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.

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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.

Authority and Welfare in China: Modern Debates in Historical Perspective (Studies on the Chinese Economy)

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A must read for China specialists and non-specialists!
A clear, powerful and persuasive intellectual history.
A thought-provoking and persuasive book!
A new view of China's political and economic development

Authority and Welfare in China: Modern Debates in Historical Perspective (Studies on the Chinese Economy)
Michael Twohey
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This book describes the relationship between political authoritarianism and people's welfare in modern China. Based on a study of Chinese political discourse from the 1898 reform period to the present, the book demonstrates that support for authoritarian rule in modern China is best understood when compared to ancient political traditions of authority and welfare that were established in China's late Zhou dynasty by the Confucian philosopher Xunzi (298-238 BC).

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A must read for China specialists and non-specialists!.......1999-03-07

Michael Twohey has written a book that is vast in scope, innovative in theme and clear in execution. Who would have thought Confucius irrelevant to Chinese political traditions? Who would have thought Deng Xiaoping a follower of ancient philosophical virtues? These and other revelations come to the fore as Twohey challenges one orthodoxy after another, supports his arguments with over six years of extensive research and re-positions contemporary Chinese authoritarianism on Xunzi's classical notion of welfare. The result is a must read for China specialists and non-specialists alike.

Dr. Sepideh Gharai Thornhill, Ontario Canada

A clear, powerful and persuasive intellectual history........1999-02-17

Michael Twohey sets aside the long-standing disposition to see political arguments in China in the past hundred years from a liberal or Marxist point of view, argues that to call them "Confucian" is too simple, and demonstrates their strikingly pragmatic continuity from Kang through Sun Yat-sen and the early Mao and Deng to the present. The result is a clear, powerful and persuasive intellectual history, of the first importance for understanding China in the twentieth century and its likely progress into the twenty-first.

Geoffrey Hawthorn University of Cambridge

A thought-provoking and persuasive book!.......1999-02-17

In this thought-provoking study, Michael Twohey persuasively argues that the Confucian conception of the relationship between authority and welfare, informed by Xunzi's political thought, is a pertinent frame of reference for understanding contemporary Chinese statecraft. He has demonstrated that familiarity with Xunzi's ideas of group, natural inequality and great harmony can significantly enhance our appreciation of the rhetoric and ritual of exercising power in the People's Republic of China. His analysis of the debates on New Authoritarianism offers a fresh perspective on democracy and socialism in China.

Tu Weiming Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy, Harvard University and Director, the Harvard-Yenching Institute

A new view of China's political and economic development.......1999-02-03

Twohey's book re-thinks the usual Confucian-centered view of the development of Chinese political and economic thought. Focussing instead on the influence of Xunzi, Twohey convincingly demonstrates that China's leadership has, for centuries (and particualarly at the present time), relied extensively on the practical thought of Xunzi to provide sound economic and social moorings for the development of China. His views on New Authoritarianism help one better understand the philosophy and thought processes behind the decisions of China's modern leadership. I found the book to be readable, thorough, and well-researched. I strongly reccomend this book to academics, business people, or anyone else interested in China

China's Accession to the World Trade Organization: European and Chinese Perspectives

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China's Accession to the World Trade Organization: European and Chinese Perspectives

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ASIN: 0700716610

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China was accepted to the World Trade Organization recently, an issue which was fraught with debate in the international community. This book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy makers and business representatives on the consequences of this historic event.

Chinese History in Economic Perspective (Studies on China, No 13)

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Chinese History in Economic Perspective (Studies on China, No 13)

Manufacturer: University of California Press
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ASIN: 0520070682

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The essays assembled here represent a turning point in the study of Chinese economic history. Previous work has emphasized the institutional and social bases of economic change. These studies break new ground, bringing Western economic theory to the study of China's economy since the seventeenth century.

Shanghai in Transition: Changing Perspectives and Social Contours of a Chinese Metropolis

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Shanghai in Transition: Changing Perspectives and Social Contours of a Chinese Metropolis
Jos Gamble
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ASIN: 0700715711

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China's largest metropolis, Shanghai, has undergone a decade of far-reaching economic and social transformation. This book presents an evocative and richly nuanced series of ethnographic perspectives of the city's shifting sociological landscape in this period of transition. It is based upon research conducted over the past 10 years. The topics explored range from the perceived consequences of Shanghai's more porous boundaries to intra-national and global flows of people, capital and cultural items, to notions of 'Shanghaiese' identity, the impact of mass consumerism and the work of share dealers in Shanghai's recently recreated stock exchange. The book builds upwards from street level perspectives and stresses ways in which the lives of Shanghai citizens are implicated with wider historical, political and economic phenomena.

The Chinese Cultural Revolution in historical perspective.: An article from: Journal of Contemporary Asia

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The Chinese Cultural Revolution in historical perspective.: An article from: Journal of Contemporary Asia
James Petras
Manufacturer: Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Contemporary Asia, published by Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers on October 1, 1997. The length of the article is 7342 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A Cultural Revolution happened in China in the mid-1960's, which was led by the capital roaders who demanded a major change in the social system where they wanted an organizational structure and a value system that will allow privatization of properties and the undermining of the collective power of the working class. This revolution was later defeated with the entry of a capitalist Dengist society. In the 1990s, a socialist revolution is again brewing in China as they want to reconstruct communism in the country.

