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Tag Archives: england
British Monarchs
Our country has been invaded and fought over since the Romans, like lands across the world, there have been many peoples who were conquered, made to live under some ruling empire. All empires ended. But the world has seen its … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, Denmark, Empire, england, family tree, germany, Great Britain, Monarchs, politics, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tsar, Windsor, WWI
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Globalization Casualties
I’m reading ‘Paper Soldiers: How weaponization of the dollar changed the world’ by Saleha Mohsin. I am most grateful to the author, for it has taken me until now to learn the history behind what led to Globalization being caused … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 financial crisis, authoritarian control, banks, capitalism, China, corporates, developing nations, dollar, economy, england, free trade, globalization, high risk, industrialization, manufacturing, mining, open borders, poverty, Scottish Borders, strong dollar, toxic loans, Treasury, UK, USA, wealth
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2.5 Mya Africa: Homo habilis (Handy Man) to 15.5 thousand years ago in Americas
We all know how we each care about the location attributes of where we find ourselves living. We may be, currently, thousands of years down the line since our ancestors began to walk on two legs rather then four, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Americas, england, flint, france, homo erectus, homo habilis, Leakey, pleistocene, solutrean, stone tools, wood
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Romans left us with Christianity in a Savage Britain
When the Romans left England in 410 AD the population had no understanding of how to govern, feed themselves or protect each other. 420 – Pelagian heresy outlawed in Rome (418) but, in Britain, supposedly enjoys much support from … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th century, anglo-saxons, celts, christianity, england, germania, holy roman emperor, missionaries, religion, st boniface
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Debt as a Driving Force
Philip IV of France (born in Fontainebleau in 1268, the second son of Philip III. His mother (Isabella of Aragon) died when he was three and his stepmother, Marie de Brabant, allegedly preferred her own children to Philip and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Avignon, christianity, crusades, debt, england, family, feudal to civil society, Holy Land, kings and queens, Knights Templar, papacy, Philip IV of France, power, religion, roman catholicism, Rome, scotland, war
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Adam Smith: Part V
Friendships with well connected Scots must have helped the career of Adam Smith, example here is Friendship Number 1: Buccleuch Dynasty Scots often visited Paris. Adam Smith was no exception, but he could not have spent so long in France without … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, adam smith, america, buccleuch, catholicism, england, france, ireland, politics, protestantism, scotland
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Adam Smith: Part VI
Friendship with David Hume, friendship No.2 The Scottish Enlightenment was characterised by a thoroughgoing empiricism and practicality where the chief values were improvement, virtue, and practical benefit for the individual and society as a whole. David Hume (1711 -1776) best friend … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, adam smith, america, catholicism, england, france, ireland, politics, protestantism, scotland
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Adam Smith: Part VII
Friendship with James Oswald, friendship No.3 James Oswald (1715 – 24 March 1769) The Oswald’s were a highly successful family and their wealth seems to have had three sources: trade, farming and coal. They also distinguished themselves in a number … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, adam smith, america, catholicism, england, france, ireland, politics, protestantism, scotland
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Adam Smith: Part VIII
16th to 18th century, the mood seemed to be that we were, as an island people, not going to be invaded ever again. Those who had wealth wanted to become richer, thus more influential and more powerful. Those with family … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, adam smith, america, catholicism, england, france, ireland, politics, protestantism, scotland
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Adam Smith: Part IV
The will of the people of Scotland was crushed so many times once they signed the Act of Union in 1707 due to the financial crash of the Darien debacle. Here is an important Act they designed to avoid being drawn … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, adam smith, america, catholicism, england, france, ireland, politics, protestantism, scotland
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