Histories and Mysteries

Hello! I should probably make “Hello!” my greeting from now on kind of like the greeting of Cooks vs. Cons on Food Network (which is “Hello, chefs!”) My friend, Anna, wrote this article this summer (so you may notice some things that are not up to date such as her grade). More details on when Anna will be posting will come later; hopefully, by the beginning of next year. By the way, tomorrow is the 500th anniversary of Reformation. At her blog, Anna has an article about this: http://annasfamilyblog.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-reformation-500.html . I am very sorry; I didn't plan for this huge day in history because my schedule is a little off with my posting a week in advance. I would have loved to cover this topic myself, but didn't find the time to so you will just have to read Anna's instead. And here's an article about the history of Halloween as well. Also, if you are interested, History Channel has a subscription feature where you can learn about what historical...

  Welcome back to my blog. Today's article is about my writing/school/regular vacation to Texas. My family took a trip to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas to visit relatives in early fall. This was a school vacation because I still had to spend time on vacation to write my essay and read my homework for the U.S. History college class I was taking. The vacation put a lot less stress on my schedule because I had a good amount of time on my hands to write my first college essay. It was terrifying at first, but I did well on it so that was a relief. This trip was also a writing vacation because Texas is a crucial part of research for a novel I have been writing. I needed two different areas of the country to use as a setting for my novel, and I chose Los Angeles and Dallas. Before this trip, I had only been in Texas for the first year of my existence so I didn’t know what the area looked like at all. I also tend to assume that every large city equals LA, and I was obviously w...

This article includes groupings of some random unconnected books and two series that I have on my shelf. Actually, this month is probably the last regular month of posting in 2017. Subscribe if you want to see the schedules of November and December. I actually do not schedule what I will write about; I only plan each individual article two weeks in advance. Anyways, enough about blogging.  Books Read               The Summary  America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie THE NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy. From her earliest days, Patsy Jeff...

Welcome back to another article on geography. Last week, I discussed some characteristics of Asia in general, and today’s article is very similar. I will not be talking about individual countries just yet, but today I will talk about the Middle East. In a sense, the world began in the Middle East, and its end will focus on this area. Hopefully, with this article, we will all be able to understand the conflicts happening here (I usually do quite some research in writing these articles so I am able to learn alongside my readers). As I have mentioned, history began in the Middle East and stayed there until after the Flood. This area is called the Crossroads of the Ancient World because it is such a crucial intersection between Europe, Asia, and Africa. Nearly every country in the world is concerned about this area in one way or another. There are not many countries who haven’t directly or indirectly tried to promote peace between Israel and every other country in this region. Also, ...

Today’s article is continuing our study of World History. But before I began to discuss the actual civilization, I want to discuss the Fertile Crescent which is also called the “Cradle of Civilization.” This quick study in geography will bring us to the Plain of Shinar where Sumer, the first postdiluvian (post-Flood) civilization. If you haven’t read the previous historical articles to catch up. Also refer to the map of Mesopotamia for this article.  The terms Mesopotamia, Cradle of Civilization, the Fertile Crescent, and the Plain of Shinar are easily confused and used interchangeably sometimes although that isn’t always the best option. Hopefully this post will smooth out any of the confusions of these terms. Mesopotamia which is Greek for “between two rivers” is a broad description of where Sumer was located. Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent are not exactly the same geographic region. Mesopotamia not only refers to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers,...