World History
- Time Person Of The Year 2006 - Miland Brown
OK, I am exaggerating a lot. Time Magazine has named you (that means everyone) person of the year. But since that includes me, my headline is technically true. The article is You -- Yes, You -- Are TIME's Person of the Year. Time has a good rationale...
- Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View
Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View. Noel Broadbent, Goran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell discuss the sweeping changes associated with adoption of food production and offer an explanation why these events only took place independently in a few...
- Slavery In The Roman Empire
Slavery in the Roman Empire - This is an article by John Madden which looks at the origins and numbers of the slaves in the Roman Empire. A couple of items surprised me. I did not realize that Roman slaves had such a low birthrate. Madden wrote, "Another...
- History Of Australia
History of Australia. This is a good overview of the history of Australia. From the site: Australia's aboriginal inhabitants, a hunting-gathering people generally referred to as Aboriginals and Torres Straits Islanders, arrived about 40,000...
- Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford This is a biography of American President Gerald Ford. From the site: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born July 14 , 1913 ) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. , renamed after adoption) was the fortieth ( 1973 - 1974 ) Vice President and the thirty-eighth...
World History
The Population Bomb: What Happened?
President Nixon and others warned in 1969 that a population crisis was looming.
Indeed, a newscaster announced that "if we do not by humane means limit our numbers, then our numbers are going to be limited by more famines and shortages and consequent social conflict." According to Stanford researcher Paul Ehrlich, "we have a finite planet with finite reources." What happened? How did Ehrlich and other get it so wrong? This short 13 minute documentary from the New York Times explains.- Time Person Of The Year 2006 - Miland Brown
OK, I am exaggerating a lot. Time Magazine has named you (that means everyone) person of the year. But since that includes me, my headline is technically true. The article is You -- Yes, You -- Are TIME's Person of the Year. Time has a good rationale...
- Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View
Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View. Noel Broadbent, Goran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell discuss the sweeping changes associated with adoption of food production and offer an explanation why these events only took place independently in a few...
- Slavery In The Roman Empire
Slavery in the Roman Empire - This is an article by John Madden which looks at the origins and numbers of the slaves in the Roman Empire. A couple of items surprised me. I did not realize that Roman slaves had such a low birthrate. Madden wrote, "Another...
- History Of Australia
History of Australia. This is a good overview of the history of Australia. From the site: Australia's aboriginal inhabitants, a hunting-gathering people generally referred to as Aboriginals and Torres Straits Islanders, arrived about 40,000...
- Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford This is a biography of American President Gerald Ford. From the site: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born July 14 , 1913 ) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. , renamed after adoption) was the fortieth ( 1973 - 1974 ) Vice President and the thirty-eighth...