Best of the Web - Adding History

Gundobad Games has a nice series of posts on making a campign world with a bit of history in four parts (with a followup). The basic idea is to use locations to better cement in a world's history which helps bring out the history and give the locations depth.

• Setting Strata
• Who Wants more 'Settings with Strat' - Historically Coherent Quick-Setting Tips?
• Using Some Historical Theory: Another 'Settings with Strata' Post
• Decline, Collapse, and Campaign Settings (even more Settings with Strata)
• Looking for Feedback: Anybody Made a Setting Using My 'Settings with Strata' Method?