Moctezuma I in the Codex Mendoza / Wikimedia Commons Moctezuma brought social, economical, and political reform to strengthen...
Month: November 2018
16th century portrait of Atahualpa by an unknown artist from the Cusco School / Ethnological Museum of Berlin, Wikimedia...
Portrait by Jacopo Pontormo; the laurel branch (il Broncone) was a symbol used also by his heirs /...
The entrance of Sulla into Rome / Creative Commons Factions seeking to manipulate the system for control....
Anglican Dean of Brisbane Dr Peter Catt is leading a sanctuary offer to asylum-seekers facing deportation to...
‘Metics’ in ancient Athens could also refer to immigrants invited by citizens and admitted on an otherwise non-discretionary...
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Congressional midterm election spending will likely hit a record $5 billion. But the spending masks the main problem with US campaign financing: who...
Lars Ø Ramberg, “Palast des Zweifels” on the roof of the Palast der Republik, January 26. –...
Vercingetorix, atop his horse, surrenders to Julius Caesar. Painting by Lionel Royer. | Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons...
The “recent acceleration of voter suppression – fuelled by public fear, sanctioned by the judiciary, and supported...
Decimation in Beaver’s Roman Military Punishments, by William Hogarth, c.1725 / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons Punishment by...
Kleroterion: This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
The Acropolis of Athens. Dominating the acropolis is the Parthenon, built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Age of Pericles, and...
The Athens Acropolis as seen from the Court of Cassation (Areopagus, i.e. the “Stone, or Hill, of Ares”)...
Boston Almshouse Meeting the eligibility requirements of the Poor Laws was not easy in pre-1935 America. By...
The first separate black church in Newport was the Union Colored Church and Society The society is...
When Britain went it alone. Shutterstock Centuries ago Britain attempted to sever ties with the continent – and it ended in murder. By...
A neolithic farm in Scotland that may be the oldest in northern Europe. / Photo by Drewcorser, Wikimedia...
Balgo artists: Miriam Baadjo (b. 1957),Tossie Baadjo (b. 1958), Jane Gimme (b. 1958), Gracie Mosquito (b. 1955),...
Left: Sumerian medical clay tablet – Medical clay tablet from Nippur dated to about 2200 BC is...
Photo by Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung / Wikimedia Commons Examining right wing populist communicative performances. By (left-to-right) Dr. Mats Ekström, Dr....
Paris Gay Pride 1982 A selection of four films from the years of gay liberation from the...
During the medieval period the Muslim community was rather tolerating and accepting in this regard. By Muzaffar...
July 1944: A refugee trek of so-called Black Sea Germans in Hungary fleeing westward from the Red...
Sephardic Diaspora map / Skillman Library, Lafayette College Were (and are) Jewish migrations predominantly the result of...
Javier Zarracina/Vox Subjective experiences, compelling storytelling, and tenacity of conviction do not alone make an idea worthwhile. By...
April 1562, The Timucua, an indigenous tribe in Florida, shoot burning arrows into the village of a...
Photo by Arizona State University Archaeological evidence to date suggests that all human beings were hunter-gatherers prior to twelve...
Women suffragists picketing in front of the White house. The first picket line – College day in...
Public Domain Kochiyama was one of the most prominent Asian American activists of the 20th century. By...