Allegedly around 1000 BCE, David was the eighth son (and youngest) of Jesse, from the tribe of...
Month: April 2019
Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. It...
Jewish would-be artists began arriving in Paris in the decade before the First World War. Jews were...
It was an era and a culture that was both misogynist and racist, in which Jews from...
Buddhists performed pilgrimages and other rituals at Borobudur until the temple was abandoned as many Javanese converted...
Despite its grandeur and rich exterior ornamentation, the Javanese abandoned Prambanan within 100 years of its completion...
Goryeo (Koryo) ruled ancient Korea from 918 CE to 1392 CE. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Goryeo (Koryo)...
Pyongyang was the capital of several successive ancient Korean kingdoms. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Located on the...
How two female courtiers vied for influence over Queen Anne. One of the challengers at this year’s...
She wears a white satin dress, pearls and a ruby ring and has a slight smile —...
The Glorious Revolution is considered by some to be one of the most important events in the...
When Magna Carta was created, England had endured 16 years of John’s kingship – a rule based...
Donald Trump is the beneficiary if not the product of a certain culture of American conservatism, broadly...
King Herod had a substantial architectural heritage to his name in the Levant by the time of...
Rome’s ruthless upstart was really a savvy insider, until fortune turned her back on him. On October...
Bombing bridges and railway lines over which both deported Jews and German troops were transported could have...
The appeasement policy pursued by Britain and France was founded on the premise that Germany was maltreated...
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, urban settlements in Italy generally enjoyed a greater continuity...
Communes are first recorded in the late 11th and early 12th centuries. Introduction Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had...
Due to its agricultural nature, her cult had tremendous appeal to the average Roman citizen, more so...
Mystery religions formed one of three types of Hellenistic religion. Introduction Mystery religions, sacred mysteries or simply mysterieswere religious schools...
Most ‘lean’ toward a party; ‘true’ independents tend to avoid politics. Independents often are portrayed as political...
Sylvia Pankhurst’s book is the dominant narrative of the time, but was she unfair to her sister...
It was the single largest extension of voting rights in our nation’s history. The woman suffrage movement...
As the presidential election of 1828 approached, the nation’s emotions were running high. As the presidential election...
The outcome of the very close election surprised political leaders. The 1824 presidential election marked the final...
The Electoral College may not have been expressly designed only to protect African slavery, but based on...
In the 1820s, political leaders and parties rose to popularity by championing the will of the people....
The 1787 debate over how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative...
Analyzing the role that Progressive Era writers played in restoring the image of the small business owner....