Between 250 and 900 CE, writing, religion, and art flourished. In certain respects, this era was the...
Month: January 2019
In the end, the Know Nothings were a partisan flash in the pan, but they made nativism...
His name is associated with the Reign of Terror which claimed thousands of lives of “enemies of...
During the fifteenth century, and notably in Italy, the art of translating was profoundly changed by Humanists...
Lawyers spoke their own language, even in the Middle Ages. When John of Salisbury (ca. 1115-1180) decried...
The ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan had the most aberrant design of any city in ancient Mesoamerica....
Mesoamerican architecture is the set of architectural traditions produced by pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica. Introduction...
Questions about the Gulf of Tonkin incidents have persisted for more than 40 years. Introduction Questions about...
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?” Introduction In the...
What would happen if journalists spoke up more in defense of their profession, while simultaneously also testing...
Exploring the various legends surrounding the world’s most famous ship. By Dr. Richard HowellsProfessor of Cultural SociologyKing’s...
How to get away with smuggling in the Early Modern world? Be someone else! By Alexis Harasemovitch-TruaxPhD...
Analyzing the existence of Megalithic traits as a living tradition among the Kurumba tribe of Attappadi. Abstract...
By 1914, paleoanthropology recognized five species of human ancestors, two sub-species, and the tangible evidence of humanity’s...
Coming out was one of the core values of the gay liberation movement in the early 1970s,...
Lynes was a highly sought-after commercial and fashion photographer in the 1930s and 1940s. But he had...
There were many expeditions in search of a Northwest Passage during the 1700s. They include the voyages...
The silver industry influenced life in the colonial Americas and the Atlantic world on social, political, and...
What kind of faith can support the development of a politics of the common good? Do religion...
Herod created architecture that implemented Roman technology, designs, and styles, while co-mingling them with his existing Hellenistic...
The Jewish red heifer ash ritual may have originated in surrounding pagan cultures reflecting the transition from...
The state, in the United States and earlier in Britain, has been a formidable creator of orphans....
The history of race science is a history of racist science, as epitomized by this proposed but...
Exploring the world of poverty, high mortality, prejudice and charity that influenced the creation of Oliver Twist....
The Kingdom of Hungary was at times a major power in Central Europe. Introduction The Kingdom of Hungary (short...
Hungary’s traits are rooted in this a history of fluid borders, as well as the strong migratory...
A philosopher, writer, orator and statesman, Seneca (4 BC – 65 AD) was Rome’s leading intellectual during...
Aspasia was a woman of formidable intelligence and eloquence who influenced many of the important writers, thinkers,...
The ships traveling the pathways of the Middle Passage—and beyond—were anything but silent spaces. “A Kind of...
The Arctic became a place beyond empirical grasp: the real/fantasy land of orality about which those living...