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History of the Universe timeline
Science, Maths & Technology

History of the Universe timeline

Download a free timeline depicting the history of the universe...Find out more about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses and qualifications [History of the Universe ] Click here to download a .pdf the timeline depicted above.
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Activity 5 mins
High Street History
History & The Arts

High Street History

Learn the secrets of the past, revealed by clues on the high streets of today...For a non-interactive version, you can explore with our High Street History: Just the facts.
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Activity 10 mins
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...history' comes from). Explore how Herodotus puts together his enquiry and learn how he makes the problem of finding out what happened to ours too...With the information explosion online, how can you tell fake news from the real thing, or be more sensitive to how information can be weaponised? In the fifth century BCE, a Greek by the name of Herodotus faced a similar...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Opening up history
History & The Arts

Opening up history

Delve into our Opening up history series: a collection of interviews with historians from The Open University. Read about their research ranging from the political culture in 18th century Ireland to anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War...Find out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications.
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Article 5 mins
A brief history of the lens
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of the lens

...history of the lens, how technology has impacted on what the human eye can see, and extended the possibilities of what humans could explore? ...Technology and art have always been connected, from the first tools and pigments used to make prehistoric cave art, to the present-day questions that artists ask of our relationship to the world around us. Technology has had a...
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Article 5 mins
A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...history and developments in science and technology. It shows something of the parallel development of human communication and of science and its technological applications, set in the context of Earth history as a whole. The years before present (BP) shown in this table are, of course, approximate, in that they merely imply 'about that long ago'. As far as the older times...
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Article 5 mins
Herodotus 'The Histories': a timeline
History & The Arts

Herodotus 'The Histories': a timeline

...Histories’. Herodotus counts by generations, for example the kings of the Mermnads dynasty, ruling from c.680 - 547 BC in Lydia, form the background for Book 1: Gyges, Ardys, Sadyattes II, Alyattes and finally, his son Croesus who we look at in some detail. It has been argued that generational calculation was a standard way for early historians to come up with dates,...
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Activity 5 mins