A Brief History On January 22, 2022, we take a look at an early influential European civilization headquartered on the Italian peninsula, the Etruscans. Etruria, a region on the Central Western side of the Italian peninsula, that area covered by modern Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria, was once home to a people and civilization called Etruscans. The Etruscan culture, having arisen around the 9th Century BC, flourished to become the dominant culture in Italy by 650 BC. How the origin of the Etruscans came about, and how their culture grew to out-compete other cultures on the Italian peninsula, including the Ligures…
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A Brief History Computer-animated monster comedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Hotel Transylvania: Transformania on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 7:00PM! For your chance to watch a virtual screening, please log on to http://amazonscreenings.com/HT4historyandheadlines. The link is good for the first 25 people who click on it. Digging Deeper Tips for Amazon Virtual Screenings: Amazon Studios Virtual Screening AmazonScreenings.com How To RSVP + What to Expect Log-in or create a user account with AmazonScreenings.com, then redeem the code to RSVP for the screening. You’ll receive an automatic confirmation…
A Brief History On January 3, 2022, we take a look at the latest movie in the Matrix movie franchise, The Matrix Resurrections that we screened shortly after its release (December 22, 2021). Having watched all 3 of the previous Matrix movies (all starring Keanu Reeves as Neo), and even going so far as to re-watch them all in succession prior to screening the latest edition, we felt prepared to make an appropriate analysis of the new edition in the film franchise. Digging Deeper Several things jump right out at you when you see this new film. First, “Neo,” aka…
A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Zar. Today, I wish all of my family, friends, colleagues, students, and subscribers a Happy New Year, Bonne année, and Frohes neues Jahr! Digging Deeper To learn more about some notable events that happened on this day in history, please visit the category for today’s day on our website: https://www.historyandheadlines.com/category/january/january-1/. You can also watch a brief overview of these events in a video on our YouTube channel. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What are you most looking forward to in 2022? Also, do you have a New Year’s resolution that…
A Brief History On New Year’s Eve of 2021, we look back on some of the best videos published by various history themed YouTube channels from 2021. Digging Deeper Please watch the playlist below for a sample of the best history themed YouTube videos of 2021. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What is your favorite video from the playlist above? For an archive of past best of history YouTube playlists, please see the table below: If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines…