January 31, 2018Alexander the Great, comparison of living standards, Roman Empire, Viking Era Abundance of food today compared with routine scarcity of food earlier than 150 years ago. For most of history, one of the main challenges was getting enough food to eat. Keeping your family alive through the winter […]
January 29, 2018Alexander the Great, Middle Ages, Roman Empire, Viking Era Most of the improvement in life expectancy in the last 10,000 years has taken place in the last 100 years. Johan Norberg describes the tremendous progress in the last several hundred years in so many areas: life expectancy, health, sanitation, liberty, education, […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Alexander the Great, Viking Era Some background on brutality of ancient wars before diving into Viking history – part 2 I’m going to take a look at finances of the Viking era. Before doing so, I’d like to provide some context of […]
June 3, 2017August 3, 2019Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, Viking Era Some background on brutality of ancient wars before diving into Viking history – 1 of 2 I’m going to take a look at finances of the Viking era, similar to what I’ve done on legionnaires during the Roman […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Alexander the Great Wild guess on the tally of people enslaved by Alexander the Great One more followup on the human devastation caused by Alexander the Great. There are a lot of posts on my blog discussing […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Alexander the Great Total cost of Alexander’s rampage This will be my final post on the finances of Alexander the Great. Professor Frank Holt’s book The Treasures of Alexander the […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Alexander the Great A few stray tidbits on the cost of Alexander’s military Professor Frank Holt’s book The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man’s Wealth Shaped the World explains there is little in the […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Alexander the Great Some tidbits on the spending side of Alexander the Great’s reign I have been discussing Professor Frank Holt’s book The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man’s Wealth Shaped the World . You can […]
June 2, 2017June 15, 2017Alexander the Great Guess on the value of all loot taken by Alexander the Great My discussion continues of how much wealth Alexander the Great looted while on his rampage around the world. These calculations are based on […]
June 2, 2017June 15, 2017Alexander the Great An indication of Persian wealth from the book of Esther The number two man in the Persian Empire offered a bribe of 10,000 talents to the king in return for permission to […]