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They're sovereign but aren't they still under the Crown? The Brits sure have some nice tropical resorts!
Thanks for your help, I'll probably need it. I'll check this out more over the weekend and see what it looks like.
OK, so I have to join one of those online photo galleries to do this? Is it still possible to insert photos in the text? Like say I want to write something about Charles II and want to insert his picture, do I have to store or link to the picture at an external source? Does the free WordPress give you storage? What if I do a Word document with a few pictures in it, will I be able to copy/paste it to my blog?
I'm probably going to name it Ken's History of Western Civilization or something like that. (taking suggestions).It's going to be, so far in my mind, mainly history with an emphasis on Greek, Ancient Military, Church, and British history or to review books I've read. Maybe some political/current events ramblings as well...mostly direct attacks on the Left. My first test post will probably be about the Flat Earth Myth. I'm hoping to be ambitious enough to write good length essays instead of just short comments on things.
It feels as if the empires of the western world have grown too big and too cumbersome to prevent some type of collapse that will affect everyone.
What specific empires are you referring to? They are all intertwined so much trhat it's difficult to define any as an empire.
Cite me a historical reference of a similar civilization teetering on the edge of collapse, that was able to alter course and return to a stable economic, political and social foundation.
Pretty much all of them. Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, China, etc. All of them were strong or weak at some point in their history.
And here's the rest of what he said:"And I think that Northerners really, for the cause of national reconciliation, decided to push that aside — decided to accept Southerners' denials or demurrals."Progressive, guilt-based, Leftist historical revisionism at it's finest. ::)
If I do, I'll shoot it by you first. Almost a third of the way done with the 1st volume. So far, I think it's excellent and quite interesting!I think the reason the British Navy became dominant in the latter half of the 17th century is because the warships were financed by privateers rather than the Crown (which was the case with Spain and Portugal). Also, the early British naval leaders were the shipbuilders, merchants, and enterpreneurs so they knew their ships' capabilities and it was these people, not the Queen, who were more interested in colonization. The Royals' main focus of colonization at this time was on the plantations of Ireland and relations with northern European nations but they were cetainly happy with and supportive of British piracy and taking from the Spanish.
This should be a sticky. The thing with the Tufts' Perseus Project (which is awesome) is that a couple of years ago they changed their server or something and many links before that no longer work. It's kind of aggravating and not the easiest site to search. I should just get a Master's degree, go work there, and straighten it out for them.
