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3 Remarkable Events in Scandinavian History

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A great piece of Scandinavian history and travel-writing from Ben & Glinda Shipley, professional photographers and newspaper travel columnists. They begin on June 8, 793 AD, when the Vikings invaded an island off the coast of northeast Britain. They "spent the next few days slaughtering the godly, enslaving every woman of childbearing age, and sailing … Continue reading 3 Remarkable Events in Scandinavian History

Great Man Theory Applied to Prophet Mohammed + Context of Islamic Conquests in the 700s, from Khan Academy

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Beginning with a quote from Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle's book on Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History, the Khan Academy offers the example of the prophet Mohammed, who created a new religion and inspired the Islamic Conquests of the 700s, in examining the Great Men Theory of history. This clip is just 8 minutes, … Continue reading Great Man Theory Applied to Prophet Mohammed + Context of Islamic Conquests in the 700s, from Khan Academy

A Short History of the Muslim Moors in Morocco and Spain

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnKVdN2NNYc&t=3s Zouhair ISKSIOU. 52-minute documentary. "The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. The Moors initially were the indigenous Maghrebine Berbers. The name was later also applied to Arabs and Arabized Iberians." Wikipedia

What English Historians Got Wrong About the Dark Ages

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f21eVcY3pw Timeline: World History Documentaries: King Arthur's Britain. "Francis Pryor examines the relics of the Dark Ages to build a fuller picture of this much-maligned era. Popular belief has always held that the departure of the Romans led to barbarism in Britain, but archaeological finds have shed light on a cultured, literate society that embraced … Continue reading What English Historians Got Wrong About the Dark Ages

Early Anglo-Saxon Kings and Queens of England Were Originally Part of Germanic Tribes

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Lindsay Holiday tells the story of the early Anglo-Saxons in Britain between 450 and 1066 A.D. The Saxons were originally Germanic tribes who migrated from Saxony and other parts of the European continent and developed the English language -- at least half the words in the language were originally Anglo-Saxon words. She asks and answers … Continue reading Early Anglo-Saxon Kings and Queens of England Were Originally Part of Germanic Tribes

Who Were the Celts? How Did They Save Britain?

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I like to think of my ancestry as Celtic as opposed to Roman and Anglo-Saxon. The Celts, it seemed, were not particularly interested in dominating others, not interested in building empires, but were very soulful -- musicians, poets, religious leaders, faeries, story-tellers. The Celts of the British Isles -- the Scottish, the Irish, the Welsh … Continue reading Who Were the Celts? How Did They Save Britain?

Byzantium: Greco-Roman Eastern Empire for 1100 Years, Was Lost 560 Years Ago, But Traces Remain

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Traces of Byzantium, the Greco-Roman Eastern Empire that dominated for a thousand years, can still be found in Turkey, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as this documentary illustrates. It was overtaken by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantin...//Empire, from 395–1453 A.D. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...Emperors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantin...Architecture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_...Orthodox Church.