History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

Customer Reviews:

Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece

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Not bad for an extremely short introduction.
The world of the ancient Spartans made clearer.
Herodotus is better
Best Intro to Sparta for the Layman
interesting and informative

The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece
Paul Cartledge
Manufacturer: Vintage
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ASIN: 1400078857
Release Date: 2004-08-10

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The Spartans were a society of warrior-heroes who were the living exemplars of such core values as duty, discipline, self-sacrifice, and extreme toughness. This book, written by one of the world’s leading experts on Sparta, traces the rise and fall of Spartan society and explores the tremendous influence the Spartans had on their world and even on ours. Paul Cartledge brings to life figures like legendary founding father Lycurgus and King Leonidas, who embodied the heroism so closely identified with this unique culture, and he shows how Spartan women enjoyed an unusually dominant and powerful role in this hyper-masculine society. Based firmly on original sources, The Spartans is the definitive book about one of the most fascinating cultures of ancient Greece.

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Not bad for an extremely short introduction........2007-08-21

It's good for what it is, but I was hoping for a bit more depth. If you want a short introduction to the subject that is well written and a really fast read, this would be perfect for you.

The world of the ancient Spartans made clearer........2007-05-26

These Spartans of ancient Greece are a very interesting lot. Most writings and opinions of this society seem to come from Athens, usually they prove to be rivals of Sparta or from Athenian expatriates like Xenophon. A lifetime of practice in hunting, combat training and preparation for war certainly defined who and what the Spartans were, fueled by the legends of Heracles and other god-men of fame, this society saw itself as heroic in their own time. Victorious in battle and in the Olympic games, usually called upon by other Greek city-states to take the lead in war yet profoundly distrustful of the world outside of Laconia. The rights of women, children and even slaves could be considered progressive in Sparta by the standards of the ancient world. This is impressive considering the hyper-masculine standards the Spartans imposed on themselves and the fact that these warrior-heroes seem to be profoundly religious at the same time. Cartledge does a fine job of bringing these people, now long dead to life. I do not personally buy the authors belief these Spartan men were homosexual, considering their brutal and fanatical upbringing, their view and treatment of their mothers, wives and daughters and the strict obedience to Lycurgus laws proclaiming such activity as Foul and abhorent.
Most of what Cartledge comments on seems to have the ring of truth. Is it worth your money and time to have it on the shelf? Yes! It is extremely interesting and it helps to explain how these men once lived and died.

Herodotus is better.......2007-05-14

If you have not read Herodotus or Thucydides this book might be helpful to understand some parts of Ancient Greek history. Otherwise, Paul Cartledge has a talent of turning bright and interesting history into difficult and dull.

Best Intro to Sparta for the Layman.......2007-04-23

This was the first book on the Spartans I ever read, and it is still the best. I used it as a springboard to delve further, but the fact is that little is known about the Spartans, and I still keep coming back to this book to put everything in perspective. It is easy to read (nowhere near as dry as the same author's history of Lakonia) and pretty much has everything known about the Spartans as a people if you don't want to muddle around in timelines, sources, pottery, etc. One reviewer here thought it was confusing for some reason. My condolences. For everyone else, there is no better place to start. The text is never dry, gets into specifics only when the need arises, yet gives a complete and detailed picture without insulting the reader's intelligence and Cartledge's prose here (unlike his other book) rolls right along with a wry wit. You will learn of Spartan attitudes, structure of their government, customs, etc. Don't worry about it being a companion book to a TV documentary. I never saw it and the book stands firmly on its own.

I also highly recommend a collection of essays about different aspects of Spartan life written by a variety of eminent archeologists called (appropriately enough) "Sparta", edited by Michael Whitby and available on amazon.com It is quite readable, and is the MUST HAVE companion book to the above.

interesting and informative.......2007-04-10

I thought this book would be boring but it was very good and informative. Im glad Paul Cartledge also paid attention to the Spartan Women as well, it was a good guide to all things Spartan. I can see why he is considered the "Authority" on everything Spartan.

The Government Manual for New Superheroes

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Don't waste your money
Fine as far as it goes, but I met with failure
Novelty without the novelty
Definitely a fun read.

