Ajacán Mission. Cuttyhunk. Roanoke. Popham. Cape Ann. At the beginning of the 17th Century, the Northern Atlantic Seaboard seemingly lacked the resources that made other areas of the North American continent so inviting to European settlers. No gold or silver, not the right environment for sugarcane, no spices or cocoa.
This is another in a series of posts on using history to help you worldbuild. The Enneaverse is what our world would be like if characters from myth, legend, and literature had all co-existed. A world of superheroics. I have found that one of the greatest impetus for creativity
Reading through George Washington's Farewell Address, it’s hard to imagine a more prescient look at the nation 230 years later. Not only did he see the dangers of political parties, but he also counsels on quite a few topics that currently divide our nation, and his conduct
I was recently assigned a project where I had to research a US state that was involved in the American Civil War and its impact on the war. I will freely admit that while I consider myself a lifelong student of history, I have never really delved into the ACW
For the celebration of America’s semiquincentennial, the New York Times published an article about video games that explore the nation’s history. Highlighting mostly franchise superstars like Fallout, Red Dead Redemption, Bioshock, and Assassins Creed, the article also mentions a few lesser celebrated games like Where the Water Tastes
For a recent assignment I had to write an essay answering what do the Salem Witch Trials and the Great Awakening say about the role of religion in the English Colonies and ultimately the role of religion in America now? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To snowclone a famous line from the television series The
World-building is about creating a logical engine that makes a world feel like it existed long before the reader or players arrived and will continue long after they leave.
Religions of the Silk Road by Richard Foltz traces the movement and transformation of major religious traditions, including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Judaism and Islam across Central Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. It explores how trade, empire, and cultural exchange shaped the spread of religious ideas, emphasizing
Assume that all you know about Lithuania is its external boundaries, the size of the population, and the physical geography. Nothing else exists. Now invent everything else. Make up the cities, decide where the people are located. This was both a creative and an analytical assignment.