Captivating History > Quotes

“It didn’t take long for the Assyrians to completely stamp out the Hittite culture.”
― Captivating History, Ancient Turkey: A Captivating Guide to Göbekli Tepe and the Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia and Eastern Thrace

“for thousands of years, few people knew that the Hittites and Mitanni had ever existed.”
― Captivating History, Ancient Turkey: A Captivating Guide to Göbekli Tepe and the Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia and Eastern Thrace

“Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg was the second foreigner to be given honorary American citizenship. The first was Winston Churchill. The reason for this honor? Wallenberg helped to rescue many Jews from the horrors of concentration camps. The exact number of Hungarian Jews rescued directly by Wallenberg or as a result of his efforts is unknown. Low estimates are in the few thousands, but they go as high as 100,000. Either way, Wallenberg was responsible for the rescue of thousands of people when the Holocaust began in full in Hungary in 1944. Wallenberg was born into a life of privilege. His family had been at or near the center of Swedish politics and business since the mid-1800s. Today, the Wallenberg family owns significant parts of or controls many famous Swedish companies, including telecommunications”
― Captivating History, History of Sweden: A Captivating Guide to Swedish History, Starting from Ancient Times through the Viking Age and Swedish Empire to the Present

“One of the most popular and widely celebrated Anatolian mythological figures is Shahmaran,”
― Captivating History, Ancient Turkey: A Captivating Guide to Göbekli Tepe and the Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia and Eastern Thrace

“The Mongol war machine was ruthless, quickly subjugating the people of Russia under their rule”
― Captivating History, Medieval Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History during the Middle Ages

“His attitude to the dead and wounded was not one of guilt. “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died,” he would say later. “Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
― Captivating History, George Patton: A Captivating Guide to a Combative American War Hero Who Played a Critical Part in the Battle of Normandy During WWII

“The Byzantine and Orthodox influence is clearly visible in the Russkaya Pravda,”
― Captivating History, Medieval Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History during the Middle Ages

“Deafness, pure and simple, was responsible for the experimentation which perfected the machine.”
― Captivating History, Thomas Edison: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor

“The term “Renaissance man” is something we use today to describe a polymath, a person whose expertise is not limited only to one area but who knows many subjects. This polymath would use his vast knowledge to solve elaborate and complex problems. A Renaissance man never limited himself just to poetry, science, or architecture. Instead, he would gather many abilities and use them to serve humanity.”
― Captivating History, History of Rome: A Captivating Guide to Roman History, Starting from the Legend of Romulus and Remus through the Roman Republic, Byzantium, Medieval Period, ... to Modern History

“The earliest evidence of metalworking was found in Yarim Tepe,”
― Captivating History, Ancient Turkey: A Captivating Guide to Göbekli Tepe and the Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia and Eastern Thrace

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”
― Captivating History, Adolf Hitler: A Captivating Guide to the Life of the Führer of Nazi Germany

“Like much of Edison’s work, he and his team excelled at modifying and improving existing inventions to meet market and manufacturing demands.”
― Captivating History, Thomas Edison: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor

“he did know American political history. For instance, the Founding Fathers of the United States had deliberately kept the US Constitution vague in many spots in order to keep it flexible with the passage of time and to allow the states to keep certain powers to themselves. Wilson, when asked about the lack of structure for the League in his ideas, speeches, and articles, often responded in terms that gave the impression that he had intentionally left the structure rather vague. Nations could hammer these out in the League itself, and besides, how was he, or anyone else, to know what problems might arise in the future—like the Founding Fathers thought, that was better left to the generations to come.”
― Captivating History, The Treaty of Versailles: A Captivating Guide to the Peace Treaty That Ended World War 1 and Its Impact on Germany and the Rise of Adolf Hitler

“In fact, word about Otrepev, the “Pretender Prince,” had spread far beyond the borders of Russia”
― Captivating History, Medieval Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History during the Middle Ages

“The emperor needed urgent military aid from the Russians, and Vladimir was more than happy to contribute”
― Captivating History, Medieval Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History during the Middle Ages

“Four branches of Buddhism emerged.”
― Captivating History, History of Japan: A Captivating Guide to Japanese History.

“you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
― Captivating History, History of the Jews: A Captivating Guide to Jewish History, Starting from the Ancient Israelites through Roman Rule to World War 2

“The Aryan people bonded with the Sarasvati to such an extent in many places that the two cultures became one, with beliefs and traditions merging together as people started to speak the Aryan language and the Aryans adopting the agricultural practices of the Sarasvati.”
― Captivating History, History of India: A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of the Maurya Empire, the British Raj, ... Gandhi, and More

“Another famous and notable American that would contribute heavily toward the Westernization of the Hawaiian Islands was Sanford Dole, who would serve as the only president of the Republic of Hawaii. Sanford was raised in Protestant missionary schools, and his father was the principal at what would eventually come to be known as the Punahou School. He was appointed as a justice in the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by King Kalakaua, and his cousin, James Dole, would eventually come to Hawaiʻi to found the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. This company would later become the Dole Food Company, which is well known even today.”
― Captivating History, History of Hawaii: A Captivating Guide to Hawaiian History

“When Wilhelm II became Kaiser in 1888, he inherited a new world power. In many ways, Germany was envied: it was powerful, innovative, and cultured. It was also feared; after all, it had won three major wars in twenty years, and it was suddenly the most populous state in Europe and the most advanced on the Continent (only England surpassed it in economic terms).”
― Captivating History, History of Germany: A Captivating Guide to German History, Starting from 1871 through the First World War, Weimar Republic, and World War II to the Present

“The historical centrality of Hawaiʻi for Pacific travelers meant that it had long-established relationships with fur traders, whalers, sandalwood traders, and merchants from China, the Americas, and even Europe. Then, mostly due to its availability of fertile land, temperate and suitable climate, influx and abundance of Asian laborers, and the arrival of opportunistic American businessmen, Hawaiʻi became an immensely productive and popular exporter of sugar, not only for the American market but also for Japan. By the mid-19th century, Hawaiʻi’s location and function in the Pacific simultaneously put it at the crossroads of two global superpowers and made it the most strategic chain of islands to control. The”
― Captivating History, History of Hawaii: A Captivating Guide to Hawaiian History

“including 600,000 soldiers at Minsk and Smolensk and another 665,000 at Kiev.”
― Captivating History, World War 2: A Captivating Guide from Beginning to End

“the creation of the Russkaya Pravda, “Russian Law” or “Russian Justice.”
― Captivating History, Medieval Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History during the Middle Ages

“Their capital was Washukanni,”
― Captivating History, Ancient Turkey: A Captivating Guide to Göbekli Tepe and the Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia and Eastern Thrace

“He successfully managed to incorporate the nomadic peoples into his service,”
― Captivating History, Medieval Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History during the Middle Ages

“Still, there were some cases of reluctance to give in to Mongol rule.”
― Captivating History, Medieval Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History during the Middle Ages

“around the first millennium BCE and then traveled to Nepal.”
― Captivating History, History of Japan: A Captivating Guide to Japanese History.

“All the fighting was conducted by aircraft carriers at sea and included Australian participation.”
― Captivating History, History of Japan: A Captivating Guide to Japanese History.

“Two of the most important sites are Nevalı Çori, which was an early Neolithic settlement located near Göbekli Tepe,”
― Captivating History, Ancient Turkey: A Captivating Guide to Göbekli Tepe and the Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia and Eastern Thrace

“starting point. It would be easy to support”
― Captivating History, The Second World War: A Captivating Guide to World War II and D Day