The idea of a single, unified, and dominant religion shared by all members of a single culture...
Month: October 2020
In the South, electoral politics remained a parade of electoral fraud, voter intimidation, and race-baiting. Just as...
Jim Crow states passed statutes severely regulating social interactions between the races. Jim Crow was the name...
In an effort to help fellow COVID-19 sufferers, some patients spend most of their days fact checking...
Heraclitus maintained that the very nature of life is flux, is change, and that to resist this...
There are over 90 Pre-Socratic philosophers, all of whom contributed something to world knowledge. Introduction The Pre-Socratic...
We’re ready to be done with COVID-19, it’s not going anywhere soon. Once a pathogen emerges, it’s...
People broke public health laws during the 17th-century plague in Italy, but there were clergymen who intervened....
Exploring forms of image making which pushed the boundaries of 17th-century book printing. This article, “More Lively...
The erroneous principles that right-wing militias subscribe to, including believing themselves to be defenders of the Bill...
Loki is referred to in 13th-century Scandinavian poems and folklore. Introduction Loki is a god in Norse...
Ysengrimus is usually held to be an allegory for the corrupt monks of the Roman Catholic Church....
Early voting periods are not remotely new to the 2020 election. First Presidential Election There are many...
African Americans, women, Native Americans, and citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 had to fight...
Romantic love, although recognized and praised by the poets, played little part in many marriages. Introduction Love,...
Marriage in ancient Mesopotamia was of vital importance to the society for the continuation of the family...
A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America’s War of Independence. Introduction We think we know...
What do the ghosts of that bloody history whisper to us now? At this moment that feels...
The famous Greek playwrights, historians, and physicians familiar to us today lived in the fifth century. Introduction...
Salamis has come down to us as a key event in the early history of Western Civilization....
Engaging in “the paranoid style in American politics”, they mythologize history to match a preferred narrative. Originally...
The Militia of Great Britain were the principal military reserve forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain....
The fyrd consisted of a nucleus of experienced soldiers that would be supplemented by ordinary villagers and...
A little critter takes a big journey through one of the Mediterranean’s most important historical sites. Introduction...
The fields cover the remains of hundreds of stone age farms. By Jenny SnookHistorian Overview The Ceide...
The churches incorporated local ancient traditions of woodcarving and stone architecture more common on the European continent....
The earliest large churches date from Late Antiquity. Different styles of architecture developed and their fashion spread....
In households, they appear to have been used in conjunction with cultic assemblages. Introduction Judean pillar figurines...
In recent decades, the site of Babylon has suffered considerable damage from problematic reconstructions of ancient buildings....
The violent overthrow of a duly elected government by a group of white supremacists. Introduction The Wilmington...