Exploring the science and stories behind the pigments, from the red ochre of Lascaux’s prehistoric cave to...
Month: August 2020
The society’s goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state...
Barruel wrote that the French Revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies. Introduction Augustin Barruel...
This new outlook put great emphasis on reason as the key to human progress. Introduction The Enlightenment...
This movement led to the start of many new Christian churches that broke away from the Catholic...
Christians mounted violent campaigns against Jews and heretics in addition to the wars in Europe, North Africa,...
The Church had a close relationship with the English state throughout the Middle Ages. Introduction Medieval Religion...
The U.S. government used family separation and schools to try to erase Native American children’s traditional cultures...
This was a widely held imperialist belief in the 19th-century that American settlers were destined to expand...
Jackson’s goals put the government in conflict with the more than 125,000 Native Americans who still lived...
Exploring imperial China during the period from about 221 BCE to about 1644 CE. Introduction The word...
Exploring discoveries and inventions made by the Chinese between about 200 and 1400 C.E. Introduction Over the...
The Rajarajesvara temple was built by one of the most successful rulers of the medieval period, Rajaraja...
Seals numbering in the thousands have been discovered in excavations of Indus cities as well as in...
There have been talk of the beneficial properties of CBD oil for depression and neurosis for years....
The titans of tech Zoomed into a congressional hearing for a flogging through their computer screens. Last...
Rumors of secret alliances, bank deals, and double-crossings were rampant in early American elections. From claims that...
The dangerous legacy of a letter received by Augustin Barruel, a French Catholic priest and famous conspiracy...
It can be traced, in part, to the Enlightenment and its profound impact on colonial thinking. Political...
Exploring the establishment of the Duchy following the Fourth Crusade. Introduction The Duchy of Athens was a...
The causes and attributes of the crisis changed throughout the decades between 134 and 44 BCE. Introduction...
Odysseus’s natural leadership, smarts, and cool head are exceptional, and he is entertainingly deceptive and tricky. Introduction...
Segregation is by design, not accident, argues an urban planning scholar. The legacy of structural racism in...
The Northern victory was short lived — Southern ideals spread quickly to the West. By Bill Moyers...
The industrial boom of the late 19th century led Americans and immigrants to leave farming life and...
African Americans gained political power yet faced the backlash of white supremacy and racial violence. Introduction I’ll...
For the grieving painter who lose his wife to the disease, art functioned as a kind of...
All of the extra features, such as marginal glossing and pointing hands, tell you about how the...
Infighting between Louis the Pious’s sons and external threats from different civilizations contributed to the collapse. Introduction...
The rise of Turkish power in Anatolia eventually gave rise to the Ottoman Empire which rapidly conquered...