History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language

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Great for language buffs.
Readable history of the English Language
Bragg's English
Excellent Introduction to the English Language
You could have it so much better

The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
Melvyn Bragg
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Great for language buffs........2007-08-15

A well-written and entertaining history of the development of the English language. Great for a vacation read. This is a must-have book for anyone who likes to quibble over grammar, spelling, and usage or who wonders how this crazy language came to be.

Readable history of the English Language.......2007-03-19

Readers of the "The Story of English" or David Crystal's "Encyclopedia of English" will not find anything new here, but like Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue", this volume is very readable and somewhat more substantial than Bryson's effort. I would recommend it as an entertaining read for anyone who wants to know how English developed.

Bragg's English.......2006-02-12

Melvin Bragg is the somewhat notorious want-to-know-it-all host of the BBC4 show "In Our Time" that tries to have intelligent expositions on history, science, the arts and philosophy mainly, but not always, with an eye towards the past. In the areas where I have some knowledge, I know he -- and less excusably his guests -- get lost in the weeds quite often which makes me wonder about his scholarship generally. His weakest suit seems modern sciences.

The book covers the time from proto-English to contemporary world English admirably, tho at times it seems more of a hymn of praise (with verses repeated) than a study. An interesting revelation for me was that Elizabethan writers where well aware of the mutability of language since for them the language of Chaucer, then only two hundred years old, was difficult to read. They saw the writing on the wall: nothing lasts. Shakespeare's lines "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see/ So long lives this (poem) and this (poem) gives life to thee" are ironic since he's knows that nothing will last and 'thee' by then was archaic.

Melvin is a dyed-in-the-wool Englishman writing about English. He praises English for being adaptive and inclusive (such as with the wealth of infused French) and he is contradictorily congratulatory when English stubbornly refuses to admit words (as it did with Celtic). When English is late in a development, he praises that. When it is early, he praises that too.

Other characteristics that he trumpets seem products of any language that obtains a written form.

Being, I assume, an Anglican he sees the evil Catholic Church suppress an English bible and sees Henry the Eighth as a hero of the language, tho I would place equally blame for the cruelty on both church and state. The big, long lasting battles of any language are between the elite and the vulgar, the rulers and the ruled, stability and decay, proper and improper. Since he so well chronicles these battles, I'm surprised that he didn't see the battle between Catholic authority and vernacular bible as just another English battle with itself.

I quibble with strange uses of punctuation that obscure the flow of sentences and with obvious editing lapses, such as lists of words that have repeats.

The book is worth a read as long as you realize that it is an adventure seen thru the prism of Melvin's mind.

Excellent Introduction to the English Language.......2006-02-04

In this book Melvyn Bragg presents, in an easy to read style, the story of the evolution of the English language. Starting with the origins of Old English in the fifth century, he describes the impact on the language of the Viking invasion of England in the ninth century, the enormous effect of the victory of the french-speaking Normans over the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Hastings, the breakthrough of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, how the publication of various bibles spread English to the households of Britain, and Shakespeare's preeminent impact on the development of the language. The focus then shifts to the influence on English of colonial America, the Wild West, African Americans, the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean and Australia. His central thesis is that English is uniquely adaptive, absorbing other languages with which it comes into contact, thereby growing and becoming richer and more expressive.

This book is designed to accompany a PBS series to debut in 2006. It is aimed at the typical PBS viewer. The critical reviews on this site, which scold the author for not being more rigorous or scholarly, often seem to miss this point. This is an excellent introduction to the origins of the English language.

You could have it so much better.......2006-01-02

I expected better. I find it odd, actually, that this book is rated so highly. The book is easy to read, but it's very basic. The history is vague. The story, this 'adventure', does not flow well at all. Some topics were skimmed over and others jabbered on and on about. Sure, the content is informative enough, but the way it's written is ridiculous. Bragg's style is just... weird. It's sensationalist at times ('OMFG. The French invaded! How did the best language on the planet ever manage to survive?' [not a direct quote]), at others laughably sentimental in its personification of English. And Bragg uses 'I think' a lot.

Generally, tales of the expansion of English are focused on America and then general global English, so the chapters on the English of India, the West Indies, and Australia were nice to have, if short.

I'm by no means a linguistic scholar, but I know enough to say that this book was just the same old thing, except worse. I don't know why anyone would read it when there are better options. Do not buy this book. I'd recommend The Stories of English (David Crystal) for those just getting interested in the evolution of English - a bit dense, but one needn't read it straight through.

Masterwork Studies Series - Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Masterwork Studies Series)

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Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature. Each volume:

Illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text
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Includes a chronology of the author's life and era
Provides an overview of the historical context
Offers a summary of its critical reception
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Alhaji: A Peace Corps Adventure in Nigeria

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good story
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Alhaji: A Peace Corps Adventure in Nigeria
Jane Brown Hirsch
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A young woman travels to Africa. As a teacher in the Peace Corps, she comes of age, falling in love and having adventures. Having grown up in the segregated South of the United States, finding herself surrounded by Africans, whose greeting for her translated Peeled One, she had some adjustments to make. She learned to live with people who were not racist, and who were hospitable and kind. But by the time she came back to America, she was changed forever, and the second culture shock was finding that her own country had changed too, and would never be the same.

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good story.......2002-06-19

This was an interesting story and made you feel like you were there; gave you a good idea about Africa and about the Peace Corps.

Disappointing and uninformative.......2001-04-18

As a future Peace Corps volunteer in neighboring Burkina Faso, I was hoping to get insights into the lives of Volunteers and Africans in the area. This book fell horribly short of my expectations. Hirsch mentions virtually nothing about her duties as a Peace Corps Volunteer, giving the reader little insight into her work here. The book reads like a string of short, random memories that aren't organized in any meaningful way, and she often writes something that seems like it will be the beginning of a good story, but then abruptly switches topics. Even her discussion of Nigerian culture is minimal. What stood out most when I finished this book was Hirsch's several brief mentions of her sexual encounters in Nigeria, which earned her the title "Peace Corps Harlot" and which she describes with the bashful simplicity and superficiality of a twelve-year-old. I was hoping for something informative and inspiring, and this was definitely neither. I suppose that some people could consider this book to be a mildly interesting light read, but for someone interested in the Peace Corps experience, this book did nothing for me. Its 90 or so pages were a relief to finish.

alhaji.......2000-09-26

I found this book left me hanging...it is not only slim in size but slim as well in development of the story. I was anxious to hear more about the people and the environment but instead was disappointed in what I got back. The idea to write this book was well taken but it could have easily been many more pages.

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Jack London's novel is an allegorical tale about adapting to the environment to survive. Articles examine the novel's main themes, including London's personal and political beliefs that influenced the book.

Memoirs of Casanova: Being an autobiographical account of the loves and adventures of Jacques Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt, written down by himself ... English language (Universal Giant edition)

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Memoirs of Casanova: Being an autobiographical account of the loves and adventures of Jacques Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt, written down by himself ... English language (Universal Giant edition)
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