A Brief History This article presents a timeline of Western Civilization for History 113 at Ashland University. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper I. Introduction On April 26, 1336, famed Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca (better known as Petrarch) ascended Mont Ventoux, a mountain in the Provence region of southern France. On October 8, 1480, Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, stood up to the Tatars led by Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde, the successor to the “Golden Horde,” in an epic stand…
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A Brief History This article presents a timeline of Modern World History for History 11051 at Kent State University at Stark. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper I. Introduction On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus, the Italian adventurer sailing into the unknown in the name of the Spanish Crown, landed in the Bahamas, the landing that became known as the “discovery” of America (or, “The New World” if you prefer). On January 3, 1521, Roman Catholic (Augustinian) priest and reformer Martin Luther was ex-communicated from the church…
A Brief History By October 28, 2018, we had such deserving jerks, idiots, creeps, and scumbags from the preceding weeks in October 2018 that we just could not wait until the end of the month to list them for you! These people are so bad, we have to “honor” them right now. Hopefully there will not be any other total goofs in the next couple days, but if there are, we will amend our list by adding them as well later. As always, if you think someone was wrongly listed here, please tell us and be sure to specify whey…
A Brief History On October 27, 1553, a Spanish scientist versed in many disciplines, Michael Servetus, was burned at the stake for heresy. The first researcher to correctly identify pulmonary circulation as the aeration of the blood through the lungs, his mind was a valuable tool for the Renaissance world that was snuffed out because of religious bigotry, a problem history has seen again and again over the years. Does religion continue to suppress the advance of science? Are religion and science incompatible? Today, we look at some of the ways religion and science have crossed swords over the years,…
A Brief History On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed a new law into effect known familiarly as “The Patriot Act” or “The USA Patriot Act.” Of course, the name intentionally evokes nationalistic feelings in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the subsequent Anthrax terrorist mailings, but did you know the name is actually an acronym? It is, with the long version called, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001,” (Note how the first letters in the words spell out USA PATRIOT ACT) a…