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The study of history is essential to understanding the human experience. By investigating the past, we can learn about the present and prepare for the future. The Roman Empire was one of the most influential empires in world history. It dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for over a thousand years. The Ottoman Empire was another great empire that controlled swathes of territory in the Middle East and North Africa. England has also played a major role in world history, particularly during the two World Wars. These are just some of the examples of how different empires have shaped our world.
Glitz, glamour and Gatsby? Not quite. Here’s why the Art Deco movement is darker than you think | HistoryExtra
Art Deco became the defining style of the interwar years. But its bold glamour rested on a questionable patchwork of inspiration from across antiquity, from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb to majestic Aztec temples
New Layout for the Guided Learning Page – The Family History Guide Blog
If you have visited the Guided Learning page in The Family History Guide, you've seen the bullet lists of links to various guided research videos. As we have added more videos, those lists are getting a bit long; so we have switched to links that use image thumbnails, which also adds visual appeal. Here's a brief example (links not active in this picture): We recently added three new videos to the Guided Learning series: United States Immigration Records United States Immigration Records, Part 2 Passenger and Naturalization Records Also, there is now a link on...
The American Civil War - Born of Compromise — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history
Was the politics of compromise a politics of appeasement? More than 150 years after the Civil War ended, Americans continue to debate the circumstances that led to the bloodiest conflict on US soil and whether that struggle could have been avoided. The controversy typically centers around the iss
Name the Town, Find the Ancestors – The Family History Guide Blog
I have a friend who was recently called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the Birmingham England Mission. I sent him an email to ask what town he was currently in, and he said that the town is Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk county. That rang a bell, as I remembered coming across that place years ago in my genealogy research. I wanted to see which of my ancestors had lived in Bury St. Edmunds, but there was a problem: I couldn't remember any of their...
In the Throes of the French Revolution - Editorial Review for "Paoletta, an Eye for an Eye"
Book Blurb:"A haunting tale of vengeance, survival and revolution - Powell's heroine grips you by the throat and never lets go" Chris Riches, Daily Express"Vivid, visceral, unforgettable. Powell's masterful storytelling plunges us into the heart of revolutionary Paris" Will Barker, The SunExiled to a Caribbean island, Paoletta Cadoville and her family cling to the hope of one day returning to their Parisian home. But in a single, devastating moment, that dream is shattered. Alone and horrificall
Revolutionary War Veteran Spotlight: Walter Newman
America 250-Ohio Presents the Revolutionary War Graves Identification Project As we approach the 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026, America 250-Ohio and the Ohio History Connection invite you to take part in an inspiring statewide initiative: The Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project. In collaboration with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office, Terracon Consultants, Inc., […]
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part V: Life In Cycles – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
This is the fifth and final part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd, IVe) looking at the structures of life for pre-modern peasant farmers and showing how historical modeling can help us explore the experiences of people who rarely leave much evidence of their day-to-day personal lives. I've been stressing…
Manhattan Building Plans Processing Project Update — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
In 1977, the Municipal Archives accessioned more than 100,000 plans and 1,200 cubic feet of permit folders from the Manhattan Borough Office of the Department of Buildings. Dating from 1866 through the 1970s, the records document structures on 958 blocks in lower Manhattan, from the Battery to 34th
Napoleon Bonaparte as a General — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history
Napoleon Bonaparte’s name continues to evoke debate more than two centuries after his ascension to power. Some regard him as a genius, while others perceive him as a tyrant; however, few contest his profound impact. Napoleon not only achieved military victories but also transformed the conduct of wa
The Island by Briar Prescott – Caz's Reading Room
My heart is in his hands, and he doesn’t even know it. Adrian Elias Olsen crashed into my world like a wrecking ball—adventurous, carefree, and impossible to resist. He gave me a home, a family, and a place to belong. Somewhere along the way, I gave him my heart... And now it’s too late to…
The English Problem by Beena Kamali | A Writer of History
A second novel from the TBR list I posted about in late July is The English Problem by Beena Kamlani. Here’s the blurb: Book description: Shiv Advani is an eighteen-year-old growing up in India. But he is no ordinary young man. Shiv has been personally chosen by Mahatma Gandhi to come to England, learn their […]
Neil Armstrong: Famous Ohioans Transform Interdisciplinary Learning - Ohio History Connection
Special thanks to our guest contributor Chris Moynihan at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum for writing this month's blog. At the Armstrong Air & Space Museum, one of our favorite ways to engage students in history is by sharing stories about Neil Armstrong. Unless they live under a (moon) rock, students likely know that […]
Sliding Down the Rabbit Hole of Hate in Vietnam - an Editorial Review of "Golden Feather"
Book Blurb:Born into a well-off but strict family, eighteen-year-old Dakota Blackwater doesn’t appreciate his father’s plan for him. He wants to find his path through life and chase his own dreams. Instead of taking the easy road, he rebels, enlists in the US Army, and goes to war in a place foreign to him – Vietnam. He finds this choice may be the more difficult one, learning the pain of death, not only of his friends but his own hands. Will he keep his morality or slide down the rabbit hole of
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