How do you cover the events of a thousand years? Of course you can't tell all
of the stories -- you have to decide what to cover.
We all know that in 1492 "Columbus sailed the ocean blue," but then what
ELSE do you cover? What do you say about 1939? about 1066?? Or what if
your "time machine" was like an old beaten up car..it didn't always wind up in
exactly the right years?
This web-site is an attempt to cover the more major events of the last
millenium -- and cover it in a way that, hopefully, is interesting to everyone. It's kind
of a "sideways" look at world history. It takes the form of essays, dialogues, "news"
stories, book reviews, gossip columns, obituaries, and even a letter to the editor.
To make sure all the "millenial biggies" were covered, included is even a timeline
on each century.
It's not the Encyclopedia Brittanica, but it's a start.
One thing that is of interest is that every year thought it was the most advanced and
technologically perfect year of all...just as do we today. Now sit back and enjoy this trek
back through the last 1000 years!
