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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 March 2007 November 2006 May 2006Hits 4688 3940 3489Files 3121 2953 2539Pages 3776 3372 3063Visits 1722 1560 1164The 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 March 2007 Nov. 2006 May 2006U.S Commercial 25% 31% 40%Network 23% 17% 13%Unresolved / unknown 21% 29% 17%Mexico 5% 7% 5%Brazil 5% 4% 4%Peru 2% 2% 2%Columbia 2% 1% 1%Italy 2% 2% 3%Argentina 1% 2%Chile 1%France 2% 1%Other 13% 13% 12%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
hits per month URL address language title category
number of words
1,805languagec Spanish About these languages languages 707 1,537prediction English Using world history to predict the future prediction 5,385 1,197historicaljesusc Spanish Life of the historical Jesus religion 4,073 1,186gatewayc Spanish WorldHistorySite.com main page 1,183culttech English Some dates in the history of communication communications 1,706 912whatarec Spanish What are the five civilizations? summary page 550 741communicationc Spanish Communication
technologies and world historysummary page 272 649fifthciv English The Fifth Civilization the five civilizations 411 641culttechc Spanish Some dates in the history of communication communications 2,338 562communication English Communication
technologies and world historysummary page 258 543iscscarticlec Spanish World history and the five civilizations statement 7,034 521chaptersummc Spanish Summary of individual chapters statement 2,704 511historicaljesus English Life of the historical Jesus religion 3,772 506population English Population of the earth in selected years population 270 489languagee Portuguese About these languages languages 710 485whatare English What are the five civilizations? summary page 501 465predictionc Spanish Using world history to predict the future prediction 6,139 436description1c Spanish What is Civilization I? the five civilizations 628 381culttechb French Some dates in the history of communication communications 2,138 356religionsummary English About religion and world history summary page 699 352gateway English WorldHistorySite.com main page 329language English About these languages languages 652 328religionsummaryc Spanish About religion and world history summary page 779 316populationc Spanish Population of the earth in selected years population 291 311iscscarticle English World history and the five civilizations statement 6,625 290civtech English Relationship between cultural
technologies and civilizationcommunications 844 289gensummaryc Spanish Summary of Five Epochs
of Civilizationstatement 796 288links English Links to other web sites links page 277apworldhistory English Criticisms of advanced placement curriculum in world history create and teach history 3,193 268gatewayd German WorldHistorySite.com main page 265culttechf Italian Some dates in the history of communication communications 2,123 260whataree Portuguese What are the five civilizations? summary page 550 258description1 English What is Civilization I? the five civilizations 564 256historicaljesusb French Life of the historical Jesus religion 4,161 252populatione Portuguese Population of the earth in selected years population 310 251createandteach English Create and teach world history summary page 464 249communicationb French Communication
technologies and world historysummary page 272 244predict1stcivc Spanish Predict the future of the first civilization prediction 6,076 242statement English Statements of the theory of Five Epochs summary page 131 241entertainment English On the entertainment civilization summary page 183 239diagram English Diagram of emerging institutions in society diagram 0 239cultteche Portuguese Some dates in the history of communication communications 2,111 224predictionb French Using world history to predict the future prediction 6,107 218book English Book Home Page book 255 216chinapersiac Spanish China, Persia, and the clash of civilizations civilization 3,118 211christmas English The Christmas Holiday religion 453 210civtechc Spanish Relationship between cultural
technologies and civilizationcommunications 982 204cuttingedgec Spanish On the cutting edge of knowledge communications 5,022 199createhistoryc Spanish Build a structure of writings and images to tell humanity's story create and teach history 2,579 198communicatione Portuguese Communication
technologies and world historysummary page 270
Next Fifty Pages
hits per month URL address language title category number of words 197historicaljesuse Portuguese Life of the historical Jesus religion 3,748 196predictionsummary English Summary of articles
related to historical predictionsummary page 280 193predict2ndcivc Spanish Using world history
to predict the future of the Second Civilizationprediction 7,664 188predictionf Italian Using
world history to predict the futureprediction 5,987 186languageb French About these languages languages 710 184bookreviewsc Spanish Reviews of Five Epochs
of Civilizationbook 5,044 183predictione Portuguese Using
world history to predict the futureprediction 5,753 183description2c Spanish What is Civilization II? the five civilizations 716 182events1 English Headline Events of Civilization I the five civilizations 474 181dysfunctionalcelebrity English Dysfunctional celebrities entertainment 2,888 180bibleandUNc Spanish Biblical prophecy and
the United Nationsreligion 1,895 173chinapersia English China, Persia, and the clash of civilizations civilization 2,855 170jewishprophecy English Prophetic Expectations
