Middle Ages – Ancient Finances

May 24, 2021May 22, 2021Middle Ages

Cancer and heart disease may have been more prevalent in ancient times than we’ve been told.

The ancient, good ol’ days were not quite as good as modern romantics would like to think. Two articles I’ve come across […]

January 9, 2020December 31, 2019Middle Ages, Viking Era

Norwegian Forest Cat – cute, handy pet of the Vikings

Yes, there is such a breed. The Norwegian Forest Cat runs on the large size, with males ranging from 13 to […]

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019Middle Ages

Life in Europe before the Industrial Revolution was dirty and disease-ridden.

There is a myth that rural life in the medieval ages before the industrial revolution was, if not good, then at least […]

October 2, 2018October 1, 2018comparison data, Middle Ages

Wages for crew on Christopher Columbus’ ships.

Wages paid to the crew and a current understanding of crew list for Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the Americas is provided […]

October 1, 2018comparison data, Middle Ages

Cost and time to cross the Atlantic has dropped by more than 90% in the last 500 years.

Transatlantic travel time has dropped radically in the last 500 years. Time to transit the Atlantic has dropped about 99% and cost […]

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, […]

January 22, 2018Middle Ages, Roman Empire, Viking Era

Gross World Product over last 27,000 years

Gross World Product, according to Wikipedia is the combined gross national product of all the countries in the world. Because imports and exports balance exactly when considering […]

January 20, 2018January 20, 2018Middle Ages, Roman Empire, Viking Era

Growth in world population

Our World in Data, the web site of Max Roser, visualizes data in amazing ways. Check out this graph of world population: […]

January 17, 2018April 8, 2019Middle Ages

Illustration of 16th century armament

The Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego describes the expedition by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo to explore the west coast of what is […]

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017Middle Ages

Prices in late Middle Ages

While browsing the ‘net looking for indicators of prices in the Viking Age, I came across a treasure trove of prices for […]

Ancient Finances

Exploring finances in times of the Viking Age, Roman Empire, and Alexander the Great.

Category: Middle Ages