The image of an intoxicated ancient world goes against the idea that moderation was the key to...
History
The best physicians were well schooled in pharmaceutical lore, with an armamentarium of drugs. By Dr. John...
Exploring the wandering life of the marsus and druggist and their ambiguous position within society. By Dr....
Our early ancestors had complex relationships with psychoactive plants. By Dan Reist, Nicole Bodner, and Rielle Capler...
The use of narcotics gradually emerged as a serious social problem in the 20th century. By Dr....
Inventors have been advancing solar technology for more than a century and a half. By Elizabeth Chu...
With all their inventions and discoveries, it seems like the world connived to shape the astronomy of...
The first information about the school education of the ancient Egyptians goes back to the 3rd millennium...
It doesn’t matter how far back in history you go; there are indications that groups of people...
Sometimes, the creation of a top history essay can be a challenge. Let us look at what one needs...
Coffee provides a lens through which to view many of the most important world-historical processes of the...
Making ales using only medieval techniques and equipment. By Dr. Paul W. PlacewayAlumnus, Language Technologies InstituteCarnegie Mellon...
The agora was a political and a commercial space in Athens and other ancient Greek city-states. Introduction...
For certain people, addictive substances are the pillar of society – not only now, in the modern...
Three stories that show how women have created throughout history. By Lyra Kilston, Judith Barr, Elizabeth Morrison,...
An overview of the class structure of society, local government, guilds, pageantry, and punishment in a medieval...
Pressures to elevate the artistic profession began in earnest in the midst of the rising Renaissance era....
Issues of urgent interest for a society living in an era of unprecedented change to the tools...
The rise, fall, and rediscovery of cuneiform. By Shelby BrownClassical archaeologist and classicistEducation Specialist for Academic and Adult...
Aristotle divides friendships into three types, based on the motive for forming them: friendships of utility, friendships...
The Alexandrine grammarians seem to have been the first to divide Greek comedy into what became the...
Hear this history professor explain how history is not as ancient as it feels, and why it...
A scholar of Greek literature writes why we need to turn to the past to understand the...
By Paul W. Lovinger George Washington presided as delegates to the Federal Convention in Philadelphia drew up...
These battles were part of long-lasting conflict between the Roman Empire and the Persians. Introduction The Roman–Parthian Wars (54...
Despite numerous defeats at the hands of the Romans, the death of Gallic independence came in this one, single,...
The inscription hence records the construction of the tunnel in ancient Jerusalem. Introduction The Siloam inscription or Shiloah inscripti, known...
Outside of pre-Maccabean Israelite religious literature, evidence for the name and the origins of the Philistines is...
Everybody is busy living the current and planning for the future. We can only know the direction...
This was the generation of suffragists who challenged society’s expectations of what it meant to be a...