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Tag Archives: scotland
Will we be Fishless?: Part IV
Whatever we humans do to counteract something which is troublesome, we seem to end up in a cycle of harm which we never intended. Glasgow’s main river is the Clyde. Glasgow has been the location for heavy industries since the … Continue reading
Before humans there were many forms of life
Timeline: Pre-human evolution The earth is about 4.54 billion years old and the first life dates to at least 3.5 billion years ago. I found the following useful https://dinosaurpedia.wordpress.com I have referred back to Scotland (where I live) as this … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, asteroid, climate change, dinosaurs, Eurasia, extinction, Gulf of Mexico, North America, oil, origins of life on earth, scotland, South America, timeline
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From Africa to Scotland
Modern technology has afforded more tools for measuring and dating finds of past human activity. Radiocarbon dating can measure up to 40,000 years ago. This has resulted in recalibration of estimated ages of archaeological finds so that items already in … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, archaeology, carbon dating, geology, human migration, ice age, mesolithic, neolithic, Orkney, scotland, UNESCO
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Rome Kingdom to Empire: impact on Brittania to Judea
Rome had a Kingdom, then a Republic, then an Empire. What follows is the evolving significant people and events which resulted in the Empire. The last Kingdom monarch was Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, located in Ancient Rome. As a result of … Continue reading
7th Century Religious Earthquakes
Rome first influenced the conversion of Pagans living in the British Isles, to Christianity. According to Prosper of Aquitaine, Palladius was from a noble family in Gaul. In 429, he was serving as a deacon in Rome. The Pope commissioned … Continue reading
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Tagged anglo-saxons, battles, beliefs, Britain, Byzantine, Christians, conversion, ireland, Jerusalem, Jews, muslims, pagans, Persians, scotland, Slavs, theology, wR
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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 X
My current Historic Scotland magazine made me aware of the Medieval torture practices which extended into the 1700s. It made me think that we can always, as humans, raise our intellectual understanding but never seem to leave go of the … Continue reading
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Tagged adam smith, Britain, catholic, economics, history, politics, protestant, scotland, torture, victims
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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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