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Title: The Chinese Cultural Revolution in historical perspective.
Author: James Petras
Publication: Journal of Contemporary Asia (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1997
Publisher: Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers
Volume: v27 Issue: n4 Page: p445(15)

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Motherland and Chinese diaspora.(1H Paper): An article from: Chinese America: History and Perspectives

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Motherland and Chinese diaspora.(1H Paper): An article from: Chinese America: History and Perspectives
Da Zheng
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from Chinese America: History and Perspectives, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 5906 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Motherland and Chinese diaspora.(1H Paper)
Author: Da Zheng
Publication: Chinese America: History and Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: 207(6)

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Struggle for identity in the most Southern place on Earth: The Chinese in the Mississippi Delta.: An article from: Chinese America: History and Perspectives

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Struggle for identity in the most Southern place on Earth: The Chinese in the Mississippi Delta.: An article from: Chinese America: History and Perspectives
John Thornell
Manufacturer: Chinese Historical Society
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This digital document is an article from Chinese America: History and Perspectives, published by Chinese Historical Society on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 7502 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Struggle for identity in the most Southern place on Earth: The Chinese in the Mississippi Delta.
Author: John Thornell
Publication: Chinese America: History and Perspectives (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Chinese Historical Society
Page: 63(9)

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Vancouver Chinatown 1960-1980: A community perspective (New scholars--new visions in Canadian studies)

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Vancouver Chinatown 1960-1980: A community perspective (New scholars--new visions in Canadian studies)
Hayne Yip Wai
Manufacturer: Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Sixth Annual Aberdeen Report Examines Market Size, Segmentation, and Expenditures

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An easy-to-understand guide for teaching teens and their parents how to invest in the stock market, TeenVestor is the first hands-on and web-interactive investment book of its kind. By using this book, along with the teenvestor.com website, teens will learn how to make money multiply by steadily investing over time. Everything they need to get started is right here.

* Invest in stocks, mutual funds, IRAs, and college savings plan
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* Become a better investor by including parents in the process
* Develop valuable investing and saving habits

"Good information in an accessible, and unlike many books aimed toward the younger market, unpatronizing manner." (FinancialFinesse.com)

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TeenVestor.......2005-05-06

The book "TeenVestor" is a very good book for teenagers that are ready to find out what opportunities they have in order to make money or a living. The book is not only for teens it is also for adults. The book gives instructions from how to get money to how to invest that money.
The book takes the reader step by step through the process and gives tips how to improve the investments. It warns what might happen if someone does certain things that are illegal or just not allowed. It gives examples from actual events that happened in the past. The consequences that somebody would face, if does not obey the law. It has all the important answers to the questions that people ask all the time. For example: "Where to invest the money?". "When to invest?", and the most important one "How much to invest?". Readers can find the answers to these questions in this book. The answers are correct and accurate because the writers Emmanuel Modu and Andrea Walker did the research for a long time before they wrote the book. They know how the system works because one of them is a vice President at Citibank and other one is an attorney in New Jersey. That means that this book is reliable resource to find out the answers and get some tips in how to become successful. The book is also teaching a life lesson by giving a lot of tips to the reader and by warning the reader in some cases.

Pass the Money Please!.......2003-05-30

This book was extremely helpful to me considering I had never been taught how to make a budget for myself. Plus I also learned a lot about what types of stocks I should invest in and when I should do it. I would recommend this to anyone who is up to learn a little more about investing.

Teenvestor.Com: The Practical Investment Guide for Teens and Their Parents

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Teenvestor.com is out-of-date

Teenvestor.Com: The Practical Investment Guide for Teens and Their Parents
Emmanuel Modu , and Andrea Walker
Manufacturer: Gateway Publishers
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A practical guide for teaching teens the principles of investing including how to invest in stocks, mutual funds, and other financial instruments. Parents are also instructed on how to help their children join the 51 million stockholders in the United States and to own assets that will make their money grow. The book promotes the idea that kids are intellectually capable of understanding investment basics. It does so by using one of the most effective tools for learning yet at our disposal-the Internet-to point them to sites that will help them learn all they need to know about investing. Finally, here is a "youth friendly" approach that makes understanding investing easy.

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Teenvestor.com is out-of-date.......2007-09-24

It is unfortunate that I find this book while trying to get my daughter interested in how money really works and an understanding what investing is. I say unfortunate because I went to http://www.teenvestor.com and became very disappointed. The first thing I noticed on the home page is some sort of stock index. One that seems to be an index of teenvestor.com stocks. Sounds reasonable. The problem is the quote is from mid 2006 - almost 1 1/2 years old!!! Clicking on it still showed the same 2006 figures. Further investigation shows the copyright date of the website to be 2003!

This is very disappointing. I cannot stress enough how schools totally ignore financial matters when it comes to educating our children. No wonder our children graduate college only to be immediately drowned in debt.

I very much would have enjoyed purchasing a book like this if the relevant website was up-to-date. Being up-to-date would tell me they are serious about the book and want our children to succeed.

This does not appear to be the case.

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