Tag: History
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Looking Back on 2021: Author Update from Harma-Mae Smit
Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. Well, it’s not exactly true, but if there’s something you’re passionate about and you can channel your creativity towards that, then you are really making the most of your time. It’s work, yes, but you also get to explore what you love.…
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Why Writers Should Take a History Degree
“Take journalism,” people will advise young, aspiring writers who feel they should go to university to get a degree in something. “You’ll learn more about writing, and get a practical job out of it too.” Clearly this was not advice I took, or could take, since none of the colleges around where I live offered…
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Two Myths About History (Refuted)
The course of history, like the course of true love, never did run smooth. Besides being a writer and a lover of books, I love history. It’s sad no one knows any history, and worse that no one teaches it (I do not count ‘Social Studies’ as history). On top of that, the little history…
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Those Pesky Phoenicians! – A Thought From Herodotus
According to the learned Persians, it was the Phoenicians who caused the conflict. – Herodotus, The Histories That is the beginning of Herodotus’ explanation for the war between the Greeks and the Persians (you know, the war that movie 300 was sort of, supposedly, set during). Pretty typical how the blame gets passed on to…
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