The Government Manual for New Superheroes
Matthew David Brozik , and Jacob Sager Weinstein
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ASIN: 0740754629

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The Government Manual for New Superheroes is a hilarious, mock-official handbook that offers thorough, accessible, and completely zany advice for anyone who has always dreamed of donning a skintight spandex uniform and leaping across the rooftops of their cities. Going well beyond tights and capes, this manual provides insight into choosing a name, constructing a costume, choosing the right supertools of the supertrade, establishing a base of operations, maintaining a secret identity, taking or becoming a sidekick, joining a superheroic team, and even finding that special someone who gives meaning to a superhero's life-a nemesis.

Extra features include a roster of superhero unions, a registration application, several useful charts and tips, and even a list of other government-sponsored periodicals for further reading. Destined to become a cult classic, The Government Manual for New Superheroes is an essential guide for every aspiring superhero.

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Another gift.......2007-07-22

this was another gift for my friend and it was in great condition, received quickly and looked so interesting I might ask to borrow it to read.

Don't waste your money.......2007-05-14

This book tries to be funny but does not quite succeed. If this book was a superhero it would be the INCREDIBLE LETDOWN.

Fine as far as it goes, but I met with failure.......2007-05-04

I couldn't believe it when I hit puberty and my super-power began to manifest itself. It took significant amounts of experimentation to work out its parameters, but eventually I fixed it as the ability to raise the temperature of a man-sized-or-less body of water by exactly 2 degrees fahrenheit. Thus, I discovered that I could make a cool glass of water slightly less cool, that I commanded the illusion of perimenopause in women, and that ice sculptures defeated the expectations of their creators by melting a full hour or more earlier than normal.

I purchased this book and was a little disappointed to discover that it was not specifically intended for those of us who have been prenaturally gifted. Worse, although my uniform-manufacturing skills were above average, my athletic skills were short of the par. To be fair, the book warns you of this necessity, but I still didn't expect to fall 50 feet off a roof the first night that Captain Tepid patrolled the streets.

This is a book for jocks and wrestlers. I anxiously await the book that explains to those of us with powers, how best to develop them for good, not evil.

Novelty without the novelty.......2007-04-29

Written with the same idea as Max Brooks' "Zombie Survival Guide", this guide aims to give startup wannabe superheroes the basics. However, unlike Brooks' excellent ZSG, this book is written without the knowledge of comic book lore, without the zany and didactic wit, and most of all, without the substance. This book is merely a cash-in on the current superhero fad, and worst of all, the authors make almost no humorous allusions to heroes of the past.

Certainly there are overt references to Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man, none of which required more than watching the films of the same name. This reviewer understands the use of trademarked material, but knows also that the writers could have used thinly veiled references for any superhero fanatic (the people who would actually buy this book) to recognize and nod at. Instead it presents itself as a farce, which is fine, except for the fact that its title suggests a serious (and hopefully humourous deadpan) tone to it; in that regard it fails.

It is obvious to anyone who reads this book and knows their stuff that this book is a rarely amusing cash-in. At nearly eleven dollars for about 120 pages (with VERY large font and pictures), one cannot help but think that this book was pumped out in a weekend, with almost no research and even less wit.

Avoid this one.

Definitely a fun read........2007-04-15

A light-hearted fun read. I thought it was cool and easy to read through.

History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2 (Chronology)

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Suprise! Suprise!
Prescient St Augustine?
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Romulus courts Helen, Paris founds Rome, Moses goes to Troy..

History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2 (Chronology)
Anatoly T Fomenko
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`History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2` is the second volume of the most explosive and astounding tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by rock solid scientific data. The book is easy and pleasant to read; it is well-illustrated, contains hundreds of charts, graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays. You will be amazed to discover: - That the chronology universally accepted today and taken for granted is simply wrong; - That ALL methods of dating of ancient sources and artefacts known today are erroneous or non-exact; - That there is not a single document that could be reliably dated earlier than the XIth century; The Author refers to the Middle Ages as the Antiquity and proves mutual superimposition of the Second and the Third Roman Empire, both of which become identified as the respective kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Furthermore, he asserts that the famous reform of the Occidental Church in the XI century by Pope Gregory Hildebrand was the reflection of the XII century reforms of Byzantine emperor Andronicus who in his turn identifies with Jesus Christ. The Trojan war counted by Homer happened only as late as of the XIII century A.D. and the great poet actually lived in XIV century A.D. No stone in history of Antiquity is left unturned. Literally. This book is the beginning of a major correction to the chronology we live with.

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Check and see.......2007-06-21

I don't care what other people say of this book. Those affirmig it's fake, they hadn't ever read it. Or have some special reasons to do so. "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see..." This book won't make you feel comfortable. It'll make you feel free. It'll make you feel you're "not the only one" to feel you'd been lied to for centuries.

