A vivid picture of the emergence of the global market and the beginnings of global competition. Introduction...
Month: January 2019
Examining historic economic links with Portugal and its relationships abroad. By Dr. Ana Cardoso de Matos (left),...
Some wanted to explore and plunder, but others simply wanted to discover more fertile lands to farm...
Although the Vikings may have begun as little more than pirates in Britain, they would eventually arrive...
The Protestant churches that emerged from the Reformation movements of the 12th to the 16th centuries arrived...
The Inquisition by Francisco Goya / Wikimedia Commons The inter-cultural communication and the exchanges and transfers regarding Christian...
Wittenberg was the most important source of inspiration for the Reformation in both of the Scandinavian kingdoms....
Did you know that a man named “John Gooseflesh” changed the world? Did you know that a...
Trump is selfish and willing do whatever it takes to get what he wants for himself. In...
Examining the emergence and decline of the pharaoh in ancient Egypt from the Old to New Kingdoms....
In the early days of Egyptology, Menes was accepted as the first historical king based upon the...
Panelists discuss how rural America has been affected by recent tariffs and intermittent trade wars. Left-to-Right: Thomas...
We’re still far from being able to devise a truly world-centered historical framework for the nineteenth century....
Globalization began when all heavily-populated land masses began interacting in a sustained manner with deep consequences for...
The search for a commodity that the Chinese wanted to buy led the British to develop opium...
From early times China engaged in extensive trade relations with other countries, From early times China engaged...
The synthesis of Greek and Egyptian customs, beliefs and practices created by Ptolemy I and his heirs...
Immediately after the death of Alexander the Great, the power play began. By Robin WaterfieldBritish Classics Scholar...
The extensive response in the British press was unprecedented. Abstract Although Europe had celebrated the end of...
The Napoleonic wars illustrate how warfare, seemingly the most conventional object of history, defies history’s most conventional...
Even false nostalgia is a powerful political tool. In 2013, I received an email from Rev. Ray...
Many British radicals interpreted the early events of the French Revolution in mythic terms – akin to the Christian apocalypse. In 1789, many...
First digital map of the murders recorded by the city’s Coroner in early 1300s shows Cheapside and...
An expert explains how a complex set of canon laws and trials are the major obstacle to...
Some argued that Philip IV was destined to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem at the end of...
The End of History is proclaimed anew by each new generation and each new culture. Mesopotamia, Circa...
The joint U.S.-Canada project turned the iconic waterfall into infrastructure designed to create both power and beauty....
Analyzing the communication space and social construct of early modern Europe from the perspective of environmental history....
Thomas Jefferson was deeply distrustful of the potential abuses of monarchy. By Dr. M. Andrew Holowchak To Benjamin...
Henry’s succession to the throne marked, in many ways, a return to peace. 836 years ago, on...