What is History? | History Today
网页2020年8月8日 · 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 ...
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网页Scandals 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 Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
网页2015年5月5日 · 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 Opium Wars - History Today
网页2012年6月6日 · The wars of 1839-42 and 1856-60 are a perfect case study of the divergence of opinion that the British Empire continues to generate. Julia Lovell | Published in History Today Volume 62 Issue 6 June 2012. Combat at Guangzhou (Canton) during the Second Opium War. Despite Niall Ferguson’s efforts in 2003 to partially rehabilitate British ...
The Soviet Union is first to the Moon - History Today
网页2009年9月9日 · Richard Cavendish explains how, on September 12th, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 2, the first spacecraft to successfully reach the Moon. Luna 2. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union brought an engaging touch of science fiction to the Cold War. To American astonishment and dismay, the …
A History of Pizza
网页2018年7月7日 · 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.
The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever | History Today
网页2005年3月3日 · In the autumn of 1346, plague broke out among the besiegers and from them penetrated into the town. When spring arrived, the Italians fled on their ships. And the Black Death slipped unnoticed on board and sailed with them. ***. The extent of the contagious power of the Black Death has been almost mystifying.
Why Early Christians Were Persecuted by the Romans
网页The real basis was the popular suspicion, contempt, and hatred for the early Christians. Without this motivating force it is inconceivable that the persecutions could have occurred. Under Nero (54-68) occurred the first persecution of a ‘new and mischievous superstition’, as Suetonius described it.
What is Confucianism? - History Today
网页2017年3月9日 · Stressing the importance of correct behaviour, loyalty and obedience to hierarchy, Confucianism is a system of ethics devised by the Chinese scholar K’ung Fu-tzu (Latinised to Confucius) in sixth century BC China. An itinerant teacher, Confucius (551–479 BC) essentially systematised elements of ancient Chinese philosophy, which were later ...
George Stephenson's First Steam Locomotive | History Today
网页2014年7月7日 · 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 the world’s first railway ...
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