Ever bounced a baby, rolled paint, or enjoyed instant replay? Thank Canada’s unsung inventors!
Here are six things you did NOT know were Canadian. #CanadianInventions #Innovation #HistoryFacts #canada
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This chart shows the average weekly diet of one working class family from Oxfordshire in England, in 1912.
It was included in the book “How the Labourer Lives: A Study of the Rural Labour Problem” by B. Seebohm Rowntree and May Kendall, published in 1917.
Source: “How the Labourer Lives: A Study of the Rural Labour Problem”, Rowntree & Kendall, pp. 59-63, pub. 1917.
#historyfacts #history #WW1 #commonwealthwar #ww1 #ww1history #community #heritage
The fact that Jack the Ripper has now been DNA-identified, was not on my BINGO card for 2025
during the roman invasion of the british isles, what the roman colonisers initially mistook for a bloodthirsty army of smurfs was actually just the indigenous hobbit population adorned in their traditional battle-woad #HistoryFacts
Vamos de história, afinal hoje é 5 de novembro!
Lembrai, lembrai do cinco de novembro
A pólvora, a traição, o ardil
Por isso não vejo como esquecer
Uma traição de pólvora tão vil
Yellowmead stone circle near Sheepstor in Devon, England is a concentric Bronze Age stone circle consisting of four stone rings set into each other. The largest is 20 meters wide and the smallest 6 meters. It is located on Yellowmead Down.
The circles once surrounded a burial mound, although this is now barely visible. To the south-west some possible rows of stones branch off, crossed by a post-medieval leat that once served a nearby tin works.
The site was excavated and restored by Rev. H Breton in 1921. In 2008, geophysical surveys and a small excavation were carried out to determine if the 1921 restoration had been done accurately (it was) and to find out if they were buried additional elements in the peat. Fallen stones were found in line with some of the stone rows, suggesting that further features may lie downstream below the slope.
#archeology #archeologist #civilizations
#archeologicalsite #castle #ancient
#history #historyfacts #historynerd #historybuff
The Man Who Married the Thunder Sister is a legend of the Cherokee nation about a young warrior who falls in love with a Thunder Sister and follows her home where he finds nothing is what it seems to be, not even the young woman. #History #Cherokee #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2552/the-man-who-married-the-thunder-sister/
Ghosts, demons, spirits, and monsters have been haunting humanity for at least 3,500 years. #History #Ghost #Death #Demons #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/282/a-gallery-of-ghosts-demons-spirits--monsters/
Throughout 1938, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, threatened to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. #History #AdolfHitler #Appeasement #Czechoslovakia #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2555/hitlers-occupation-of-czechoslovakia/
The Ulunsuti tales of the Cherokee deal with the mystical jewel, the Ulunsuti ("transparent"), a diamond on the forehead of the great horned serpent Uktena. #History #Cherokee #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2551/ulunsuti-tales/
The Battle of the Little Bighorn (25-26 June 1876) is the most famous engagement of the Great Sioux War (1876-1877). #History #SittingBull #GreatSiouxWar #USHistory #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn/
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author and poet, often credited as the father of the short story, a pioneer of science fiction, the inventor of the detective story, and the master of the horror genre. #History #Literature #EdgarAllanPoe #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Edgar_Allan_Poe/
Paula Fredriksen is an eminent figure in the field of early Christianity and ancient Judaism, and her knowledge of the historical and religious circumstances surrounding these faiths is well-established. #History #Christianity #Judaism #MediterraneanSea #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/478/ancient-christianities-the-first-five-hundred-year/
This lesson introduces students to Enheduanna, an important but lesser-known female poet and her contributions to literature and history. #History #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/lessonplan/75/enheduanna-the-worlds-first-author-known-by-name/
The myths and legends of ancient Greece included a wide variety of fearsome creatures and monsters, such as dragons, giants, demons, and multiformed beings like the sphinx, minotaur, centaurs, and griffins. #History #Typhon #Sphinx #Siren #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/280/a-gallery-of-monsters-and-creatures-of-greek-mytho/
Wild cats were most likely domesticated in Mesopotamia c. 12,000 BCE, but, like the dog, there is no scholarly consensus on where or when domestication first took place. #History #Cat #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/275/a-gallery-of-cats-through-the-ages/
Humans have been manufacturing weapons since before recorded history. #History #Warfare #Weapon #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/279/a-gallery-of-prehistoric-and-ancient-weapons/
The Danish conquest of England was not a singular event, but a series of large Viking invasions of England between 1013 and 1016, which eventually overthrew the native English dynasty. #History #Vikings #CnutTheGreat #England #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2544/the-danish-conquest-of-england/
Walls in the ancient world were built around cities or territories for defense but also served many other purposes, such as enclosing temples, surrounding palaces, enclosing tombs, providing people with homes, and encircling sports venues, among other purposes. #History #Wall #Neo-AssyrianEmpire #Jerusalem #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/278/a-gallery-of-ancient-walls-from-around-the-world/
Humans arrived in the region now known as Ireland c. 7000-6500 BCE at modern-day Coleraine in the north, establishing communities and gradually moving southwards. #History #SaintPatrick #Gold #Celt #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/277/a-gallery-of-artifacts-of-ancient-ireland/
