Angry mobs torched buildings and Virginians drank a toast to George Washington’s speedy death. Introduction Americans have an anger problem....
History
From Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill, early theorists of the wealth of nations were pessimistic about...
The Holy Roman Empire only turned into an imperial juggernaut under the strongest of emperors. Introduction The Holy...
The Bohemian Church had been established by the Eastern Orthodox Church, not the Church of Rome. Introduction...
The Protestant Reformation completely changed the European cultural, religious, social, and political landscape. Introduction The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) refers...
What comes to your mind when you think of Latvia women? For a lot of people, it’s...
Ballots that date more than two millennia old tell the story of ostracism. In the 1960s, archaeologists...
The fall of the Roman republic has prompted many historical reflections across the ages. Abstract This article...
The Weimar Republic suffered grave problems, such as hyperinflation and political extremism as well as discontent with...
Non-religious public gatherings have been occurring for millennia, but it’s only in the recent centuries that dedicated...
There was intricate, complex, and extensive accounting of Roman trade. Introduction Roman commerce was a major sector of...
Late-medieval and early modern northern European workshops operated on the principles of cooperative learning and collaboration. The...
How a story he told circulated, first through his own works, and then abroad, as a parable...
Languages, like genes, are also ‘documents of history’. Abstract Historical inference is at its most powerful when...
Ancient epic poetry and modern films share an affinity for dressing up brutal deaths with rhetorical flair....
After the Norman invasion of 1066, English went into decline as a written language. English is full...
This eerie chamber is one of several “megatombs” discovered last year at Saqqara. Twenty miles south of...
Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple in 2008 yielded new insights into the engineering feats of the golden...
A German archaeologist deciphered the Roman amphitheater’s amazing underground labyrinth. By Dr. Tom MuellerHistorian and Author Note:...
The Periplus is an astonishing record of travel and trade in the ancient world. Introduction The Periplus of...
Melville’s epic novel about life aboard a wayward whaling ship holds lessons for today. Introduction As an environmental...
The flamboyant big-cat aficionados of the Gilded Age weren’t strangers to fierce competition, threats, and bizarre drama....
Early Neolithic salt production dates to approximately 6,000 BCE. Introduction Salt, also referred to as table salt...
Pepper cultivation began thousands of years ago in India, where it was native. Introduction Since antiquity, pepper has always...
The spice trade ushered in an age of European domination and colonialism in the East. Introduction The spice...
Workers had moved from farms to factories and from country to city and European immigrants had flocked...
If the Fair’s ideas about art and capitalism failed to take hold, its messages about race and...
The experience of a visitor to the Midway Plaisance, a mile-long carnival area adjacent to the main...
Catiline was in search of a massive social and economic upheaval of the status quo. Overview and...
Jews were accused, providing an excuse for local authorities to attack both Jewish and leper communities. Introduction...