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What People are Visiting on this Website
and what Languages do they Speak
Initially created in 1999 as Quintepoch.com, this web site has steadily grown in the volume of traffic as new pages have been added. There are currently 95 pages (including summaries) each in six different languages - English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Italian.
The following table shows the volume of traffic in four categories over a year's period. Each statistic shows the daily average. Keep in mind that the number of "hits" includes illustrations on the pages, so this count is misleading. "Visits" is a more realistic measure.
Category Hits Files Pages Visits The Webalizer report which produces these daily statistics also shows the source of the traffic, giving an indication where people are viewing the website. The following table gives the same comparison over time. The numbers represent percentages of the whole.
Category U.S Commercial Network Unresolved / unknown Mexico Brazil Peru Columbia Italy Argentina Chile France Other Some users in the "other category" in March 2007 included in descending order of traffic: Japan, U.S. educational, France, Germany, Canada, Dominican Republic, Spain, Australia, Portugal, Uruguay, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
Such statistics understate the importance of Spanish-speaking (and Portuguese-speaking) viewers. A better understanding of what is happening with this web site is to look at the monthly hits to the different pages, each identified by language. Not only will those numbers indicate the language of the viewer, they will also suggest the area of interest.
The following tables show the monthly hits for an average of the first three months in 2007. The average was calculated using a formula which gives March 2007 40% of the weight, February 35% and January 25%. Sites which were added during this period are assumed to have the same traffic throughout the period as for March.
Top Fifty Pages in Hits per month
number of words
languagec Spanish About these languages languages prediction English Using world history to predict the future prediction historicaljesusc Spanish Life of the historical Jesus religion gatewayc Spanish WorldHistorySite.com main page culttech English Some dates in the history of communication communications whatarec Spanish What are the five civilizations? summary page communicationc Spanish Communication
technologies and world historysummary page fifthciv English The Fifth Civilization the five civilizations culttechc Spanish Some dates in the history of communication communications communication English Communication
technologies and world historysummary page iscscarticlec Spanish World history and the five civilizations statement chaptersummc Spanish Summary of individual chapters statement historicaljesus English Life of the historical Jesus religion population English Population of the earth in selected years population languagee Portuguese About these languages languages whatare English What are the five civilizations? summary page predictionc Spanish Using world history to predict the future prediction description1c Spanish What is Civilization I? the five civilizations culttechb French Some dates in the history of communication communications religionsummary English About religion and world history summary page gateway English WorldHistorySite.com main page language English About these languages languages religionsummaryc Spanish About religion and world history summary page populationc Spanish Population of the earth in selected years population iscscarticle English World history and the five civilizations statement civtech English Relationship between cultural
technologies and civilizationcommunications gensummaryc Spanish Summary of Five Epochs
of Civilizationstatement links English Links to other web sites links page apworldhistory English Criticisms of advanced placement curriculum in world history create and teach history gatewayd German WorldHistorySite.com main page culttechf Italian Some dates in the history of communication communications whataree Portuguese What are the five civilizations? summary page description1 English What is Civilization I? the five civilizations historicaljesusb French Life of the historical Jesus religion populatione Portuguese Population of the earth in selected years population createandteach English Create and teach world history summary page communicationb French Communication
technologies and world historysummary page predict1stcivc Spanish Predict the future of the first civilization prediction statement English Statements of the theory of Five Epochs summary page entertainment English On the entertainment civilization summary page diagram English Diagram of emerging institutions in society diagram cultteche Portuguese Some dates in the history of communication communications predictionb French Using world history to predict the future prediction book English Book Home Page book chinapersiac Spanish China, Persia, and the clash of civilizations civilization christmas English The Christmas Holiday religion civtechc Spanish Relationship between cultural
technologies and civilizationcommunications cuttingedgec Spanish On the cutting edge of knowledge communications createhistoryc Spanish Build a structure of writings and images to tell humanity's story create and teach history communicatione Portuguese Communication
technologies and world historysummary page
Next Fifty Pages
historicaljesuse Portuguese Life of the historical Jesus religion predictionsummary English Summary of articles
related to historical predictionsummary page predict2ndcivc Spanish Using world history
to predict the future of the Second Civilizationprediction predictionf Italian Using
world history to predict the futureprediction languageb French About these languages languages bookreviewsc Spanish Reviews of Five Epochs
of Civilizationbook predictione Portuguese Using
world history to predict the futureprediction description2c Spanish What is Civilization II? the five civilizations events1 English Headline Events of Civilization I the five civilizations dysfunctionalcelebrity English Dysfunctional celebrities entertainment bibleandUNc Spanish Biblical prophecy and
