Europe, I came across all kinds of advertisements with travel offers to Havana, Cuba. Like most world countries, the Cuban flag is hoisted on flag poles of all kinds throughout the island and some other places in the world. The respective national flag is more than one century old.
The Tradition of Jamaican Storytelling
History plays a large part in forming the landscape of every nation, both geographically and culturally. Every ethnic group that spends time on a piece of land will leave its mark, just like an earthquake or hurricane leaves evidence of activity. In that light, stories are told and retold from generation to generation; stories about the people, the land, and the sea. For historians it is the folktales that teach the most about cultural and spiritual traditions. Ancient artifacts play a role as well, but often experts are left guessing. It is the folklore that always tells the real story.
Protestants Who Reject The Bible As The Ultimate Source Of Theology Are Effectively Rationalists
An Evangelical or Orthodox Protestant holds the sacred Scriptures to be the only source of theology, and their contents to be its object-matter.
Jesus Christ Himself Taught That The Bible Was Verbally Inspired By God
Theological liberals wipe out the Scriptures themselves when they refuse the testimony of the Scriptures, uniformly and explicitly furnished, to their verbal inspiration.
Some Interesting Facts About Archery
People have been practicing archery for a minimum of four thousand years, but almost definitely for a lot longer than that. Sections of composite recurve bows have been discovered dating back to the second millennium BC, but the components that were found were the non-wooden, composite parts, typically of horn.
The History And Evolution Behind Cricket Bats
Modern-day cricket bats have evolved from centuries of experiments and research. The first possible date when a bat was used for this game has been noted as 1624. But the hard facts point to almost a century further ahead, to 1729.
A History Of Toilet Usage
Just learning about a history of toilet usage can be interesting when you discover that the modern day flushing style has not been around as long as one might think. The late nineteenth century is really where it began to be a widespread item used in households. It was really English upper class residences that began to use this luxury in their homes. It is so common, you probably don’t even think about how much easier this invention has made life for people today.
10 Random Facts About Abraham Lincoln
This weeks marks the 150 year anniversary of The Civil War. April 15 marks the anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. Also on April 15, a new film directed by Robert Redford, “The Conspirator”, opens, detailing conspiracy theories surrounding Lincoln’s death. Almost everyone knows Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and that he [...]
10 Disgusting Facts About Medieval London
Image: iambrianjones/Flickr 1. The inhabitants of medieval London (human and animal) produced 50 tons of excrement a day. 2. In medieval London, there were no pavements – people had to walk on the bare earth. Except, unfortunately, it wasn’t bare earth – the ground was covered with the excrement of both people and animals, as [...]
Bunkers of World War II By Jonathan Andrew
Dutch photographer Jonathan Andrew, who lives in Amsterdam, produced a remarkable series of night shots of World War II bunkers. Photos were made in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
10 Great Moments in Chocolate History
Image: faqs.org Chocolate in its many forms has become a sweet, sweet staple of the International diet. Only a few cacao devotees, however, know the first thing about the substance’s long, rich history. The last time you were in the checkout line at the grocery store and considered adding a last minute Snickers bar to [...]
10 Myths and Theories About Stonehenge
Stonehenge in winter Image credit: picciafuochi.com During the last century Stonehenge became the sort of symbol of Great Britain, the place where every decent tourist considers as a duty to be snapped on the background of, as the proof of having holiday in that particular place. Only in the British Islands the archeologists run across [...]
10 Facts about the Walls of Jerusalem
Image credit: jabberwocky.com 1. The Walls of Jerusalem surround the area of the old city of Jerusalem. The walls were built between the years 1535–1538, during the reign of the Ottoman empire in the region of Palestine, by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. 2. The length of the wall is 4,018 km (2,496.6 mi), [...]
40 rare pictures of the Battle of Shanghai 1937
The Battle of Shanghai, known in Chinese as Battle of Songhu, was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China and the Imperial Japanese Army, Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war. Since [...]
10 Facts about Motorola
Motorola was founded by Paul and Joseph Galvin and produced one of the first commercially successful car radios in 1930. Today it is a Fortune 100 telecommunications company with an annual turnover of over 22 billion dollars. 1. Martin Cooper was a project manager for Motorola and invented the world’s first cellular mobile phone back [...]
