The late 19th century saw the creation of a modern industrial economy during the rise of robber...
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During the Civil War Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 which included a tax on personal...
These wars were between supporters of the king’s right to absolute authority, and supporters of the rights...
It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in the history of medieval warfare....
Unleashing such unproven ideas amid today’s globe-halting pandemic is causing concern among public health experts. By Susan...
Roger Bacon believed people should test their beliefs rather than accepting what they’re told. Introduction It seems...
In Britain rabies was certainly known in 1000 CE and probably much earlier. Introduction On the 17th...
From the 1880s through the 1960s, Chicagoans engaged in a passionate debate over how government should respond...
Families were deeply divided after the Civil War and Kentucky was the most violent state in the...
When the Norse went on raids to other countries, they carried enough provisions for the trip and...
Yggdrasil stands at the absolute center of the Norse cosmos. This article, Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree...
Key human adaptations evolved in response to environmental instability. Climate Fluctuation Paleoanthropologists – scientists who study human...
There is growing evidence that our closest extinct human relative wasn’t as dumb as scientists had long...
They spell real trouble in the effort to build widespread immunity. The availability of a vaccine for...
Eisenhower’s plan for controlling the flu epidemic at Camp Colt helped establish health care protocols later adopted...
Information was scarce, conflicting, and often exaggerated. In November 1889, a rash of cases of influenza-like-illness appeared...
The new imperialists set up the administration of the native areas for the benefit of the colonial...
Empires acquire artifacts from source nations by various means, and the newly acquired art takes on some...
The Chinese civil service system later served as a model for the civil-service systems elsewhere. Introduction The...
Among the earliest inventions were the abacus, the “shadow clock,” and the first flying machines. Introduction The...
English writers found federalism attractive because it seemed a solution to the problems posed by Europe’s emerging...
Federalism was a political solution for the problems with the Articles of Confederation giving little authority to...
The Bibliophile’s vision of the bookless future is in some ways prescient. This article, Octave Uzanne’s “The...
Locke’s method built on a long tradition of commonplace note taking, most famously John Milton’s from the...
People have used drum telegraphy to communicate with each other from far away for centuries. Developed and...
As a method of communication, it is likely as old as the ancient Persians, from whom the...
How, if at all, did religious communities change their inherited traditions in the midst of new surroundings?...
Three hundred years is a long time to suffer a bad reputation. The sheer longevity of the...
Little is known about their lifestyle due to the numerous conflicts and combinations of cultures that occurred...
It was built in five constructional stages spanning a period from around 3000 to 1500 BCE. Stonehenge...