What is History? | History Today
WEBAug 8, 2020 · History is the study of people, actions, decisions, interactions and behaviours. It is so compelling a subject because it encapsulates themes which expose the human condition in all of its guises and that resonate throughout time: power, weakness, corruption, tragedy, triumph …. Nowhere are these themes clearer than in political history ...
The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
WEBMay 5, 2015 · The First Crusade was called in November 1095 by Pope Urban II at the town of Clermont in central France. The pope made a proposal: 'Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penance.'.
The Death of Mahatma Gandhi - History Today
WEBT he 20th century’s most famous apostle of non-violence himself met a violent end. Mohandas Mahatma (‘the great soul’) Gandhi, who had taken a leading role in spearheading the campaign for independence from Britain, hailed the partition of the sub-continent into the separate independent states of India and Pakistan in August 1947 as ‘the noblest act of the British nation’.
The Language of the Roman Empire | History Today
WEBNov 11, 2017 · Latin may be the language that we associate with the Roman Empire, but the question of whether the Romans spoke Latin does not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached from Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power …
George Stephenson's First Steam Locomotive | History Today
WEBJul 7, 2014 · A milestone in railway transportation, George Stephenson's first steam train was unveiled on July 25th, 1814. Within a few years of his death in 1848 George Stephenson was called ‘the father of the railways’, but that accolade has been challenged because there were other engineers involved in the development of …
Siam Becomes Thailand - History Today
WEBJun 6, 2014 · People speaking one of the Tai group of languages settled in what is now Thailand around 1,000 years ago. The name Siam came from a Sanskrit word, syam. It was adopted by the Portuguese from the 16th century and became the accepted geographical term. Kingdoms rose and fell, but from the 1780s …
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WEBScandals of the Glorious Revolution, murder in the Blitz, Britain’s forgotten colonial conflicts, mothers on death row, Gustav Vasa, why civil wars start, Southeast Asia’s sunken warships. Plus: reviews, opinion, crossword and much more! History Today is the world’s leading serious history magazine. Read our monthly articles, features and ...
The Man Who Invented Pi | History Today
WEBJul 7, 2009 · William Jones, mathematician from Wales, 1740. The history of the constant ratio of the circumference to the diameter of any circle is as old as man's desire to measure; whereas the symbol for this ratio known today as π (pi) dates from the early 18th century. Before this the ratio had been awkwardly referred to in medieval Latin as: quantitas ...
The Great Fire of Rome - History Today
WEBJul 7, 2014 · Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 64 Issue 7 July 2014. The Fire of Rome, by Hubert Robert, 1785. Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux/Wiki Commons. Of the early Roman emperors, Nero alone rivalled Caligula in his reputation for sheer unbridled viciousness. Just 16 when he was proclaimed emperor by …
A History of Pizza
WEBJul 7, 2018 · The world’s most popular fast food has ancient roots, but it was a royal seal of approval in 1889 that set pizza on the path to global domination. Fast food outlet: a Neapolitan pizza seller, 19th century. Pizza is the world’s favourite fast food. We eat it everywhere – at home, in restaurants, on street corners.
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