Unlike Dr Strangelove, few people learned to love the bomb – but it changed society nonetheless. Columbia Pictures The world had become too complex and too dangerous: systems were at once the threat and the solution. By Dr. John Beck / 09.19.2016 Professor in English University of Westminster World War II led to the massive[…]
In 1945, one major war ended and another began. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 09.26.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief The Cold War lasted about 45 years. There were no direct military campaigns between the two main antagonists, the United States and the Soviet Union. Yet billions of dollars and millions of lives were lost in[…]
Pskov Veche, by Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1908 / Tretryakov Gallery, Wikimedia Commons Kievan Rus′ was the early, mostly East Slavic state dominated by the city of Kiev from about 880 C.E. to the middle of the twelfth century. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 09.26.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Introduction Kievan Rus′ was the early, mostly East[…]
The issue of the Middle Age habitat of the Slavs in Central and Eastern Europe has been a focus of research for more than a century. By Peter Šalkovský The issue of the Middle Age habitat of the Slavs in Central and Eastern Europe has been a focus of research for more than a century.[…]
Ancient Roman lead water pipe, 1st-3rd century CE / Wellcome Library, Wikimedia Commons Lead touched many areas of Roman life. By Emily Sohn A Taste for Lead For winemakers in the Roman Empire, nothing but lead would do. When boiling crushed grapes, Roman vintners insisted on using lead pots or lead-lined copper kettles. “For, in[…]
Neolithic Banpo Village, Xi’an, China, flourished 5,000-3,000 BCE. / Photo by Ian Armstrong, Flickr, Creative Commons Chinese culture is one of the oldest in the world today. Over 6,000 years ago this culture began to develop in the Yellow River Valley and many of those ancient practices are still observed in the present. By Emily[…]