The Super Summary of World History - Alan Dale Daniel [296]
Figure 76 Map of Korean War
Figure 77 MacArthur’s Advance North
Figure 78 US Marine March from Chosen
Figure 82 F-86 Saber
Figure 80 Vietnam & Ho Chi Minh Trail
Figure 81 US Helicopters lift off
Figure 82 Marines in Vietnam
Figure 83 B. Marden, Vine, 1992-1993
Endnotes
[1] The four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, the strong and weak nuclear forces, and the electromagnetic force.
[2] The repeated word sapiens—meaning wise—is correct, but hereinafter we will stick to one sapiens after Homo.
[3] There are some indications in Java that Homo erectus was still around forth to fifty thousand years ago. For a completely different take on ancient man and the case for different time frames for human existence, see Bones of Contention, Lebenow, Baker Books, 2004 or Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth, Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong, Wells, Regnery Publishing, 2002. Another alternate explanation is Darwin’s Black Box, The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, Behe, Free Press, 2006.
[4] Used fire, but they did not make fire. It seems the art of creating fire from scratch was not mastered.
[5] Prior to this, art in any form is nearly nonexistent. It seems proto-humans were not able to create art or what they did create was lost. Note this art is a form of communication and can tell us a lot about the world at the date it was made. These wonderful cave paintings, in full color, are at http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_painting.
[6] Current theory (AGAIN). Please note that the current theory means the current widely accepted theory. There are always many other theories around, but one is generally the current accepted theory (meaning widely accepted). EVERYTHING is open to better theories, but most never make it because they cannot overcome the current widely accepted theory. I now theorize this is getting dull . . .
[7] China’s ability to keep secret how silk was made for 2,000 years also contributed to the monopoly.
[8] Another choice is to defend behind your walls, but that means a siege during which the population faces starvation and numerous assaults from the invader attempting to breach the walls. If your city was well prepared with lots of stored food and ample water it would be wise to try and hold out inside the walls. What would you do if you led the city?
[9] The term Pharaoh comes from the New Kingdom. In earlier times Egyptian rulers were just kings. I will use the term Pharaoh for all the Egyptian rulers.
[10] The architect, Imhotep, is one of the few names of lesser officials surviving into our time.
[11] We should note the stone part of Stonehenge in England was constructed about 2900 BC, nearly 400 years before the Great Pyramid. 400 years is nearly twice as long as the USA has been a nation. One of our greatest challenges is understanding Stonehenge. What makes it so hard is its complexity, as it is tied into the surrounding countryside and other local ceremonial monuments.
[12] In ancient Egypt, the east was associated with life and the west with death. This was because the sun rose from the east giving life, and set in the west bringing darkness and death. By going east, the Hebrews were symbolically traveling toward life. Dr. Richard Buehrer’s concepts.
[13] The Rosetta Stone, a slab of stone with Egyptian hieroglyphics and two other later known languages carrying the same message, enabled the hieroglyphics to be deciphered.
[14] The sarcophagi in all three great pyramids are gone, apparently stolen by grave robbers in the distant past. In the Great Pyramid everything is gone except the lower stone shell of the sarcophagus. The Valley of the Kings is the burial place of over 60 Pharaohs.
[15] Inside the Great Pyramid, there is a kind of graffiti above the vault in the kings’ chamber saying a certain group of workers built it for Khufu; however, the discovery of these markings is in question. Originally, the markings were in candle smoke that may have been made by the workers on the expedition finding the markings, but this too is speculation.