at the Time of Jesusreligion 2,819 168diagram2c Spanish Explanation of Diagram diagram 980 167gatewaye Portuguese WorldHistorySite.com main page 167culttechd German Some dates in the history
of communicationcommunications 1,692 167predict1stciv English Using world history
to predict the future of the First Civilizationprediction 5,445 167communicationd German Communication
technologies and world historysummary page 258 166religionsummaryb French About
religion and world historysummary page 769 165gatewayb French WorldHistorySite.com main page 164civilizationschemed German What is Civilization? civilization 1,050 164createandteachc Spanish Create and teach world history summary page 565 163bookreviews English Reviews of Five Epochs
of Civilizationbook 4,452 162description2 English What is Civilization II? the five civilizations 602 162predictiond German Using
world history to predict the futureprediction 5,323 159rhythmsummary English Rhythm and Self-Consciousness summary page 349 158jewishprophecyc Spanish Prophetic Expectations
at the Time of Jesusreligion 2,989 157ctideals English How communication technology
drives civilizations' idealscommunications 2,106 157teachhistory English How this web site can
help to teach historycreate and teach history 1,660 157cuttingedge English On the cutting edge of knowledge communications 4,468 155whatareb French What are the Five Civilizations? the five civilizations 550 153description4 English What is Civilization IV? the five civilizations 536 153charterschool English Proposal for a World History charter school create and teach history 7,283 152socialmitosis English The social mitosis: cell like division in human societies diagram 164 152teachhistoryc Spanish How this web site can
help to teach historycreate and teach history 1,825 151gensummary English Summary of Five Epochs
of Civilizationstatement 698 151events1c Spanish Headline Events of Civilization I the five civilizations 564 151religionsummaryf Italian About religion and world history summary page 760 150languaged German About these languages languages 657 150whatared German What are the five civilizations? summary page 500 150description4c Spanish What is Civilization IV? the five civilizations 657 148diagramc Spanish Diagram of emerging institutions in society diagram 0 147ctidealsc Spanish How communication technology
drives civilizations' idealscommunications 2,377 146historicaljesusd German Life of the historical Jesus religion 3,750 144gatewayf Italian WorldHistorySite.com main page 144bibleandUN English Biblical prophecy and
the United Nationsreligion 1,338 143iscscarticleb French World history and the five civilizations statement 6,436 143predict3rdcivc Spanish Using World History to Predict the Future of the Third Civilization prediction 9,149 142languagef Italian About these languages languages 710 141description3 English What is Civilization III? the five civilizations 569Now 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
Rank English Spanish French German Portuguese Italian 1 prediction lang.& pop. communication main page lang.& pop. communication 2 communication religion religion communication civilizations prediction 3 civilizations main page communication communication lang.& pop. religion 4 communication civilizations prediction civilizations communication main page 5 religion communication lang.& pop. prediction communication lang.& pop. 6 lang.& pop. communication religion lang.& pop. religion religion 7 civilizations history scheme main page civilizations prediction civilizations 8 religion history scheme civilizations religion main page communication 9 main page prediction history scheme religion religion academic 10 lang. & pop. civilizations communication academic history scheme entertainment 11 history scheme religion prediction entertainment communication history scheme 12 communication lang.& pop. communication history scheme civilizations lang.& pop. 13 civilizations prediction entertainment book religion book 14 academic civilizations prediction history scheme book 15 history scheme communication civilizations religion civilizations 16 entertainment communication book entertainment 17 history scheme academic academic 18 book prediction religion 19 religion book prediction 20 prediction civilizations total hits 9,800 hits 11,546 hits 3,096 hits 2,185 hits 2,985 hits 1,816 hitsUnfortunately, 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
English Spanish French German Portuguese Italian category % category % category % category % category % category% 1 communication 21 lang. & pop. 18 communication 28 religion 17 lang. & pop. 25 communication21 2 prediction 20 religion 16 prediction 19 communication 15 communication 23 religion16 3 civilizations 18 communication 16 religion 17 civilizations 14 religion 15 lang. & pop.13 4 religion 13 civilizations 15 civilizations 9 main page 12 civilizations 13 prediction10 5 lang. & pop. 9 history scheme 11 lang. & pop. 6 history scheme 10 prediction 6 main page8 6 history scheme 8 main page 10 main page 5 prediction 7 main page 6 civilizations7 7 entertainment 4 prediction 8 history scheme 5 lang. & pop. 7 history scheme 4 entertainment7 8 main page 4 academic 4 book 4 book 6 book 4 academic7 9 academic 3 book 2 academic 4 academic 6 entertainment 4 history scheme6 10 book 2 entertainment 0 entertainment 3 entertainment 5 academic 0 book6
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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