Instructions for Twistory 2.1
Contributing to Twistory
If you create historical resources for use with Twistory that might be of interest to others, you may send them to me, and I will consider including them with the next release of Twistory. One of my main aims in writing Twistory is to learn about history, not being an authority on it myself. And most of the time I spend developing Twistory ends up being used on the application itself, rather than on the resources. So submissions on any topic would be most welcome.
Some specific areas in which I would like to receive input are:
- African history
- American presidents
- Ancient Egypt
- Arabian history
- The Arts
- Canadian prime ministers
- Chinese history
- Early Europeans
- Explorers
- Greek history
- Japanese history
- Leaders of any country
- Roman emperors
- South American history
- World Wars I & II
- Anything important I've missed
More detailed information and corrections are also sought. If you can fill in missing information or correct a mistake, please send me an e-mail. For people or events in the database whose "info" paragraph is either very short or non-existent, I will also gladly accept a short synopsis.
Please indicate with your submission whether or not you would like your name and/or e-mail address placed on a list of contributing editors. The submission should consist of just the new and/or corrected items. They may be e-mailed to deboer@king.igs.net.
Sources
The principal reference sources I have used in creating the default database include the following. They are arranged roughly in order of the quantity of information I have borrowed from them:
- The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopaedia (Version 8.0.3 for Macintosh)
- NIV Study Bible (1995, Zondervan, Grand Rapids)
- Philips' Atlas of the World (1988, George Philip & Son, London)
- The Timechart History of the World (1997, Third Millennium Press, U.K.)
- Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary (1978, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Toronto)
- www.royal.gov.uk
- Atlas of World History (1997, National Geographic Society, Washington D.C.)
- Rand McNally Universal World Atlas (1987, Rand McNally & Company, Chicago)
- Paul L. Maier, "Josephus, The Essential Writings" (1988, Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, MI)
I have also added many historical items from books and magazines. Those from which several items have been taken are listed below. They are not exclusively historical books. Generally, one of the sources below is referenced from the database if it is a good source for more information on the subject. (I have not referenced a source if a historical item is mentioned only incidentally therein.)
- Scientific American magazine, especially the "50, 100 & 150 Years Ago" and "Connections" columns
- TIME magazine
- David Ewing Duncan, "Calendar" (1998, Avon Books, New York)
- Jeffrey Satinover, "Cracking the Bible Code" (1998, William Morrow, New York)