Life in Iron Age Ireland The Iron Age first began in Britain around the year 800 BC when someone in England worked out how to get a smelter hot enough to melt iron. Before this, bronze was the strongest metal that people had, but this was far from being strong enough...
How did slaves survive captivity? The survival rate of someone being kept as a slave would depend entirely on where they were taken and by whom. The most notable and well-documented account of slavery was during the European colonial period of the Americas when around...
Why foraging was so important during the second world war Between 1939 and 1945, Europe was engaged in the largest war that the human race has ever fought, and it affected every single part of life for the countries involved. Up until this point the countries of...
Napoleon versus nature Armies today have a good understanding of nature and have learned to prepare accordingly, but in the past there would often be times when someone thought their bravery, faith or some other factor would lead them to success. Some of these...
How did people survive the holocaust? (The main entrance to Auschwitz, the words above the gate reads “arbeit macht frei” a German phrase meaning “work sets you free”) The holocaust was the mass genocide of the Jewish people across Nazi...
How our ancestors made things Most people don’t realize just how clever our ancestors were and often just view them as primitive people, but its no coincidence that 700 year old castles have stronger mortar in between their stones that’s in better...
