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Six Milestones: illustrated booklet on history (no-cost download)

Mar 30, 2023 | Teacher-Specific, Roman Empire, Ancient History, The Early Modern Age, Geography, Linguistics & Philology

I'm pleased to announce something unusual and fun. I've written a short booklet on history, and...

This Week in History: The Treaty of Tordesillas

Jun 11, 2020 | The Postclassical Age (Medieval History), The Early Modern Age, Geography

This week in 1494, the Spanish and Portuguese Empires signed the Treaty of Tordesillas—brokered by...

This week in history: Louisiana Purchase

Mar 13, 2020 | The Recent Modern Age, Geography

This week in 1804, the Louisiana Territory transferred from French to U.S. sovereignty, with the...

This week in history: Huaynaputina

Feb 21, 2020 | The Early Modern Age, Geography

This week in 1600, South America experienced the most violent volcanic eruption in its recorded...

This week in history: Captain Cook

Jan 16, 2020 | The Early Modern Age, Geography

This week in history, the United Kingdom’s Captain James Cook celebrated two accomplishments. In...

Ancient Man-Made Global Warming and Environmental Engineering

Jan 4, 2016 | Human Origins & the Paleolithic, The Neolithic & Latter-Day Prehistory, Earliest Civilizations in Eurasia, Australia, the Islands, & Further Africa before the Modern Age, Pre-Columbian Americas, Geography

Many Americans doubt man-made global warming because they don't think humans could so...

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SIX MILESTONES

These six histories shape our world, yet they’re seldom told. This unique booklet recounts six pivotal events – ancient, medieval, and modern – in brief and simple language, accompanied by detailed maps and beautiful original illustrations.

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