Suprise! Suprise!.......2007-03-22

Here is a serie of books which turns "the whole world" upside down. I learned a lot of it and I hope that a new book from A.T. Fomenko will follow very quick. A absolute must for everybody who is interested in history or even a little bit from it.

Prescient St Augustine?.......2006-02-05

We can so far divide the New Chronology into the following three parts:

a) The verifiable theory that proves consensual chronology wrong with the aid of astronomy, statistics and mathematics;

b) The new chronology hypothesis based on a new understanding of known historical facts and the most likely logical explanation of the most obvious inconsistencies inherent in the official version of history;

c) The history conjectures, that is experimental historical reconstructions based on assumptions that the authors believe to make sense in the light of their research and linguistic parallels - void of ironclad factual support to date.

Fomenko's theory complies with the most rigid scientific standards as a whole:

It gives a coherent explanation of what we already know.

- It is consistent: independent lines of inquiry all lead to the same conclusion.

- The predictions it makes are confirmed empirically.

Fomenko goes by the following axioms:

- Chronology is the basis of history;

- Human evolution has always been linear, gradual and irreversible;

- The "cyclic" nature of human civilization is a myth, likewise all the gaps, duplicates, "dark ages" and "renaissances" that we know from consensual history;

- The accumulation of geographical knowledge as reflected in cartography is a gradual and irreversible process;

- The chronological distance between a given manuscript and the events described therein is proportional to the amount of distortions it contains;

- There is no "useless" information in authentic ancient sources.

Why the mainstream historians do not shower mathematician Academician Dr.Prof Fomenko with thanks and laurels?

The Russians:

Because Fomenko asserts that there was no such thing as the Tartar and Mongol invasion followed by three centuries of slavery, providing a formidable body of documental evidence to prove his assertion. The so-called "Tartars and Mongols" were the actual ancestors of the modern Russians, living in a bilingual state with Arabic spoken as freely as Russian. The ancient Russian state was governed by a double structure of civil and military authorities. The hordes were actually professional armies with a tradition of lifelong conscription (the recruitment being the so-called "blood tax"). Their "invasions" were punitive operations against the regions that attempted tax evasion. Fomenko proves that Russian history as we know it today is a blatant forgery concocted by a host of German scientists brought to Russia by the usurper dynasty of the Romanovs, whose ascension to the throne was the result of coup d'état, charged with the mission of making their reign look legitimate. Fomenko proves Ivan the Terrible to be a collation of four rulers, no less. They represented the two rival dynasties - the legitimate rulers and the ambitious upstarts. The winner took it all! Over some 30 years of controversy, Russian historians have made a most remarkable transition - they were initially accusing the young mathematician Fomenko of anticommunist dissident activity and attempts to deface the historical legacy of Soviet Russia; nowadays the middle-aged mathematician is accused of adhering to "pro-communist Russian nationalism" and defacing the proud historical legacy of Great Russia.

The Westerners:

Because Fomenko blows consensual Russian history to smithereens, successfully removing a crucial cornerstone from underneath the otherwise impeccable edifice of World History. Fomenko adds insult to injury, wiping out one by one the Ancient Rome (the foundation of Rome in Italy is dated to the XIV century A. D.), the Ancient Greece and its numerous poleis, which he identifies as the mediaeval crusader settlements on the territory of Greece, and the Ancient Egypt (the pyramids of Giza become dated to the XI-XV century A. D. and identified as the royal cemetery of the Global "Mongolian" Empire, no less). The civilization of the Ancient Egypt is irrefutably dated to the XII-XV century A. D. with the aid of the ancient Egyptian horoscopes cut in stone. He was the first one to decipher and date all such horoscopes, coming up with mediaeval dates in every case. English historians rage at the suggestion that the history of Ancient England was de facto a Byzantine import transplanted to the English soil by the fugitive Byzantine nobility. To reward the English historians who consider themselves the true scribes of World History, the cover of the present book portrays Tintoretto's Jesus Christ crucified on the Big Ben.

The Chinese:

Because Fomenko wipes out the Ancient History of China outright. No such thing. Full point. The compilation of the so-called Ancient Chinese History is reliably datable to the XVII-XVIII century only. It is perfectly recognizable as the Ancient European history, reworked and transcribed in hieroglyphs as yet another historical transplantation, this time performed on the Chinese soil by the loving Jesuit hands. The Chinese are the next in line to go berserk. Chinese history is inevitably bound to get both more ancient and more eventful, proportionally to the growing involvement of China in the world affairs. Chinese historians will keep on finding valid proof of prehistoric Chinese spaceflights until the Politburo orders them to shut up.

