That kind of map is very interesting especially for courses.I'm a bit surprised that it's still scarce despite the available technologyI have one here about the Age of Discovery :http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome10/14-magellan_demo.php

Here's a very interesting site about a selection of musicians from the 14th to the 19th with audio http://www.wga.hu/music1.html

Afghanistan NBC threat at the brink !! http://militarytimes.com/blogs/battle-rattle/2011/08/23/for-marines-in-afghanistan-be-careful-where-you-fart/ Fading in to Nothing But Crap ...  😉

What should the dates of "Americanization" be in the history books?

How about when Wall Street crashed in 1929 due to its consequences that affected all Western industrialized countries ? Even if Pax Americana is the most common term used about a period starting in the end of the 19th c until today, some (eg Harold Evans)  are calling the 20th c the American Century

“The big debate about the picture, which everyone always wants to know, is: Was it staged? NO!” Craig said. “No, no, no! You don’t have 15 men in a picture and take just two shots. The men were just there … The only thing that happened was that Ruth Orkin was wise enough to ask me to turn around and go back and repeat [the walk].”Stagedhttp://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44182286/ns/today-today_people/t/subject-american-girl-italy-photo-speaks-out/#.Tk4M_V1_Csp

For sale : property built in 1750, three bedrooms, and a valuable extra in the cellar; getting the lucky owner very very close to History …http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14566625

Architecture for the masseshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-13979860 After Le Corbusier, that kind of architecture became radically different. For better or worse ?

Of course. He can pretend belonging to a so-called Templars cell, it doesn't mean that it was genuine.  To me, the main reason about his Templars claim, lies in the popular legends associated with them and not the historical part; a kind of fantasy but a lethal one.