This could be a real find...
History World International
World History From Ancient Mesopotamia To The Present
A Collection Of World History Related Essays, Documents, Maps and Music From World History
This World History site contains a history of the world from the Neolithic era to the present including Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Sumeria, Ancient Akkad, the Ancient Hittites, Ancient Assyria, Ancient Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Hieroglyphics, Cuneiform, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, European Middle Ages, Franks, Celts, Renaissance, The Enlightenment, the discovery of the New World, The United States, American Civil War, World War One, World War Two and the fall of Communism. It is our intention to present World History in a non-biased manner without interpretation or opinion. We will present the historical record and you draw whatever conclusions you believe appropriate.
One caveat: The sentence below on the site's Home page made me squint my eyes and ponder...
[snip] Civilization is a triumph of mind over matter, of reason over instinct, and of the distinctly human over mankind's animal nature. These are what have made possible civilization, as well as culture, its constant and necessary companion. [snip]
I don't get what's so "bad" about matter, instinct or animal nature that civilization supposedly 'triumphs' over. We are all of the above. I, for one, would not want to leave out my baser instincts. They're quite juicy, actually.
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I have written a similar thing to the words in red in one of my first posts at my site. About what you said about Hanibal. What was so unexpected about him was that noone expected him to cross the Alps endin with what could be called an army, defeat every Roman army it then faced, and travel the whole way to southern Italy. However, the Romans definitely were expecting another Carhaginian war.
Perhaps one of the most unexptected and history-changing events was Genghis Khan's journey. Few would have expected a man from a place usually in bitter war, to suddenly come out, defeat three major civilizations, and conquer half the known world. Warning was often in short notice, their attack on the Chin Empire of China was completely preemptive and unexpted. And anyone who knew the Mongols would attack would never imagine they would be defeated by a seemingly ragged, disorganized, horde.
Your absolutely right on. When Hannibal made it through the Alps he had lost all but ten of his warrior elephants. He used those remaining to great effectiveness. He also had two brothers that were a lot like him.
I'd like to know more about the 'Mongol Hordes'. I'll check your archives...
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