The importance of survival skills in colonial America The United States started as a single British colony called Jamestown, a tiny settlement founded in 1607 along the banks of the James River in what is now known as Virginia. In the beginning, the population...
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...
How did settlers make gunpowder? The first documented use of a firearm was a matchlock musket in 1364, but gunpowder has been around since as early as the 9th century when it was first discovered in China. When European colonists established their first North American...
WW2 Jobs with the lowest survival rates During the Second World War, people didn’t have the best understanding of technology and in the attempt to defeat their enemies, many countries invented things that weren’t exactly safe for the operator. Some of these jobs put...
Why did our ancestors die so young? There are huge gaps in history where we will never know exactly what happened and how people lived, but there is one thing that we have found out from countless digs around the world, and that is our ancestors died much younger than...
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...
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