The masonry techniques discussed here cover a broad chronological range from the second millennium B.C.E. to Late...
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Throughout the history of the ancient Mediterranean artists were always keen to express their appreciation of the...
Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act to prevent exactly this type of action. It doesn’t take a...
Soldiers were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of honor and status and an ideological commitment to...
The term has also been applied to various later civilian paramilitary forces trying to recall the success...
Tribal militia formed the basis of the army in Kievan Rus’ before the Mongol invasion. Introduction The...
From Kievan Rus to the adoption of Christianity and Ivan the Great after the Mongol invasion. Introduction...
During this period, China’s huge cities dwarfed the cities of medieval Europe. Introduction The Song period was...
Exploring how the Chinese both welcomed and rejected foreign contacts. Introduction At times, the Chinese welcomed foreign...
Brewminate’s running weekly forecast for the 2020 election. By Matthew A. McIntoshJournalist and HistorianBrewminate Editor-in-Chief Brewminate will be...
By using religion rather than the Constitution to pass laws, we risk religious tyranny. By Suzanne Debey...
In the architectural void of a new nation, he borrowed from ancient Athens to express America’s democratic...
Rivalries over its political symbolism, and damage from the War of 1812, nearly destroyed the city. As...
The worlds fastest growing “religion” is not Islam or Christianity, but no religion at all. By Lachlan...
From 16th-century playwrights to ‘The Good Place,’ wordplay has found clever ways to get around uttering profane...
The aesthetic qualities of a geometric design are what most concern the twentieth-century work on Hagia Sophia....
The increased study of plants for artistic purposes during the Renaissance led to the development of the...
Magic in ancient Egypt was not considered a parlor trick or illusion. It was to them the...
The transition to use of diphtheria antitoxin to treat ill humans happened quickly. It’s hard to identify...
Between 1816 and 1923, the first six cholera pandemics occurred consecutively and continuously over time. Introduction Seven...
20,000 people, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and much of the federal government fled the city to...
When Massachusetts was hit by Diptheria and Scarlett Fever at the same time. In 1736, scarlet fever...
The travel literature, which did not have Brazil as final destination, could have disproportionate and unsuspected repercussions....
Transporting plants and their by-products by long transoceanic voyages was a complex operation during the 18th century....
Introduction Once a medical practice bills a patient for the provided services, the amount delivered by the...
A new terrorism case shows how the two extremist movements attract the same people. From a military...
Vigilance committees formed throughout the Missouri Ozarks, and spread to several areas within the state. Introduction During...
The Bald Knobbers, who mostly sided with the Union in the Civil War, were opposed by the...
After serving one year on the staff of a Syrian legion, he began the long, imperial road...
Augustus framed his autocratic takeover and control of the Roman state as a sort of democratic act....