While the Protestants harshly criticized the cult of images, the Catholic Church ardently embraced the religious power...
Matthew McIntosh
Transgender individuals have worse employment outcomes, lower incomes, and higher rates of poverty. The United States Supreme...
The lure of Aphrodite still resonates in Western popular culture today. Introduction Aphrodite is the ancient Greek...
Erotic spells were a popular form of magic in ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient spells were often...
Our own species — Homo sapiens — lived alongside other groups that split off from the same...
According to folklore, such tiny, hairy people as her once roamed the tropical forests alongside modern humans....
By Thom Hartmann Wealthy white men have had the right to vote in America since the beginning...
Many different groups of American Indians with distinct cultures inhabited the western region of North America. Geographic...
Some indigenous peoples of the Americas supported agriculturally advanced societies for thousands of years. Introduction The indigenous...
About 75 percent of adults with disabilities live with an aging parent or caregiver and most are...
Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine was used for several centuries in medieval Europe and the Arab world as...
His aggressive manner of teaching and his outspoken criticism of traditional medical theory made him unwelcome in...
Caesar fought in a civil war that left him undisputed master of the Roman world. Introduction Gaius...
Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction in the Roman Senate, until he...
The Internet has dramatically changed the ways that people browse, shop for, and purchase their goods. The...
Introduction Reconstruction is the name of the historical period following the American Civil War during which the...
The Constitutional Convention of 1789, following the Revolution, had failed to address slavery, and it took another...
The main legacy of the civilization was its power to inspire, including that of later resistance groups...
Introduction The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having the only known fully developed written...
The People’s Liberation Army is aiming to become the dominant force in the Asia-Pacific. The Chinese government...
The exams were in place for over a thousand years and are the principal reason why education...
Confucius looked to “the wisdom of the ancients” and a “return to li”. Introduction The teachings and...
Political conservatism, which once argued for objective truth, now relies on the broadest attack on truth that...
The first way to live in a fascist society is denial. By Umair Haque There’s a simple...
Fascism in Italy was strongly identified with the cult of Mussolini and with the idea, even with...
Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on (but not limited to) ethnic,...
The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians...
The notion of social class is still questioned as it becomes even more difficult to define in...
The Italian Renaissance began in Tuscany, centered in the cities of Florence and Siena. Introduction The Italian...
The foundations of the modern world derive from the Classic Age as it was reformulated during the...