h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A few of my own historical entries you might like to add:

A236323 Cenozoic Era
A232318 Willebrord Snell
A230653 History of Brickmaking
A224948 Sacbut
A222030 Castrati
A219034 The Grange
A208216 History of the Tin Can
A202717 Cold Fusion
A194032 Tijuana Bible
A192881 Monterey Jack Cheese
A191657 New Madrid Earthquakes
A186158 Black Dahlia
A180352 Kaleidoscope

As you can see, my interests are eclectic, to say the least. I suppose you could say I'm most fascinated by the history of everyday things, though my actual graduate work was in the history of science and engineering.

Cheers! I've added a number of them just now, and I'll add a few of the foodie ones when I get round to making a section devoted to the History of Food and Drinks (complete with drinks cabinet).

all the entries on ancient egypt should also be included
and my interests are pretty much in line with what i am studying

Welcome to the Society, Setra Nath! Some of the relevant material has been added.

At this rate, our halls will be filled in no time!

History or Fantasy?

http://www.h2g2.com/A196887

Excellent job. Thanks for taking this on. I'll try to remember to let you know when I've had another fit of history.

Once this develops a bit, we ought to try to get Peta interested as a possible "Pick" page. You never know, perhaps subject-oriented organization would appeal to other Researchers, or even to the Powers That Be.

Fantasy, I would say. But then, I was raised as a hardcore skeptic.

Now, an article on the history of modern Atlantean thought, tracing the folks who popularized this stuff, would be history

No problems with the history of Beer, I've already done it, can't remember where I put it though. Probably off my userpage called Beeer(mark II) or something.

Indeed, ffmike, the * concept * of or * belief * in an Atlantis goes back centuries, and is therefore just as historical and incontrovertible as the Pyramids.

History of beliefs (and the reasons behind them) comes under anthropology, something I have great interest in.

One thing I want to say is, I don't want to turn this into an encyclopaedia. There's much more scope here than to simply be a repository of dusty old facts.

Yep, it would be nice to see some serious work here...historiography, history of ideas, whatever. However one must temper that with a general awareness that putting anything on H2G2 pretty well poisons its copyright. So it's got to be a labor of love.

I try to at least find interesting old facts instead of dusty ones.

Hi there!

If you're interested in some US history in Pennsylvania, you can link to

http://www.h2g2.com/A160967 Pretzels in America
http://www.h2g2.com/A221239 Jumonville, Pennsylvania
http://www.h2g2.com/A219070 Pennsylvania's Great Walking Purchase

http://www.h2g2.com/A193114 Trotter's Curse
http://www.h2g2.com/A219791 Mad Anthony's Ghost

Enjoy!

- X

Thanks, Jimi, and thanks again to ffmike! Your prodigious writing is really helping the Society to get off the ground>

Possibly the first time I've ever been thanked for a chronic inability to shut the hell up

And the last. Now zip it. ()

Here are my artivcles worth including

http://www.h2g2.com/A243307 Alfred the Great
http://www.h2g2.com/A244324 Southampton Old Bowling Green the oldest in the world.

I let you know when I've added some more. I'm currently doing some research on the pre-Norman Kings of England there'll be quite a lot there to keep me from shutting up.

er...as I am sure there is a great clamour for the history of Ohio, may I suggest the article on Toledo, Ohio, USA
http://www.h2g2.com/A188615

It deals with the Great Toledo War, which is how Toledo became part of Ohio, and how the Upper Penninsula was added to Michigan.

I'm sure folks are panting for this one....


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PS. of course it's my entry, so I may be partial

Too late! I've added more entries with historical content:

http://www.h2g2.com/A244739 Zero
http://www.h2g2.com/A242948 Scurvy

ffm it's not a contest to write 250 history entries this year is it.

DD

Naw, I just like history so it seems like a lot of my entries get some historical content. Maybe we'll do history as a side bet some other time

ffMike, I can't BELIEVE you didn't tell me about this place.

Mustapha, this is an excellent idea and I'm sorry I didn't see it sooner myself *sniff*. I will be adding a link to this page at my
own home straightaway, for my own benefit if no-one else's.

And I have an article that may be of interest, on Billy the Kid; I will eventually be adding other articles on that subject:
http://www.h2g2.com/A205624.

Lil