the United Nationsreligion chinapersia English China, Persia, and the clash of civilizations civilization jewishprophecy English Prophetic Expectations
at the Time of Jesusreligion diagram2c Spanish Explanation of Diagram diagram gatewaye Portuguese WorldHistorySite.com main page culttechd German Some dates in the history
of communicationcommunications predict1stciv English Using world history
to predict the future of the First Civilizationprediction communicationd German Communication
technologies and world historysummary page religionsummaryb French About
religion and world historysummary page gatewayb French WorldHistorySite.com main page civilizationschemed German What is Civilization? civilization createandteachc Spanish Create and teach world history summary page bookreviews English Reviews of Five Epochs
of Civilizationbook description2 English What is Civilization II? the five civilizations predictiond German Using
world history to predict the futureprediction rhythmsummary English Rhythm and Self-Consciousness summary page jewishprophecyc Spanish Prophetic Expectations
at the Time of Jesusreligion ctideals English How communication technology
drives civilizations' idealscommunications teachhistory English How this web site can
help to teach historycreate and teach history cuttingedge English On the cutting edge of knowledge communications whatareb French What are the Five Civilizations? the five civilizations description4 English What is Civilization IV? the five civilizations charterschool English Proposal for a World History charter school create and teach history socialmitosis English The social mitosis: cell like division in human societies diagram teachhistoryc Spanish How this web site can
help to teach historycreate and teach history gensummary English Summary of Five Epochs
of Civilizationstatement events1c Spanish Headline Events of Civilization I the five civilizations religionsummaryf Italian About religion and world history summary page languaged German About these languages languages whatared German What are the five civilizations? summary page description4c Spanish What is Civilization IV? the five civilizations diagramc Spanish Diagram of emerging institutions in society diagram ctidealsc Spanish How communication technology
drives civilizations' idealscommunications historicaljesusd German Life of the historical Jesus religion gatewayf Italian WorldHistorySite.com main page bibleandUN English Biblical prophecy and
the United Nationsreligion iscscarticleb French World history and the five civilizations statement predict3rdcivc Spanish Using World History to Predict the Future of the Third Civilization prediction languagef Italian About these languages languages description3 English What is Civilization III? the five civilizations Now let us examine the preferences of persons who speak these different languages. First, we have listed the top ten sites for each language in terms of monthly hits. The table shows the category of topic rather than the site name.
"Language & Population" (lang. & pop.) includes these URLs: language, population"Civilizations" includes these URLs: whatare, description-, events-, chinapersia, civilizationscheme"Communication" includes these URLs: communication, culttech, civtech, cuttingedge"Prediction" includes these URLs: prediction, predictionsummary, predict1stciv, predict2ndciv, predict3rdciv"Religion" includes these URLs: religionsummary, historicaljesus, jewishprophecy, christmas, bibleandUN"History scheme" includes these URLs: statement, ISCSCarticle, chaptersumm, diagram, diagram2"Academic" includes these URLs: createandteach, teachhistory"Main page" includes this URL: gateway"Book" includes these URLs: book, bookreviews"Entertainment" includes these URLs: entertainment, dysfunctionalcelebrities
Top web pages in each language listed by category of topic
Unfortunately, this table does not indicate the percentage of the total hits going to each category for the six languages. The following table divides the above sample of web pages in such a manner.
Percentage of total hits in each category, listed in descending order
% 1 21 2 16 3 13 4 10 5 8 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 6 10 6
What can we conclude from this analysis? First, the most popular categories for visitors to this web site are Communication, Prediction, Religion, Civilizations, and Language & Population. Speakers of English, French, and Italian rank Communication first. Prediction is in second place for English and French speakers. On the other hand, speakers of Spanish and Portuguese, rank Language & Population first, with Communication in second (or third) place. Religion also makes a strong showing among speakers of all languages, especially German and Spanish.
Keep in mind that English and Spanish speakers account for most visitors to the most heavily visited web pages in http://www.WorldHistorySite.com. The site was originally written in English. Language-translation software, Altavistas's Babelfish, has translated the pages into the five other languages.
One would imagine that visitors to the Languages (language.html) or Population (population.html) pages use these pages mainly for reference purposes. The material presented here is not original to this site. Both the human population and the languages spoken by humanity are important forces shaping world history. As historical elements, however, they predate the history of civilizations. Speech is a communication technology without a physical medium other than the human body. The more technologies of communication used in civilized societies are an extension of man's toolmaking capability.
WorldHistorySite.com was created to present the concepts in a book titled Five Epochs of Civilization which presents a particular scheme of world history. Visitors to the web site who were interested in the nature of this scheme or the arguments presented in the book would tend to visit the pages identified by the category "history scheme" (statement.html) or the "diagram" (diagram.html). A related section is the "civilizations" category (whatare.html) which gives a description of each of the five civilizations as they are defined in the book. (We have also tossed in the topical discussion of civilizations.) In other words, these people would be looking for concepts rather than information.
