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15 09, 2017

Zoroastrianism – Iran – West Asian religion

By |2019-09-04T05:58:45-07:00September 15th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Zoroastrianism – Iran – West Asian religion

An Iranian fire sacrifice Zoroaster/Zarathustra himself Around 1000 BC (probably), about the same time that people in India were writing the Rig Veda, a man named Zoroaster (also called Zarathustra) was a priest in a small [...]

10 09, 2017

Before 10,000 BC – World history timeline

By |2018-04-25T23:04:13-07:00September 10th, 2017|Africa, History|Comments Off on Before 10,000 BC – World history timeline

Sibidu Cave, South Africa. People lived here from about 77,000 BC until about 38,000 years ago. In the early years of human history, beginning with the earliest humans about two million years [...]

5 09, 2017

History of engineering – transportation, cooking, metal

By |2018-04-19T11:10:59-07:00September 5th, 2017|Science|Comments Off on History of engineering – transportation, cooking, metal

A Neanderthal stone awl People have been using engineering to solve the problems of their daily lives since the first caveman picked up a rock and chipped away at it to make a handaxe. [...]

22 08, 2017

Nero and the Great Fire of Rome – Christianity

By |2017-08-22T16:54:57-07:00August 22nd, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Nero and the Great Fire of Rome – Christianity

The Roman emperor Nero In the reign of the Roman Emperor Nero, during the night between the 18th and the 19th of July, 64 AD, there was a great fire in the city of [...]

30 07, 2017

Chartres cathedral – medieval France

By |2019-03-13T19:23:01-07:00July 30th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Chartres cathedral – medieval France

Chartres on the horizon Why was Chartres so important? Even though Chartres, near Paris, France, was only a small town, it had an important treasure: the dress that people said Mary was wearing when [...]

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