The Arabs:

Too bad. Islam with all its key figures is datable to XV-XVI century A. D. Arabic historians may find consolation in the crucial historical role of the Ottoman Empire in the XVI-XVII century. The trouble is that this empire was initially a Christian state, with Hagia Sophia identifiable as Temple of Solomon, according to Fomenko! We can only guess if the acquisition of Alexander the Great (a Macedonian and a Christian) as the founder of the Muslim World Empire will make Fomenko's theories more acceptable to the Arabic mainstream. He certainly does not spare any holy cows at all, claiming The Stone of Qa'Aba in Mecca to contain the lost Arch of the Covenant.

The Divinity:

Despite of reiterated statement that his theory is all about chronology and not Religion, Fomenko stirs up a whole condominium of wasp nests. His collection of anathemas, fatwa, and other condemnations from all parties concerned is already considerable. Little wonder, considering that the history of religions à la Fomenko looks as follows: the pre-Christian period (before the XI century and JC), Bacchic Christianity (XI-XII century, before and after JC), JC Christianity (XII-XVI century) and its subsequent mutations into Orthodox Christianity, the Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and so on.

According to Fomenko we know strictly NOTHING about the events that predate the X century A. D.

St Augustin was prescient when he spoke unto us: "be wary of mathematicians, particularly when they speak the truth."

Something of a disappointment.......2005-09-09

After having read the first volume of this expected series of 7 volumes I was triggered by the thesis of these authors that ancient Greek and Roman history did in fact take place in the Middle Ages. So I started studying medieval history of the Middle East - also known as Islamic history - to find out if the opponents of the ancient Greeks and Romans - the Acheamenid Persians, Sassanids, Scythians, Egyptians, etc. - also have their duplicates in medieval history. My search was disappointing: none of the many medieval Islamic dynasties seemed to correspond to the ancient middle eastern rulers.

However, I did find a close correspondence between Herodotus' Persian kings and medieval events:

- the defeat and capture of an Anatolian king - the Lydian Croesus - by the Persian conqueror Cyrus is identical to the defeat and capture of another Anatolian king - sultan Bayezid - by the Asian/Mongol conqueror Tamerlane;
- the Persian conquest of Egypt by the cruel tyrant Cambyses reds almost exactly as the Ottoman conquest of Egypt by Selim the Grim (note the nickname!);
- Darius the Lawgiver of the Persian Empire looks very much alike to Sulayman the Magnificent, the Lawgiver in Islamic history;
- Xerxes, whose main claim to fame is to be defeated by the Greeks at the naval battle of Salamis, looks like Selim II (the Sot) whose main claim to fame is to be defeated by a Spanish-Italian alliance at the naval battle of Lepanto.

I should have expected Fomenko et al. to arrive at similar conclusions, however, they claim that the Persian kings are the alter egos of the Angevin kings of Sicily whose biographies do not contain the exploits of the Persian kings.

The similiarities I indicate lead to the conclusion that Herodotus must have written his Histories at the close of the 16th century. But this is extremely late, given that Herodotus is "the Father of History", so therefore all other "ancient" histories must have been fabricated even later. Yet, the founders of modern chronology - Scaliger and Petavius - laid their foundations also at the close of the 16th century and had the full corpus of ancient histories already at their disposal.

It seems to me that Fomenko has to address these inconsistencies, maybe in the forthcoming 5 volumes?

Another critique of their book is that the correspondencies between different rulers are often based on a superficial comparison of the biographies; upon a more thorough comparison many details appear that do not correspond at all.

Finally, the authors rely heavily on the works of Gregorovius (1821-1891!!) - his medieval histories of Rome and Athens - as the source of medieval history; these works are - at least in the West - hoplessly outdated and have been superceded by more up-to-date works (for instance, Julius Norwich's trilogy on Byzantine history is not even cited).

Romulus courts Helen, Paris founds Rome, Moses goes to Troy.........2005-07-30

If you agree with Fomenko that Roman chronology is basically the foundation of the entire edifice of global chronology; you would also certainly agree that despite its numerous gaps and inconsistencies, Roman history is the best-documented field of ancient history, and thus a reference scale. But how well is the actual date of the Eternal City's foundation known?

