The most difficult times to survive in Britain People who live in Britain today may not feel like it’s a safe country to live in, but it’s certainly far from the worst. If a disaster happened today, there would be a national or possibly even global...
Violet Jessop – Survived 3 sinking ships During the first part of the 20th century, sailing was far from safe and ships didn’t have the safety standards and equipment they do now, leading to hundreds of ships being lost unnecessarily. The chances of...
How did Vikings survive in Scandinavia? Scandinavia is a sub-region in northern Europe that includes the countries of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, though some classifications also include Finland and even Iceland, but the most commonly accepted definition is the first...
Building materials of the ancient world Our ancestors were much smarter than people realize, living in elaborate castles with polished plaster interior walls, and wearing fine linen and leather clothing. They knew how to smelt metals and make everything from weapons...
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...
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