Examining the main flaws in the court system in the days of Homer. By Dr. Alexandr LoginovProfessor...
Month: December 2019
A sculpture in St. Peter’s Square to commemorate the travails and hopes of displaced people through human...
How examining migration in the distant past provides new insights into human history. By Dr. Daniel Shriner,...
Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world. Seventy-seven thousand years ago,...
Countering this level of cynicism won’t be easy. By Donald J. Fraser Cynicism is to democratic politics...
The history of the Roman Empire offered many vivid examples of how absolute power could corrupt absolutely....
Power, and the desire for more, is always corruptive, as illustrated by the life of Gaius Marius....
Both heads of government have long histories of demagoguery, with an apparent disregard for possibly violent consequences....
By Harry OatesHistorian Introduction The Roman Empire in the early 1st century CE was often regarded as...
Archaeological remains attest to a rise in urbanization in the 10th century BCE as reflected in building...
Introduction The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age – a term...
The Stone Age as a whole makes up around 99% of humanity’s technological calling card. By Emma...
Only four representatives dared to speak up in his defense. The Speech Laughter flooded the House Chamber,...
From the perspective of farmers, the legal system was being commandeered by attorneys representing railroads and trusts....
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was not...
Something went dangerously wrong at Fort Ticonderoga during that bitter cold winter as the Revolutionary War was...
Six of the ancient wonders have vanished – and that’s if they existed in the first place....
It must be recognized that stone was by no means the only material used for tools throughout...
The British elite in the 17th century to the 19th century were known to take Grand Tours...
The Gordon Riots began when England was involved in the American Revolutionary War with England virtually isolated...
Fundamentalist ideologies act like mental parasites. In moderation, religious and spiritual practices can be great for a person’s...
Religious fundamentalism’s power to disrupt and destroy creates a need for deeper understanding of this increasing widespread...
The caliphate soon became a hereditary institute when the dynastic system of rule was introduced to the...
What started as a feeble group of followers soon turned into an empire. By Syed Muhammad KhanHistorian...
Mystery cults have some characteristics not usually found in more traditional Roman religions. By Stephen Matthiesen The...
That a republic may vanish is an elementary schoolbook fact. By Dr. Garet Garrett The Roman Republic...
Introduction A medieval university is a corporation organized during the Middle Ages for the purposes of higher...
Under Charlemagne’s rule, the work of educational reform began to have a measure of success. Introduction Carolingian...
Medieval society was compelled to adapt to the presence of the chronically ill. Conventional narratives tell us...
In this period, hospitals preserved both the symbolic and material link to the Church and religion, based...