The value of history cannot be truly assessed until one must implement its findings into everyday life. Imagine becoming the CEO of an established company. You are given the task of keeping your clientele happy and delivering the same results as the company has a supposed reputation for. Yet, you are told that you will not be given any history of the company, where it has been, who the key clients are, or how the company got its start. Most CEO’s would feel like they’re groping in the dark with this lack of knowledge.

Having knowledge of events in history is no different. It is important for people to know where the world, continents, and countries have been in the course of the historical timeline. In order to know you are making progress, you have to know where you’ve been. In addition, history serves as a teacher. A guide that says, “learn from my mistakes, I’ve been here done that, and it doesn’t work.” It is essential for any critical thinker to know history from a world, political, militaristic, artistic, and personal aspect. History is essential in all of these areas of (more…)

The food pyramid is a nutritional guide published primarily by the federal government to provide proper dietary information or instruction to the American. As like anything organic, the food pyramid has constantly evolved since its inception.

Originally, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) food pyramid of 1992 divided the three food groups into six new groups. These groups are the carbohydrates group which was retained as is, the vegetables group which was further divided into vegetables and fruits and finally, the proteins group which again was divided into meats, beans, eggs and nuts, milk yogurt and cheese and fats, oils and sweets. This version of the food pyramid was known as the food guide pyramid.

In 2004, the USDA filled in nutritional details that were lacking from the 1992 food pyramid. The 1992 food pyramid suggested only a certain amount of servings per food group per day. The 2004 food pyramid was designed to be a more individualized nutritional guide.

At the same time, the USDA was not the only organization to perform research on nutrition. The Harvard School of Public Health designed the healthy eating pyramid as a result of scientific study and research. This (more…)

Children should study history because understanding the past helps to put the present in appropriate context.

As future citizens and potential leaders in society, our children need to be equipped with historical knowledge of the past in order to make informed decisions in all areas of life in the future.

Children learn who they are and where they came from, and determine their standards of morals and values by learning their family history. As they mature, those history lessons expand to include the history of their community, their country, and ultimately, their world.

Knowledge, in the form of history, empowers children; they have a frame of reference for comparisons, decisions and life lessons.

Human curiosity dictates that we analyze what came before and learn from it, whether we are dealing with personal history, history about the human condition, political history and world events, or environmental history. Only through examining past mistakes can we hope to avoid similar behavior and outcomes in the present and future.

Often, history teaches us that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Children learn that events may change, but human nature is consistent. By studying historical events down through the ages, (more…)

The amazing pyramids in Egypt are considered as the largest and most fascinating structures ever constructed. Most of these pyramids were actually built in the Middle and Old periods of Kingdoms in Egypt.

The amazing pyramids in Egypt are considered as the largest and most fascinating structures ever constructed. They constitute one amongst the most enduring and potent symbols of the ancient civilization of Egypt. Most of these pyramids were actually built in the Middle and Old periods of Kingdoms in Egypt.

Hence, in the year 1842, a certain Karl Richard Lepsius counted and noted down these pyramids. Although he was able to count about 67 pyramids, this list was only limited to the ones discovered and identified before and during his time. More pyramids have been discovered ever since. This is due the fact that during Karl Lepsius’ time, there were many small pyramids that were either in a poor preservation state or they would appear like mounds of mere rubble. It is only now that these pyramids were given the time by archaeologists to be studied and identified.

Furthermore, most of these pyramids were grouped in several pyramid fields. This is a list of geographically (more…)

Like many historical events, there exist a number of misconceptions about World War I. Some of these misconceptions are relatively unimportant or debatable while others interfere seriously with an understanding of some of the most important events of the 20th century. This article discusses seven some of the most common mistaken beliefs about World War I as well as the truth about them.

1) It was the first World War

Although most people realize that World War I was not called World War I until after the Second World War, many do not realize that World War I may not have actually been the first world war. It depends largely on how you define world war. If you say that world wars are those that involve fighting on multiple continents or involve the leading superpowers of the world, then you might be forced to classify several other wars as world wars. Indeed, historian Thomas Bailey says that there were at least nine world wars in history of which World War I was actually the eighth.

The other wars that one might consider world wars are the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of Spanish Succession, the War of Austrian Succession, (more…)