People flooded into industrial areas and commercial cities. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Progress Economy, industry,...
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Religious behavior is one of the hallmarks of behavioral modernity. Introduction Paleolithic religions are a set of spiritual beliefs and...
The Wycliffite Bible may have been an open source project that elicited the first expression of hacker...
This somewhat androgynous portrayal of a young male was characteristic of Praxiteles. Matching Text to Image The...
Nightingale embarked for the Crimea on 21 October 1854 with thirty-eight nurses. Florence Nightingale was born on...
Influenza left its devastating mark in both American and world history that year. By Sara Francis FujimuraAuthor...
The virus mutates slightly in a process called antigenic drift. By Dr. Alexandra M. LordChair and Curator...
‘Home’ was central in ancient Greece. Looking for a Family By Danielle Szymezko-SingerOccasional TeacherDistrict School Board of...
The quality and quantity of items inside a person’s house also depended on status in their society....
Most Vikings lived on a farm, which was often bounded by a fence. Introduction Viking homes have...
Exploring ancient Roman markets and meals. By Dr. Douglas KenningInstructor of HistoryOsher Lifelong Learning ProgramsThe Fromm Institute...
Morris had a talent for design, creating items such as furniture and manuscripts in a medieval style....
An udderly fascinating chronicle of milk. By Daniel FernandezEditorial InternSmithsonian Magazine On May 8, 1858, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated...
Ancient Stoicism aimed to be a complete philosophy encompassing ethics, physics, and logic. Introduction Stoicism may be...
Seeing emotions as but one part of the larger, ongoing, historical flux of language, subjectivity and power....
Visual material as evidence of messages intended and of messages received. Introduction The real influence of the...
How the deceased lived with the living. By Dr. Mario ErasmoCultural HistorianProfessor and Head Undergraduate CoordinatorUniversity of...
Medieval society is popularly believed to have been obsessed with death. By Dr. Sophie OosterwijkArt Historian, Freelance...
The first recorded epidemic of yellow fever was in the Yucatan Peninsula in 1648. By Susan BrinkAuthor and Journalist Introduction...
Before smallpox was eradicated, the disease took a significant toll on humanity. Smallpox is the first and...
In 1910, Paul Ehrlich made a breakthrough identifying salvarsan – and so it began. By Dr. Saloni...
The concept of divine kingship validated their rule. By Dr. Rebecca DenovaEmeritus Professor of Early ChristianityUniversity of...
A loose approach to history. By Meilan SollySenior Associate Digital Editory, HistorySmithsonian Magazine Introduction To mark the...
Paine’s words flew off the shelves. By Sonja AndersonDaily Correspondent/ContributorSmithsonian Magazine It was Philadelphia in the winter...
The Immigration Service began collecting arrival manifests in the 1890s. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
Approximately 72,000, or two-thirds, of those incarcerated were American-born citizens. By Dr. Susan H. KameiAdjunct Professor (Teaching)...
When individuals were depicted, it was most often through an antisemitic lens. By Dr. Wolf GrunerProfessor of...
He was a conservative – an Optimate – seedking control. Introduction In 88 BCE, Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BCE)...
Very few records survive of Romulus’s brief 10-month reign. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Romulus...
An informed understanding of The Federalist’s references to ancient Rome. By Louis J. Sirico, Jr., J.D.1Professor of...