By midcentury, Victorian natural historians seemed hungry for information from formerly inaccessible regions of Africa. With a...
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Darwin to understand the convergence of disparate scales of geological and human history. The event now known...
What were the links between abolition and imperialism in East Africa? Originally published by Newberry Digital Collections...
Most traditional religions in Africa have developed at the local level and are unique to a particular...
The collapse of the Cold War–era nuclear arms treaty signals trouble for U.S.-Russia relations, European security, and...
The most notable ruler of this dynasty was its last ruler, Emperor Harshavardhana (or Harsha). Introduction The...
One of the most important moments in the story of Prince Siddhartha is when he reached spiritual...
Today’s standoff between the U.S. and Iran is reminiscent of tensions on the eve of World War...
History in South Africa from the Stone Age to the Mid-19th century This essay provides a summary...
The trade of gold in West Africa goes back to antiquity. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction West Africa...
Nebuchadnezzar II, the Chaldean king, is supposed to have had the gardens built in about 600 BC...
The city of Babylon was given hegemony over Mesopotamia by their sixth ruler, Hammurabi. Introduction Babylonia, named for...
Plants flower earlier, and insects – birds’ food – develop earlier. Viktoriia Radchuk, an evolutionary ecologist at Berlin’s Leibniz...
The variety of native traditions, available materials, and architectural expertise has given the continent new and culturally...
Used by the indigenous peoples of the Americas for millennia, it was only in the last decade...
Thousands of women volunteered as nurses during the Civil War. On April 14, 1861, Fort Sumter fell—the...
Nursing may be the oldest known profession, as some nurses were paid for their services from the...
Apollo 8 was the moment that humanity realized a dream conceived in our cultural imagination over two...
Take a tour through Melbourne with a Greek lens and discover the rich Hellenic influences that shape...
President Donald Trump called for reform of mental health laws on the heels of two deadly shootings that claimed...
As the need for ranch workers has dwindled, the iconic status of cowboys has continued to grow....
At the turn of the 20th century, three Hawaiian cowboys arrived in Wyoming to compete in a...
The O.K. Corral is a human-sized, emotionally satisfying revenge drama that affirms our thirst for justice. On...
Founded in 1865, St. Thomas, Nevada, was initially settled by Mormons drawn by Muddy Creek, a tributary...
Washington Irving leaves Gotham to explore the frontier. As he entered New York City on May 21,...
What we think we know about the arrival of Homo sapiens on this continent. In the 1970s,...
And Donald Trump is fanning the flames by encouraging the violent ideology. White terroristic activity has been...
The journalist’s witty Paris Letters for the New Yorker helped establish Americans’ feelings of superiority over Europe....
Without a doubt, the most influential concept in German university history is that of the “unity of...
Behind every manuscript map lies an individual’s hand. Originally published by the Harvard Map Collection, republished with...