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.

Town House: Architecture and Material Life in the Early American City, 1780-1830

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Town House: Architecture and Material Life in the Early American City, 1780-1830
Bernard L. Herman
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Release Date: 2005-10-19

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In this abundantly illustrated volume, Bernard Herman provides a history of urban dwellings and the people who built and lived in them in early America. In the eighteenth century, cities were constant objects of idealization, often viewed as the outward manifestations of an organized, civil society. As the physical objects that composed the largest portion of urban settings, town houses contained and signified different aspects of city life, argues Herman.

Taking a material culture approach, Herman examines urban domestic buildings from Charleston, South Carolina, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as those in English cities and towns, to better understand why people built the houses they did and how their homes informed everyday city life. Working with buildings and documentary sources as diverse as court cases and recipes, Herman interprets town houses as lived experience. Chapters consider an array of domestic spaces, including the merchant family's house, the servant's quarter, and the widow's dower. Herman demonstrates that city houses served as sites of power as well as complex and often conflicted artifacts mapping the everyday negotiations of social identity and the display of sociability.

Amsterdam (Images of America)
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Life in New Amsterdam (Picture the Past)

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A Bit of History, and A Bit of the Future

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A Bit of History, and A Bit of the Future.......2004-05-30

This is the first Peter Spier book I saw, the first I bought, and will probably always be my favorite (even though I've started collecting his books just for his terrific illustrations). Having lived in New York City, this wonderful (and I believe true) tale of the early Dutch settlement is very pleasing and intriguing. His pen and watercolor illustrations (true in most of his books) are loose, energetic, imaginative, beautiful, and seem very real, as if he really lived at that time and experienced that place and culture. Plus, he does historic research to give his drawings accuracy, so you actually learn a lot about the people, time and place just through the visual parts of this book.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the first International Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2005, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in June 2005.

The 68 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 144 submissions. Among them are papers corresponding to two tutorials, six plenary talks and papers of six special sessions involving mathematical logic and computer science at the same time as offering the methodological foundations for models of computation. The papers address many aspects of computability in Europe with a special focus on new computational paradigms. These include first of all connections between computation and physical systems (e.g., quantum and analog computation, neural nets, molecular computation), but also cover new perspectives on models of computation arising from basic research in mathematical logic and theoretical computer science.

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You Can't Go Wrong : Stories From Nero, New York & Other Tales
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A Wary-eyed Look at Small Towns

You Can't Go Wrong : Stories From Nero, New York & Other Tales
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Enjoy Bob Cudmore's humorous and poignant tales of life in Nero, a declining Upstate New York mill town where the creek used to smell and the mills have moved south. It's a place where fault-finding is so common that "I don't blame you" is a compliment. The city was named for an arsonist Roman emperor because all the good classical names had been taken by other upstate communities by the time Nero was founded.

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A Wary-eyed Look at Small Towns.......2000-04-26

I am a small town guy. Proudly. Almost always have been, physically. Always have been, emotionally. Sometimes choices and/or circumstances place me in big cities or greater (or lesser) suburbia. But - in my head - I am always "small town." We small town folks can recognize other small town people. By the way they talk, or by their opinions or simply by the way they always say hello, nodding to friend or stranger. We share similar problems, and we understand the good parts, too. Bob Cudmore knows both. His book, You Can't Go Wrong: Stories from Nero, NY, & Other Tales, is a marvelous recounting of small town philosophy and feeling, people and places. A small town guy, Cudmore's word paintings of small town characters and philosophies are flawless. Details quickly drawn, not many shades of gray, black strokes and white space for effect. The title, You Can't Go Wrong, reflects a fact: In most small, previously industrial towns, there is certain fatalism, sometimes tempered with what might be taken for hope. Take, for instance, retired mill worker Disease Cotter's statement that, "Used to be is a favorite phase in Nero." Don't all small town guys have nicknames? And, by the way, is there any small town where "used to be" isn't a favorite phrase? "There used to be a paper mill, two even, here." "Used to be" is how we connect our present to our past; it's where our roots and traditions were built. "Remember Lee? He used to be a three-letterman at the high school." Cudmore remembers how important sports are to a small town. Whether it's the five starters on the boy's basketball team or the 22 kids on the Lassie League team, those kids carry a ton of adult hopes and dreams. Win or lose (winning always is better), sports teams give the small town folks vicarious recognition, a place where the momentary light of the TV mention or the newspaper headline erases the shadows cast by the old, empty mill buildings and empty railroad tracks. Small towns like Nero have many other problems in common...urban renewal failures, the disappearance of local flavor as mergers, "big boxes" and other machinations combine to kill small businesses, the long-enduring negative mindset. But, Cudmore also draws out the good stuff about small towns and their inhabitants - the stuff that makes you realize you're lucky to live in a small town. Those of us who grew up in small towns revel in how successful our children are elsewhere. Wanda Tamburino, constituent problem-solver for Nero's popular Congressman, knows why: "Growing up in Nero prepares people for success anywhere else in the country where there are more opportunities than in the declining home town." Small town people also take care of those who hurt after any community disaster. "Our most endearing trait," Cudmore underscores, "is how we still take care of each other." "It never fails," asserts Cudmore, "life goes on," whether it's in Nero or some other place. Inherently suspicious of "new," "big," "different" and some "newcomers" for a while, small town folks survive despite the odds, the changes and the rest of the world. Cudmore captures the nobility of small town life and people with descriptions, commentary and anecdotes that made me roar at times and sigh loudly at others. It's going to be one Hell of a movie. But, before you see it, read the book - You Can't Go Wrong.

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