Firstly, Rome is supposed to have been founded by the Trojans who had to flee after the fall of Troy. Some claim Rome to have been founded by Aeneas and Ulysses shortly after Troy had fallen; others are of the opinion that there was an entire dynasty that ruled for 500 years between the fall of Troy and the foundation of Rome.

Well, that's just an innocent 500 years long misunderstanding compared with what heretic Fomenko says, asserts, proves in his second volume: Second Roman Empire, Third Roman Empire, Biblical Kingdom of Israel, Biblical Kingdom of Judah, Holy Roman Empire are stories about basically same events, written from different points of view at different times. The underlying events have actually taken place during xii-xv cy. These histories have been written and perfected by multitude of highly talented humanist and clerical writers of xiii-xvi cy disguised as "ancients" with glorious names like Homer, Pluto, Thucydides etc..Chronology 2.0 beta..

Historians are kindly invited to report the bugs.

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City Of The Lost (Bionicle Legends)
Greg Farshtey
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The Toa enter an underwater world in which six new villains hold sway. Can the Toa navigate their way past the rocky shoals of this environment and complete their mission? Or are they doomed to a watery grave?

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good book.......2007-05-14

City of the Lost had a good plot. The story moved a little too slowly, though. I liked the open ending of this book. It makes me want to look for the next book!

great book.......2007-05-02

this book is about the mask of life fell in the sea.The book is great but a little action but the story is ok . THE bad guys are the Barraki 7 war lords of great power. THe barraki figth or the mask .

City of Heroes Binder (Prima Official Game Guide)

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City of Heroes Binder (Prima Official Game Guide)
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ASIN: 0761552057
Release Date: 2005-11-01

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Exclusive City of Heroes Artwork

• Complete maps for all Zones featuring massive amounts of exclusive info
• Strategy for building the ideal Archetypes
• Complete power lists with full stats
• Strategy covering the all-new Base building elements
• Appendices containing Badge locations, Task Force info, and more

Includes a Complete Binder System:
• Customizable — Color-coded sections for custom organization
• Simple — Individual 3-hole-punched pages of clearly organized information make this binder a snap to use
• Organized — Keep all of your City of Heroes information in one place for easy reference

Always Current:
• When major updates or new Issues are released, Prima will release new, punched Update Packs for your binder
• Update Packs will include new material as well as updates to older information that may have changed
• The update packs will contain both City of Villains and City of Heroes information for one low price

Customer Reviews:

not worth it.......2007-09-20

The book has a lot of information but is so out of date its not funny! it only go to issue 6, and there are no update packets to go with the binder, Prima stopped updating their binders and now want you to download the updates free but you have to print them on your own, which I have read can cost as much a 200$ so I review this binder as NOT WORTH IT

Helpful!.......2006-09-02

This binder is full of info the is very handy in getting more from City of Heroes. A little pricy but the organization is can bring you is worth it!

Prima backed out of promise.......2006-08-28

Prima made the promise of being able to update the binder with packets to be sold in stores. Well they have decided to back out and allow customers to do the printing themselves. It will now cost almost $200 for a simple update if you want it printed in color.

Save your money and don't bother...see why..........2006-08-08

"When major updates or new Issues are released, Prima will release new, punched Update Packs for your binder." Or so says the product description above...not going to happen.

Prima has made it clear that they will NOT be printing the updates for purchase - they will only be available for download (at no cost) from their site. Which is all fine and dandy, but to print that "free" download on your own and at your own expense in full color would be so cost prohibitive that it makes the whole binder system obsolete. (In fact, one person on the City of Heroes forums burned the file to CD and took it to their local major copy shop, who promptly quoted them a price over $200.00 to print in color.)

So, it was a great dream while it lasted...and the cries of woe from disgruntled customers have fallen on Prima's deaf ears...

Generally agree with other reviewers.......2006-06-03

I did not initially purchase this guide, based largely upon the reviews I read on this site and others.

That said, I thought that the Prima "eGuide", at only $19.95, might be worth the money, since I have the capacity to print large-volume print jobs at no cost through various means. So, I went ahead and paid for the eGuide... what a mistake.

The errors that occur in the printed version are bad enough, including innumerable typos, grammatical errors, factual errors (there are no Cone enhancements any more, and haven't been for some time, yet they're listed in the Enhancements section of this guide), and graphical layout problems consistent with the skill of a publishing intern's first task.

