There is a lot of coverage in the media today of the recent report that seems to make clear beyond all doubt that our pre-human ancestors were using fire around a million years ago in Africa.  This is an interesting enough thing to discover in itself, but it has added significance because there is a

  Julian has continued to fascinate people down the ages. He tends to be viewed favourably. In life he must have had a lot of charisma to do many of the things he did. He has left enough of his own writing and there are enough eye witness accounts that you can feel that you

Resting Place of Julian the Apostate (Thanks to Wikipedia) Julian was a scholar who had read widely and could write well.  His tastes were philosophical but the skills he had acquired in the pursuit of truth could be used for more worldly objectives.  So when he invaded Persia he studied the records of Trajan who

Some books are just so well written that it makes reading them almost like watching a film.  In Stalingrad Antony Beevor has produced such a book. You lose awareness that you have a book in your hand and you just picture what is going on in your head.   This is a book that is

The previous episodes in this three part series have told the story of how China came to be where it is today. This one tackles the question of where it is going next.

Roman Empire at Time of Julian the Apostate (thanks to Wikipedia) Rome grew to dominate the world under the republic. After the republic fell, the emperors for the most part were content to simply defend what they had. But the trhttp://historybooksreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/multiethnic-team-using-green-screen-tablet-to-over-MVKF9J9.jpgion of conquest continued. Claudius added Britain and Dacia and Mesopotamia were conquered by Trajan.