The biggest surprise has been the interest in "using world history to predict the future". For a time, worldhistorysite.com/prediction.html was Google's top-rated site for the search words "predict the future". Prediction is a practical use of historical analysis, although its discipline offers less certain knowledge.
Another popular page has been the one which lists the dates of inventions or advances in communication technologies ranging from ideographic writing to computers. (culttech.html) This is also a reference material.
The section on religion, which is the focus of the second civilization, was greatly expanded in 2005 to include concepts from William McGaughey's unpublished book-length manuscript, "What Jesus was Thinking". It is, in turn, based on Albert Schweitzer's last book, "The Kingdom of God and Primitive Christianity", published in 1965. Visitors to this website, especially those who speak Spanish, prefer the page titled "Life of the Historical Jesus" (historicaljesus.html) which, following Schweitzer, tells the story of Jesus' life in an unfamiliar way.
Religion was also a principal theme of Five Epochs of Civilization. This book argues that each civilization has its own "religion", defined in a broad sense. Our idea of religion is the set of stories and beliefs inherited from the second epoch of world history - the so-called "world religions". However, humanity tended to value other things - scientific knowledge, money, fame, etc. - in subsequent periods. Beliefs and personalities are seen as a common thread in religion throughout the ages.
The other "civilization" which receives its own section in this website is the fourth one, which most Americans now inhabit. Five Epochs of Civilization argues that world history has progressed from the type of civilization seen in Victorian England (based on commerce and the literary arts) to the age of popular entertainment. The transition from one type of culture to the next has much to do with communication technologies. The previous civilization, Civilization III, was based on the printed word while the contemporary culture of entertainment is based on electronic recording and communication.
The relationship between the dominant communication technology in a society is intimately related to its history. Five Epochs of Civilization proposes that history should be told with a focus upon the major institutions that exist in society. They are: government, religion, commerce, secular education, news and entertainment, and, now, the Internet. World history is therefore a creation story involving the creation and proliferation of institutions.
The two pages which most closely describe this process are titled "(The) Relationship between Cultural Technologies and Civilizations" (civtech.html) and "Diagram of emerging institutions in society" (diagram.html) which gives a visual scheme explaining historical processes. Communication technology and institutions to carry out society's main functions are the keys to this kind of history.
Originally the website was created for the purpose of selling books. However, experience has taught that book customers prefer to buy from Amazon.com or another seller instead of ordering single copies from the publisher via the Internet. In fact, Five Epochs of Civilization sells better in China than it does in the United States.
Another expectation was that this book, Five Epochs of Civilization, might be used as a supplemental material in high-school or college history courses. All it took to dispel that idea was a visit to the annual conference of the World History Association (in Boston in June 2000). If the author thought that he had "a better mousetrap" to offer history teachers in terms of historical concepts, it became clear that, by and large, the educational world is less interested in better mousetraps than in the process of controlling curricula and testing. Considerations of power outweigh the joys of free inquiry.
In particular, a committee of history professionals from this organization set guidelines for Advanced Placement courses in world history which, in turn, determine the questions to be asked on Advanced Placement tests. If students want to receive passing scores on these tests in order to receive college credit, they had better take courses geared to the tests. And if teachers want their students to do well on the tests to show how much they have "learned", the teachers, too, have a stake in sticking with the program. Since the public nowadays seems to demand "results" in terms of learning, there is no incentive to consider alternative concepts or explanations - which are not on the test - but only to follow a narrowing path of dogma preferred by the politically dominant group. Therefore, even if the courses and textbooks are not of the highest quality - See apworldhistory.html - they will have to do for the time being in the educational field.
Meanwhile, traffic has continued to build on this website. Since few viewers bother to communicate with us by email, it has been difficult to take this enterprise of building a world history to the next stage. Creating history is, or ought to be, a cooperative process involving many scholars and lovers of truth. The most urgent need at this time is for visitors to this website to generate feedback. While viewer statistics give some information as to how its content has been received, there is a need for more direct communication.
If a more interactive process can be developed, a community may arise on the Internet of individuals who share an interest in world history. Hopefully, this will be a worldwide community including persons who speak many different languages. Most likely, they will require a scheme of world history which does not favor or disfavor any particular people or nation but looks dispassionately upon the past with an aim of better understanding. Few realize the importance of this undertaking; for it is now that one of the principal pillars of world culture is being created.
Therefore, look for new initiatives in the future. Over the past seven years, WorldHistorySite.com has built a steadily increasing volume of traffic on the web. In doing so, it has become a fast-flowing river of communication which, using Fifth Civilization techniques, will carry an interest in history to a wider public.
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