Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
The next video exploring how âancient civilizations had their own civilizationsâ is going to be a fun one! Itâs going to be focusing folklore and myths, mainly on the use of paleo/neolithic hand axes by later cultures like the Unetice and the Romans, among many others, as talismans to ward off lightingâhence their name, Thunderstones
This particular example comes from Bulgaria
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Back to regularly scheduled programming towards the end of October. I'll be posting an update video and a longer video either 10/14 or 10/21. Comments will be back on etc--long story short my feed was getting clogged with election stuff and it was driving me crazy. If anyone reading this is in the south east of the US, stay safe please! Thankfully we aren't dealing with the hurricanes in upstate new york
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Unfortunately for the foreseeable future the channel will be on an indeterminate break. Real life has intervened in a few rough ways and my wife and I have some stuff we need to take care of
That said I have three videos ready to go, which I will release over the next three months. After that, the channel will likely start uploading again in spring of 2025
â Mike
To keep you guys busy, here are some books you might find interesting:
Rome:
The Fate of Rome, Kyle Harper
Aspects of Roman History, Richard Alston
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint, Peter Sarris
Scythians/Steppe:
The Scythians, Barry Cunliffe
Shadow Empires, Thomas Barfield
Other stuff Iâve been reading lately:
The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution, Tim Tackett
The Politics of Cultural Despair, Fritz Stern
The Crisis of German Ideology, George Mosse
âŚactually pretty much anything by George Mosse
EDIT: just a quick addendumâa few people have messaged me offering financial support. I appreciate it, but Iâm not stepping away due to that. Itâs that time for my grandparents, I may have to help my parents move, that sort of thing
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Any questions dealing with Roman Egypt youâd like me to cover?
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New video is out!
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A short, fun video on a curiosity. Longer video on the Homeric Question (and accuracy of the Iliad), and the Okunev Culture, coming soon
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The oldest fort in the world, dated to about 6000 BC, was discovered in 1987. Since about 2017, however, there has been a ton of work on the site of Amnya I, which is seriously changing our understanding of societal development
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A rather grim subject. Analytics are telling me you guys arenât necessarily being notified that this video is up. Due to the more technical nature of this oneâtalking about evidence etcâyou might find it better to listen to this as a podcast rather than actually watching it. While I did put plenty of images of the ruins of Carthage in the video, the animation is a bit limited
âMike
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For those who havenât received the notification, the Scythia videos are back!
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Why did the Romans ban pants (trousers) in 397...399...& 416? Find out here! The more things change, sometimes the more they stay the same
https://youtu.be/oGtBqs7eoRA
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Welcome to The Historian's Craft!
Here on this channel, we will be covering all manner of historical events and phemonena, with a strong emphasis on Late Antiquity, although since my academic specialty is Modern Japan, we'll be taking a look at that subject heavily as well.
6,500 and growing! Let's keep it up!
***Educational Background***
B.A. in History, minor in Anthropology from The State University of New York, Cortland