Nearly eight-in-ten Americans (77%) say being a member of NATO is good for the United States. As...
Month: April 2019
Is it time to follow a new approach not constrained by historic precedent? John Bolton, President Donald...
Artists suddenly became soldiers on the front to win the hearts and minds of the American public....
President Wilson’s support for a new international system offered the first practical opportunity to create a universal...
The idea of using morality to target specific migrant groups first appeared in formal immigration policy in...
Spanish Presidios and Mexican Leather-Jackets in 1772. Spaniards responded to the unfolding story of the American Revolution...
Eventually, the entire Western Hemisphere would come under the domination of European nations, leading to profound changes...
In the 16th century, most maps were published in Latin and cartographers were just starting to record...
Johannes Gutenberg printed his first Bible in 1455, and the first published sailing directions appeared thirty-five years...
Military alliances are apt to dissolve when the circumstances that gave rise to them cease to pertain....
Artillery machines were used to good effect throughout antiquity and the medieval era. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
Viking warfare connected with the expansion of Scandinavian influence along the North Atlantic and into the Mediterranean....
After their victory in the first Opium War, the British acquired Hong Kong under the 1842 Treaty...
The new vistas of China available after the development of the East India trade attracted many Chinese...
Chimera from Arezzo, c. 400 B.C.E., bronze, 129 cm in length, (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence) By Dr. Jeffrey...
Scientific analysis of four rare sculptures of mourning women furthers understanding of South Italian funerary art. Introduction...
During the European Enlightenment, a number of authors presented Muhammad as an anticlerical hero. Publishing the Quran...
Since the early days of monasticism, the presence of nuns led to restrictions that limited contact between...
Though it’s seldom mentioned by name, it’s one of the major forces in politics today: dominion theology,...
Donatello, St. Mark, 1411-13, marble, 93″ (236 cm) (Orsanmichele, Florence). Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris...
Double page opening: Provinces Bringing Tribute (f.23v.) and Ruler Portrait of Otto III (f.24) Gospels of Otto III,...
After looting its treasures, Alexander burned the great palace and surrounding city to the ground, as Xerxes...
The author would have constructed the narrative to place the events in the past in order to...
Before you attribute a trait to a famous ancestor like George Washington or Marie Antoinette, you might...
It was the biggest constitutional crisis since Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon. By Anna Pasternak It...
From its earliest years, the Senate has jealously guarded its power to review and approve or reject...
Teaching early American history needs to be expansive and accurate, not mythologized. American history courses usually begin...
Although a saint, a bishop, and an important figure in a turbulent age, Sidonius is remembered particularly...
This period of ancient Indian history is known as the Vedic age, as it was depicted in...
The earliest cave paintings here are about 30,000 years old. Introduction The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site...