History Articles
25. Roman Antiques, Modern Europe - Who Are The Sting Rays In The Boat?
Some visionaries see a wider Europe that combines the old Roman Empire around the sea with the Germanics and Baltics to the Pole, and the Slavs to the east and Moors from Morocco to Turkey. Do we see any problems? Alas yes.
26. American Antiques, Power, Wealth, Vision - How NAFTA Helps More Than It Hurts
The vibrancy of trade agreements between nations shows that some are hurt, most are helped much more, and the nation thrives. NAFTA has enriched America, Canada and Mexico, even as we each struggle with low cost China.
27. American Antiques, Reagan, NAFTA, - The Bigger The Better
There has been honest worry in the election debates about whether the North American Free Trade Agreement has been good overall, for all three partners. The books say yes, but all feel pain of factory jobs to China. Even Mexico.
28. American Antiques, Ronald Reagan, Technocracy - No More Depression with NAFTA
A young lad named Reagan, brought up in the horrible depression was influenced as were many that if only North America became as one it would be as mighty and self sustaining as Russia, to the benefit of America and all.
29. Chinese Antiques, Napoleon - Let the Dragon Sleep. Who Listened?
Even mighty Napoleon, who got to the Pyramids of Egypt and to the burning ruins of Moscow, at his greatest said of China it was a sleeping dragon and best to let it sleep.
30. Greek Antiques - Athens was Venus, Rome was Mars
Life in Athens was a struggle from day 500 B.C.E. and seems to stayed that way throughout the history of Greece. Beset by much more powerful Persia from the East for hundreds of years, these democratic pioneers fought until they were finally overcome from Rome in the west. So much for democratic ideals for centuries on earth.
31. Roman Antiques, Archimedes - Hero of Rome, Killed by Rome
The expanding Roman Empire needed to have Sicily and the refined ancient city state of Syracuse in their fold. And also that great genius Archimedes. Alas, they killed their hero.
32. Maps, Charts - How The USS Abraham Lincoln is In Canada
Globes and maps and charts in the early stages of America were unknown by the other sides: French in the north and west, British in the middle coast, Spanish to the south. Who knew where the Mississippi began?
33. Roman Antiques in Africa, West Asia Show The Way to Metro Europe
Europe began as an early civilization in Greece, and was soon absorbed and copied by the Roman Empire, which created a Roman sea and their civilization and roads up to Gaul and Germania and all over Britannia. All roads led to Rome. That may on again.
34. Roman antiques - The Empire Strikes Back
The Roman Empire created a vast area of Europe, north Africa and west Asia. The Germanic peoples were always outside the pale: in north Britannia a wall had to be built to keep these barbarians back. Not any more.
35. Healthy Lifestyles, Happiness- Socrates, Reviled Alive, Revered Ever After
Socrates caused great consternation among the ruling class when their children who had studied with Socrates would question an unreasonable command from an elder. He was finally presented with his reward, that cup of hemlock. But those fingers who had pointed were soon hounded out of Athens in shame.
36. Roman Antiques - Cleopatra, Mark Antony Created Augustus Caesar and the Empire
Until Julius Caesar, Rome had been a Republic governed by the free votes of the Senate. Julius upset that and died; Mark Antony was send to Egypt. He was to negotiate and overtake Egypt, not wed Cleopatra and turn against Rome.
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