Before its dissolution, the USSR had maintained its status as a world superpower for four decades after...
History
Polish intelligence officer Michal Goleniewski was a valuable CIA asset between his defection and the Agency’s decision...
Whether you define now as a day, a year, or a decade, it’s both a minuscule sliver...
The Old North Church was built in December 1723, inspired by the works of Christopher Wren. Old...
The link between the Old North Church’s lanterns and American democracy reaches back to 1775. On the...
Black Americans were denied the right to vote by grandfather clauses, poll taxes, white primaries, and literacy...
The earliest forms of democratic governments began to form in Greek city-states in the sixth century BCE....
Sparta was a society with too many institutional checks and balances, and Athens was a society with...
Hannibal appeals to many as the ultimate underdog, but it wasn’t just his genius on the battlefield...
Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder is widely considered one of the all-time greatest sports bettors. Snyder’s picks as...
A ‘Pyrrhic victory” denotes a victory that is so damaging to the winning side that it is...
The advent of total war and the mass mobilization of society had broken down the distinction between...
Henry and Lucy Knox sacrificed family, home, and beliefs to adopt their new American identity. In late...
Hammurabi’s punishments were far more severe than earlier law codes. Introduction The Code of Hammurabi was a set of...
The medieval county court eventually took on the task of selecting knights of the shire to sit...
FDR’s “court-packing plan” amounted to playing Russian Roulette with the constitutional balance of powers. By Dr. James...
This is the pivotal event that ends the mythic cycle beginning with the birth of the gods...
We should not forget that Norse gods usually had multiples roles. Introduction In Norse mythology, the Sun and...
The Vikings used sailing boats, known as knarrs, for their long-distance oceanic travels. Introduction Misconceptions about the...
The two kingdoms squabbled over states and peoples that had never even heard of these two small...
The Spanish themselves called them the naos de China or ‘Chinese ships’. Introduction The Manila galleons were Spanish treasure ships which transported...
Gambling is one of the most popular forms of entertainment nowadays, as more than 25% of the...
She won a contest with Poseidon over who would preside over the city cherished by all the...
The letters of Isabella d’Este give us a unique look into the lives of women in high...
We may think that women at sea were a rare occurrence through history, but this is not...
A number of important polities struggled for power, and rulers used steles to display their importance and...
Russian Constructivist artists were concerned with making a new socially productive, utilitarian art. Introduction Alexander Rodchenko’s 1928...
Rauschenberg’s work was ultimately a response to the saturation of electronic media in the 1960s. In 1970, Newsweek magazine...
Farming began in the 4th millennium BCE in the hill country of southeastern Turkey, western Iran, and...
Remnants of molecules and microbes in shards of cooking pots help researchers reconstruct prehistoric cuisines. Introduction Unearthed...