The Amphitheater of Catania / Photo by gnuckx, Wikimedia Commons The Eternal City was not only a...
Month: September 2018
As he led his troops into the mountains, Hannibal vowed: “You will have the capital of Italy,...
Exploring the links between violent right-wing extremism and its exploitation of Christianity and other religions to recruit,...
The Triumph of Civilization / Photo by Grizzli, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Wikimedia Commons The enormous contribution of ancient...
Cylinder Seal with Griffins, Humans and a Winged Disk / Walters Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons The religions...
King George III / Wikimedia Commons The episodic insanity that earned him the nickname “Mad King George”...
John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31...
Union members and construction workers hold a rally on May 22 in Columbus Circle in New York...
Economic, legal, and social institutions emerged that were essential to the development of an extensive and complex...
Illustration of Pope Boniface VIII and his Cardinals / British Library, Public Domain Examining how the Church,...
In 1971, Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), instituting various campaign finance disclosure requirements for...
Wide view of Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy / Photo by Peter Clarke, Wikimedia Commons The Circus Maximus...
Detail of a relief at Persepolis showing a procession of subject peoples bringing gifts characteristic of their...
Puck magazine (USA) Oct 3, 1888 Immigration to the United States was influenced by both push and...
Settlers brought relatives from the west, formed marriage alliances for themselves and their children in the east,...
Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons There is a common perception assumes that demonic possession, witchcraft, and superstition...
If we take off the cloak of reason and instead clothe with that of madness, we may...
The Aristotelian Constitution of the Athenians / British Library (Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 131), Wikimedia Commons Solon’s new constitution...
Detail of sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III / The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Justice was an...
There was a glacial pace of progress in the segregated South. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh /...
By the 1960s, the pace of change had quickened and its scope broadened. Edited by Matthew A....
Corruption infests Trump’s cabinet. (Photo: AP/Evan Vucci) Donald Trump has only enabled “the swamp.” By Bob Burnett...
Highlighting the evolution of corruption and represents the highlights of the phenomenon from the social, economic and...
Sacrifice scene during a census: left part of a plaque from the Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus known...
Mosaic depicting Roman slaves, Tunisia, 2nd century CE / Wikimedia Commons The forms of servitude known in...
Workers depicted in a mural at the tomb of Menna at Thebes, 18th Dynasty / Photo by...