Early voting periods are not remotely new to the 2020 election. First Presidential Election There are many...
Year: 2020
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...
The Battle of Liberty Place was an insurrection by the Crescent City White League against the Reconstruction...
Corinth was utterly destroyed in this year by the victorious Roman army and all of her treasures...
Alexander, unable to attack from the sea, built causeway stretching out to the island on a natural...
Athens was chosen as the Greek capital for historical and sentimental reasons. Ottoman Athens The first Ottoman...
Athens has been inhabited from Neolithic times, possibly from the end of the fourth millennium BCE, or...
Despite the scientific rigor of archaeology today, archaeological exploration is still an art and an adventure of...
Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral-poetic tradition by Minoan and Mycenaean singers starting in the...
Expressions of popular will were still constrained by an essentially oligarchic and aristocratic system. As a Classicist,...
Ancient Greek democracy had a number of practices which made it very different from modern democratic systems....
The Romans enjoyed serious endeavors and so the writing of historiography became very popular for upper class...
His works continued to be studied by professionals in international relations, political theorists, historians, and students of...
Writing is the most important invention because it makes all the other innovations possible. While researching a...