Categories: Education & Reference

Continuing Education : Making Ancient History Accessible

In school, history was not one of my favorite subjects. Thought it was boring. Probably because we had to memorize a lot of dates and the events were not explained in such a way that you understood what ordinary people had to done to contribute to the world that we live in today. Met my husband while attending the University of Miami, and his enthusiasm for recounting historical tales rubbed off on me. He actually got me to like it!

In addition to my husband’s enthusiasm wearing off on me, have to give some credit to the sisters at the Catholic high school I attended. They did sort of make me wonder a little bit about ancient history.

Been active on Google Plus for several years and check the posts stream frequently. This site’s posts often show up. They share very interesting tidbits about ancient history. Their account is called Ancient History Encyclopedia. The vision statement at their website clearly outlines their intent and purpose:

“At Ancient History Encyclopedia we believe that ancient history is too important to be found in expensive books, on private homepages with a nationalist agenda, or less reliable Wikis. The internet is available in every country on earth, and it deserves reliable high-quality educational history information.”

They really do accomplish what they set out to do. From their Google+ page or the website, you can research civilizations that existed thousands of years ago and you can even find information about the history of chocolate. Started following the AHE Tumblr blog. The archived posts dated back to June 2014. One of my “tests” for whether or not to follow a blog is to try out the random post feature. My first click yielded information about the Goths. OK! This blog seems like a winner! Would you like try a random post?

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