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Category: History

  • The Histories – Herodotus

    The Histories – Herodotus

    When I decided to give myself a classical education, one of the first works I decided to read is The Histories, by Herodotus. Where to begin when talking about Herodotus? To start, Herodotus invents the notion of writing down accounts of events and so this is the first book of history. His Histories are just…

  • How To Listen To An Audiobook That Is 126 Hours And 31 Minutes Long

    As a part of my goal to give myself a classical education, I decided I wanted to read The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. This work was published in 1789, and it covers the history of the Roman Empire and tries to explain all the ways in…

  • 1177 BC – The Bronze Age Collapse

    1177 BC – The Bronze Age Collapse

    When one studies the ancient world, one of the most fascinating eras is the bronze age. There was a complex trading network between the civilizations around the Mediterranean trading goods. It was very modern in the sense that the separate civilizations were all able to trade with one another so each could get the resources…