Michael Baizerman Author

My new chapter is titled "Four Questions and the World Within". This is a very short and concise conclusion to Unit 1, The Miraculous Revival or the Painful Discovery. After completing the first part, I addressed my publishing house, GenZ TM, with a proposal to find a beta reader for my book. I would like to listen to some advice, while the project is under way. They agreed to look through Unit 1 and sent me the editor's remarks. This is not what I asked but I am very grateful and even more convinced in following my course. I am currently working on additions to a new chapter, The Trefoil of the World, from Unit 2.   I continue taking the FutureLearn course, The European Discovery of China, that will help me  correct my further units. My articles on Scriggler has attracted over 16 K visitors.  I'm going to give them more food for thought. I decided to remove an essential part, devoted to maritime discoveries, from my book. These chapters are more appropriate f...

End-October Update I am through with the second leg of my FutureLearn course called "Radical Spirituality: The Early History of the Quakers". This is my third history course. Though this learning highway is not designed for professionals it transmits professional info and enables interesting discussions. I am not contented with writing my personal response and not always I have something ready. However, while looking through other replies, I can come up with an original approach.  Before that, I finished a course, Archaeology of Portus: Exploring the Lost Harbor of Ancient Rome. These tracks are not necessarily linked to my own research but they give me an outlook of the work of historians, a glimpse of a bunch of exact sciences borrowed to pinpoint certain issues, and a chance to confront with the mainstream theories.  I have reread the account of William of Rubruck and picked up a slew of citations which I need to lace together to finish up a draft of a current c...

Archeology of Portus I recently joined the FutureLearn history course centered on the archaeological dig of Portus, the marine port of Rome which functioned about 500 years from mid-I century CE.  The course is presented by Dr. Graeme Earl from the University of Southampton. It includes video mini-lectures and interviews, virtual tour of the site, scientific articles, and much more. The division of participants into study groups enables to review the remarks of other members, check new links, and read the instructors' comments. Week 1 shows the reason for digging an artificial marine port by the emperor Claudian: the needs of the burgeoning population of Rome in foodstuffs, building materials, and luxury items. We take a glimpse of foreign trade across the Mediterranean and enjoy the terrific look of old buidings reconstructed by computer graphics. The map of the imperial Portus http://www.archaeology.org/issues/168-1503/features/2971-rome-portus-rise-of-em...