The Industrial Revolution was a time of major change and adaptation. Introduction There are many aspects in...
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Europeans faced issues such as pollution, health, disease, poverty, and crime. Introduction The Industrial Revolution started in...
We, as a medical culture, have responded to consumerism. Americans are losing trust in their doctors, says...
Much of our knowledge of early medicine comes from Galen’s writings. Introduction Galen (129-216 CE) was a...
Employing the word “truth”. By Dr. David P. BarashEvolutionary Biologist and Professor Emeritus of PsychologyUniversity of Washington...
The trouble with re-creating ancient brews is that it’s actually an impossible task. By Rae Ellen Bichell...
Why did Earth’s climate rapidly cool 12,800 years ago? Evidence is mounting that a comet or asteroid...
The counterculture of the 1960s was not perfect, yet it provided a strong alternative to the dominant...
How Army Aviator Charles Kettles earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic acts during the Vietnam...
Warren was an eloquent, persuasive polemicist who died a martyr at Bunker Hill. By Michael McQuillan “I’m...
The common men of England and Wales stood together and managed to take down the royal army...
The war owes its historical significance to a number of factors. Introduction The Hundred Years’ War is...
Herculaneum had a long, rich history before its fall to the Vesuvian blast. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
Victory over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a preeminent status it would retain until the division...
The shaping and reshaping of Livingstone’s legacy as an icon of the British Empire. This essay examines...
Others well into the twentieth century have invoked his name for a range of missionary, political, and...
These hunts involved all of the tribe mobilizing across vast areas of steppe to corner game into...
The yurt tent has been used by nomadic pastoralist peoples of northern East Asia since before written...
Getty Curators Frances Terpak and Peter Bonfitto answer questions about how the ancient site was recorded and...
Early settlements in the area, such as Tell Brak, date back to at least 6000 BCE. Introduction...
Key facts about how the U.S. Hispanic origin groups are changing and how they differ from one...
By mistaking a culture’s history for fantasy, or by disrespecting the wealth of indigenous knowledge, we’re keeping...
Native American assistance to freedom seekers crossing through the Midwest has largely been erased from Underground Railroad...
Two factors overlapped to result in the genocide of the Kikotan people. Reckoning with the past is...
An update on America’s changing religious landscape. The religious landscape of the United States continues to change...
Diderot produced an impressive, unfinished work over at least 15 years. Introduction Today (October 5) is 300...
The Enlightenment directly involved only the educated spheres of society. After Pietism and the Moravian movement, the...
In the ancient world, the concept of monotheism as we understand it today did not exist; all...
These figures, whatever other purposes they served, were expressions of the fears and hopes of the people....
Voodoo is often seen as a practice involving magic. In Haiti, Voodoo is a religion born out...