The eGuide is worse. The program written for using this (an inhouse application designed, presumably, by Prima) has an unbelievable memory leak, causing it to utilize every last bit of your computer's memory, thereby making the application (and everything else) run abysmally slow. I was able to print pages (finally), but only ten at a time (anything more and the eGuide crashed). Even the printed pages were worthless, as there were so many graphical inconsistencies (background boxes overlaying all the text around them, graphics not displayed at all, etc) that it made actually reading the guide virtually impossible.

I demanded a refund, and received the offer to ship me the complete print guide at no additional charge. I jumped at the chance, given the quality of the eGuide.

Let me tell you, everything these reviewers have said is accurate. 1 page on Group tactics; 3 on Supergroup base design, raids, and tactics - but no listing of salvage items or recipes, no sample layouts, or descriptions of best layout plans; again, more graphical / layout problems then you could shake a stick at; typos and grammatical errors and... and... well, you get the idea.

There are a few good ideas, such as the customizable section layout (page #'s within each section would've been a better idea) but they're just not followed through. This binder is a halfway decent early start... but not worth the hefty price tag.

And the binder it comes with? I could have made a better binder out of the leftover bits from Christmas gifts - the cardboard would have been sturdier, that's for sure. It has the quality of a Chinese knock-off of a Taiwanese knockoff - it's THAT bad.

In short, don't pay $40 for this. Go online, and find the information you need. There are plenty of sites. Or see if you can find a copy for $5 at Half-Price Books... that's the most I'd pay for it.

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A lesson in tolerance
A Child Fights Racism
When I was a child...
Maniac Magee... READ IT!!!
Maniac Magee

Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Book)
Jerry Spinelli
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0316807222

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Maniac Magee is a folk story about a boy, a very excitable boy. One that can outrun dogs, hit a home run off the best pitcher in the neighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo. "Kid's gotta be a maniac," is what the folks in Two Mills say. It's also the story of how this boy, Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a home where there is none and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions on the tough side of town. Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff of storytelling. "The history of a kid," says Jerry Spinelli, "is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball." And for this kid, four parts of fun. Maniac Magee won the 1991 Newbery Medal.

Book Description

Customer Reviews:

A lesson in tolerance.......2007-07-08

During my years as an elementary and high school librarian, I read all of the Newbery Award winners from 1922 on. Jerry Spinelli's "Maniac," the 1991 winner, is one of my favorites both for its humor and its very effective message about learning and living tolerance for those who are different from us. Vona Van Cleef, bookwoman

A Child Fights Racism.......2007-06-14

Jeffrey Magee's parents wre killed in a train accident when he was just a child, so he was sent to live with his aunt and uncle, who hated each other. He couldn't stand the tension between them, so he ran away. And boy could Jeffrey run. After a year of running, he ends up in a town he really likes. His first day there, he meets a black girl who reluctantly lends him a book from her vast collection. He amazes people all day in both the white and black sections of town, and he decides to stay. He spends his nights in one of the animal pens of the zoo, where he can eat some of their food and have their companionship. Soon he is famous in town and is given the name Maniac.

Maniac spends his time in town befriending a wide variety of people, and trying to confront and stop the racism he observes all around him.

This book is a nice story of innocence . Jeffrey is always trying to do the right thing, and the people in town take him in very openly. However, it seems that someone in this story should have tried to find Jeffrey's guardians and should have made him go to school instead of just letting him wander. I didn't like that the book didn't really have any conclusion; it was just a series of events.

When I was a child..........2007-06-13

I read this book at 10, and it's been with me ever since. The themes on racism and courage still resonate when I stumble upon similar experiences. It is deeply moving--so what if some questions are never answered! (A fact I honestly don't recall...) It's in my children's library.

Maniac Magee... READ IT!!!.......2007-05-11

Jeffrey Magee is an orphan who is about 12 years old. He is funny, kind, and very daring. He lives in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, which has an east end for blacks and a west end for whites. Bridgeport is a very urban city with many people in it. The story takes place in the 1960's.

The plot begins when Jeffery is introduced as the main character. The central problem in the book is that Jeffery is an orphan and he cannot find a home. Throughout the story, Jeffery meets many people. Some of these people take him in to live with their families. But in the end, he always finds himself without a home.

The author, Jerry Spinelli, gives outstanding descriptions of his characters, which I think makes him a great writer. In this book, Jerry wants the reader to know how important it is to keep trying, even during times of great difficulty. If a person does not give up, something good will happen.

