Friday, August 7th, 2009
I have recently had an increased interest in the upcoming field of Big History. Big History tries to take the entire history of the universe starting from the Big Bang and present it in a single far reaching story. The different authors take different approaches to connect this story into ...
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
Big History
Defines what Big History is and a case for big history. A good essay by the author ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Greek Gods Family Tree
This is a well presented family tree of the various gods in Greek mythology with links to Wikipedia articles on each. A great companion to reading Greek Mythology
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Family tree of the Greek gods - Wikipedia
This is the family tree of Greek god's ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
109 Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.)
This is a simple representation of how Herodotus probably saw the world
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109A Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.)
All tribes mentioned by Herodotus on a simple map
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109B Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
I have been thinking about reading the ancient epic of Gilgamesh for a while and on a recent visit to the library I picked up Steven Mitchell's translation "Gilgamesh".
"The Epic of Gilgamesh" (Wikipedia Link) is an ancient Babylonian poem written about Gilgamesh who was a Sumerian king in the city ...
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