PolledHistory

 I forgot to put the vote in the end of last time's blog. So, I will do a non-series post this time and then have a vote for a series in the bottom of this post. Also, I think that the Friday nonvote series is discontinued, at least for now.  At first, people were migratory and nomadic, but eventually started to settle down in settlements, the first of which known is Geobekli Tepe i  modern day Turkey. Many more began to appear everywhere, expanding into societies and cities. Often, they were located on rich areas, such as on the banks of a river. In the ancient era, there were three major pockets of civilization: the Mediterranean-Near East, South Asia, and East Asia, particularly China. Here, massive cities formed, notable ones including Babylon (Mediterranean-Near East), Carthage (Mediterranean-Near East), Luoyang (East Asia) and later Alexandria (mediterranean), Pataliputra (south asian), Rome, etc. During the first few centuries AD, cities maxed out at 600 thousand p...

 Hello! Today is the third third of the Roman history series and the longest - under a millenium long, and comprising of 44.2% of the entire Roman timeline. This period was the Eastern Roman period, following the Fall of the Western Roman Empire and before the Fall of the east 950+ years later. This will be quite quick and broad of the large time period. Following the "Fall of Rome" in 476, Rome did not really fall. The eastern half remained territorially untouched following the Fall of Rome. The eastern half was ruled by a man named Zeno during the time of the fall of Rome. Anastasius succeeded him and was known for expanding the empire's wealth. Following him, the Justinian dynasty took power, starting with Justin I, who also enlarged the empire's wealth. Justinian would spend most of the empire's earning after expensive wars that reclaimed Italy and North Africa after the Fall of the West. The Justinian Plague really exhausted these wars, making the empire weak...

(idea and source: geohistory) Hello! Walls has always been a staple defensive structure in history. They have been around in some form or another for a long time. Its use and strength has changed a lot throughout the course of time.  Already in the beginnings of settled civilization and when the first true permenant settlements were established, protective walls made of sun-dried mudbrick were built both around their townships and also religious/ritual sites. These more civilized people built longer fortifications, such as the one built by Shulgi of Ur to fend off the Amorites off the Sumerian land. Said fortifications remain short.Walls are also erected for other uses, such as friendlier borders. City walls in the Middle East are particularly impressive. Later on, Babylon had a wall of 97 meters high, while Uruk had a wall of about 55 meters high. Practically everywhere in the Near East had some form of defensive wall.  By 221 BC, the famous Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty o...

 Hello! Today's portion regards the period of an "united" Rome and also the divided Roman Empire which ends in 476 AD. This period is 23% of Roman history and the most popular of the three divisions of Roman history. In 27 BC, following a victory in Actium, Greece, Augustus (and Agrippa, a skilled commander) chased out Marc Antony, who he was fighting a civil war against, and took over Egypt after they died, which was after the Battle of Alexandria, which was a victory for Augustus. Augustus became "emperor" or "princeps" of Rome, but did not proclaim himself as "king", because the Romans despised said title due to the scandal of the last king of Rome who was deposed in 509 BC. However, Augustus was basically, and quintessentially, a king.  Augustus ruled 41 years, where the boundaries expanded, power strengthened, and ultimately, the Pax Romana - a period of Roman relative peace and prosperity was established. The most famous event associate...

  Hello! Our episode today is 209 years long, the most recent part of the modern era, ending with the present day. This is the last episode of the global history series. Following the conclusion of Napoleon's wars after his defeat, the European powers decided to return the division of lands in Europe  from before the Napoleonic Wars in the Congress of Vienna and bring back the Bourbon family, the dynasty that had earlier ruled France before the French Revolution. However,  a fire was lit in the world by the French Revolution of the late 1700s that resulted in the Napoleonic Wars - that fire was nationalist ideas and also the beginning of more " liberal" governments such as democracy. In the Americas during the 19th century, the United States grew from several small breakaway British colonies to an increasingly strong power, settling westward. They also purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French earlier, increasinf the United States' size by two fold, and the...

 Hello! There was zero responses for last week, and I figured we had already covered medieval history in one of our first posts, so we will do a three week Roman history series: #1 (8 December): 753-27 BC #2 (15 December): 27BC-476AD #3 (22 December): 476 AD-1453 AD Roman History is very long, 2206 years precisely. Each serial episode will be more detailed rather than if we covered everything in one day. Today our part is 753-27 BC - 726 years our about 32,9% of the Roman state's timeline.  First was Rome's violent founding. The following story is according to popularized Roman legend. In fact, most of Roman history from 753-509 BC is legendary or unclear. According to said legend, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus were raised in the Italian peninsula by a she-wolf. They founded a city on the Tiber river, but they disagreed where they should locate it, so Romulus killed Remus. That was a violent founding, wasn't it? Nevertheless, Romulus became the first king of the Roman...

 Hello! Usually, we went across time and switched region multiple times. This time, we will individually look through the entire history of a region during this era (1453-1815) once and then leave to another region. European/Western/Near Eastern History On May 29, 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, ending the Medieval Era, Roman continuity, and starting the Early Modern Era. The Ottomans a few decades later exponentially expanded under Selim (to Egypt) and under his son Suleiman (deeper into Europe).  The Ottoman expansion into the Eastern Mediterranean caused the European powers of the west to find another way to India. Most explorers would go around Africa, but Columbus had the idea to go west to find the Indies. The idea didn't work and they accidentally found the Americas.  The Renaissance was happening throughout Europe and especially in Italy, which was a scientific advancement for Europe, making way for the Enlightenment, which, however, promoted secul...

 Hello! Our episode today is very long - 209 years, and that is about 36% of the Modern Era and the most recent. This is the last episode of the modern history series. Following the end of Napoleon's wars, Europe decided to restore territories from before the Napoleonic Wars in the Congress of Vienna and restore the Bourbon family, the family that previously ruled France. However,  a fire was lit in the world in the French Revolution of the late 1700s that triggered the Napoleonic Wars - that fire was nationalism and also non-monarchist government.  In the Americas during the 19th century, the United States grew from several rebellious British colonies to a growing power, expanding westward. The French sold the territory of Louisiana, doubling the United States' size, and the United States began settling further west until the West Coast. This territorial growth was due to several land purchases (Louisiana Purchase from France, Florida Purchase from Spain, and Alaska Purc...