Maniac Magee.......2007-05-07

Maniac Magee

Maniac Magee was not the book for me. It wasn't my favorite because in some parts of the story it wasn't exciting. My favorite part was the beginning because it talked about all the theories that people had about Maniac Magee that weren't really true. In the end the author didn't answer all of my questions, like at the end I wanted to know if every one would be nice to each other, but even though it wasn't my favorite book I think Jerry Spinelli did a great job on it. I would recommend this book to anyone

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Good human stories
Not Busiek's best, but not bad
Tales From A Different View
Not my favorite AC, but still very good.

Astro City: Local Heroes (Astro City)
Kurt Busiek
Manufacturer: Wildstorm
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1401202845

Customer Reviews:

Good human stories.......2007-08-24

"Astro City: Local Heroes" collects 9 stories that have only one character in common: the city itself. Astro City is home to many superheroes - and supervillains - and as such isn't like any other place, but most of the people that call it home are "normal" people that wouldn't be out of place anywhere else. Yet the presence of these extraordinarily powerful people plays an important role in the lives of the everyday people that also choose to make Astro City home, and each of the tales in "Local Heroes" focuses on these people, using the Super heroes and villains as background characters (although not unimportant ones) to tell the tales of ordinary folks living in a world where the extraordinary isn't uncommon. The main characters of the tales include a hotel valet, a comic book writer, a stuntman/actor, a trial lawyer, a young boy, and an elderly retired super hero.
The ability to tell good human stories is something of a trademark of Kurt Busiek, and this one is on par with Marvels and Secret Identity two previous excellent works of his. It is a type of writing that I wish was more common in comic books. Highly recommended (and not just to superhero comicbook fans), 4.5/5 stars.

Not Busiek's best, but not bad.......2006-01-31

This collection of nine mostly separate stories is considerably above the average, much better in my opinion than the earlier Astro City stuff I've read. "Knock Wood" and "Justice Systems" is the only two-parter, about a criminal defense lawyer who finds a new way to defend his obviously guilty mob client and finds himself in a bad place for doing his job; it's easily the best story here, with the attorney's musings (in 1974) about losing faith in society and the government, and in the legal system generally. "After the Fire" is a short one without even any superheroes in it, about real heroism; it's actually a very affecting short story with pictures. "Shiny Armor," which won an award, is about a superhero trying to learn to become human, and it's pretty good, too. The other stories aren't up to that level, but none of them are badly done.

Tales From A Different View.......2005-11-30

Astro City has been a favorite of mine ever since I first stumbled upon it. Bringing to mind Hero Alliance with its non-standard approach to superhero comics, Astro City is about the people and the people behind the mask and not about the fights and defeating the supervillains. This collections contains stories of different sorts of heroes than what are usually found in a comic.

We start with Astro City as seem through the eyes of a doorman at one of its finer hotels. Next we see the city through the eyes of a local comic book company and includes some industry cameos. Next a soap opera star playing a super hero gets caught up in reality. Then we see a love story from the view of the mortal woman who loved and lost. Next an Astro City resident learns about heroes in the heartland. Then a two-issue story examines the legal system as it meet the hero world. Then a retired hero is called back into service. Finally a short story honoring firemen and 9/11 ends the collection.

A wonderful collection that shows not all superhero comics are cast from the same mold. Some aren't cast at all but finely crafted as unique works of art. If you are unfamiliar with Astro City, this volume would make an fine introduction to the series. Existing fans will still find it fresh and original. Check it out.

Not my favorite AC, but still very good........2005-11-28

This volume in the Astro City series (vol. 5?) was a little different than the previous volumes. While the Astro City series has always tried to portray its heroes and people in a realistic light, this book seemed to focus more on the people and what it's like to live in the world of Astro City. The heroes are still there, but they are in the background. The stories follow the regular people and how they live their lives. This happened once before in one of the previous volumes. The story focused on a newspaper editor and his first story about the Shirrak shark worshippers. But here, all but one is about everyday people. Newcomers is about hotel doorman, Pete Donacek. Where the Action Is is about comic book writer Sally Twinings. Great Expectations is about stuntman turned actor, Mitch Goodman. Shining Armor is about political aide, Irene Meriwether. Pastoral is about city girl Camilla spending the summer at her Uncle's farm. Knock Wood is about attorney Vince Oleck. Justice Systems is also about Vince Oleck and continues from where the previous story ended. Old Times is about retired superhero Dale Enright, aka Supersonic. Since the Fire is about former firefighter Arnie Prentice. Don't get me wrong. Every Astro City book is well worth the price. And while I appreciate the intent behind focusing on the real people, I do still like reading about the super heroes rather than the local heroes.

