Examining the reception of Italian cuisine in Europe with the early modern and modern movement of migrants...
Month: January 2019
In the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, reading was a privileged skill available to the upper-class elite. This...
Positioning Problems Problems into its nineteenth-century psychological and philosophical tradition, as understood by Lewes. By Scott C....
Analyzing the Hasmonean rulers’ approach to Hellenistic culture. Abstract The archaeological excavations of the Hasmonean palaces in...
His rule resulted in revolt and eventually in territorial loss, and in the loss of political prestige,...
The 1920s was a decade of increasing conveniences for the middle class. The 1920s was a decade...
Examining the expansion of the middle classes in the 19th century that led to a new emphasis...
Plastic’s low density allows it to float on water and be swept away by winds and waves...
Since the foundation of Versailles by King Louis XIV, the city often lacked water. In 1859 Versailles...
Up until this epoch, water resources consisted of an old and damaged medieval aqueduct. Operational since 1847,...
Brazil’s history can be divided into five economic periods, each characterized by a dominant export product. By...
Throughout its history, Nicaragua has suffered from political instability, civil war, poverty, foreign intervention, and natural disasters....
Analyzing Soviet agit-trains, initiated in the year 1918, as an important instrument for the dissemination of political...
This year marked the centennial of the conclusion of the First World War, an anniversary that passed...
John Medewall, bearing a very English-sounding name, describes himself as a foreigner, and as such at a...
Monarchs and prime ministers have spent centuries working out which decisions need to be made in public....
Built in the seventh century BCE, the ancient city of Byzantium proved to be a valuable city...
The fact that hunter–gatherer peoples could organize the construction of such a complex site as far back...
The spread of yellow fever was a result of complex ecological and demographic changes produced by the...
Recent phylogenetic analyses suggest that the yellow fever virus is approximately 1,500 years old. In many environmental...
Many cultures around the world celebrate death as part of life, though we often contain death within...
Many diseases have affected the outcomes of battles or the political leanings of a country, but few...
In a tight U.S. labor market, restaurant chains are recruiting at churches, senior centers and AARP. By...
A new data analysis by ProPublica and the Urban Institute shows more than half of older U.S....
The dead wait to be ferried across the River Styx. The Souls of Acheron (1898) by Adolf Hiremy...
Tablet with Instructions for the Deceased in the Underworld, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 7/8 × 1 7/16...