A Lucky Luke adventure - Dalton City (A Lucky Luke Adventure)

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great comics
Humorous comic book for children & adults
Lucky Luke outsmarts Daltons in Dalton City!
Usual Goscinny fun

A Lucky Luke adventure - Dalton City (A Lucky Luke Adventure)
Goscinny
Manufacturer: Cinebook, LTD
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1905460139

Book Description

In this new volume, Lucky Luke has to clean out a whole city: Fenton Town, so named because it has been taken over by Dean Fenton, a desperado of the worst sort... Fenton Town has become the most depraved city in all of Texas. Lucky Luke makes a short visit to town--just the time needed to put Fenton in prison and chase out the remaining rabble.

Customer Reviews:

great comics.......2007-09-27

lucky luke has got to be one of the best comics in the world. asterix and tintin are good but ive read them tons of times since I was a kid. Lucky Luke is just fantastic. Every one of the comics is really nice, quite funny, somewhat historical. The horse is too cute, the way he talks and his antics.

Its a pity there are less than 10 of these in print in english. The publisher is slowly releasing 3-4 each year now and I hope to collect all of them.

If you liked Asterix, dont hesitate, buy all of the Lucky Luke's they are just fabulous. Dont have to bother about which title, they are all good.

Humorous comic book for children & adults.......2007-09-06

This is another installment in the hugely popular Lucky Luke series. These English-language editions by 9th Cinebook got my 12-year-old hooked into the Lucky Luke series. The books tend to present a historical situation or event (the discovery of oil, the range wars between ranchers and farmers, etc.) in a humorous, yet educational, light. A fun aspect of the Lucky Luke books is Luke's fictional interactions with real-life personalities from the Old West: Billy the Kid, The Dalton Gang, Jesse James, Calamity Jane and others.Yakari and Great Eagle (Yakari S.)Yakari and the Beavers (Yakari)

Lucky Luke outsmarts Daltons in Dalton City!.......2004-03-24

Goscinny, yet again, tells a nice humorous story about the "poor lonesome cowboy" who is really a long way from home in this adventure as he is held prisoner by the deadly Dalton brothers. But our hero has his own schemes to outsmart the Daltons and get rid of a bunch of other no-good-doers at the same time. Joly Jumper is very funny as always. A nice wonderful story.

Usual Goscinny fun.......2000-08-30

Another good book for a Goscinny fan.

City of Heroes (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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A complete waste of resources
Great guide!
Well, it could have been better...
Helps Wonders
Game guide for City of Heros

City of Heroes (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
Inc. IMGS
Manufacturer: Prima Games
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0761545166
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Book Description

A Heroic Compendium
·Complete villain stats
·Zone maps with villian locations
·Locations for all Shops and Trainers
·Complete stats for Powers, Enhancements and Inspirations
·Character development strategies
·Winning tactics for missions and teams

Customer Reviews:

A complete waste of resources.......2006-02-25

Sadly, this book was outdated and inapplicable the day it hit the stands. Repeated changes to the City of Heroes interface, infrastructure and gameplay have moved the game so far away from this book it often seems to be discussing an entirely different game. In many ways, it is.

If you're looking for a quick start guide, strategy guide, or even just a collection of helpful hints, this is NOT the book you want.

Great guide!.......2005-10-03

Very helpful guide. Much of CoH is not easy to understand and this guide really helps.

Well, it could have been better..........2005-09-20

The strategy guide is outdated, and should be revised for the current issue of city of heroes, the book still refers to the villains "council" as Fifth Column, and there are other things that are clearly outdated, it would be nice if Prima would take the time to give us a quality product, all in all, I would say, if there is a marketplace seller with a cheap price on this, go for it, it's been useful, but don't pay full price for an outdated strategy guide.

Helps Wonders.......2005-08-30

I use my book all the time. To help myself and to help other players. It is a little outdated in that it doesn't have the badges n it, but being that I have 2 computers, it is no biggie to pull the site up on one and the game on the other. Hubby and I both love it...though I use it more. : ))

Game guide for City of Heros.......2005-08-27

Not the most up to date information but still helpfull for a beginner with no manuel.

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