The institution of slavery had long antecedents in Scandinavia, probably going back thousands of years before the...
History
The Annals of St. Bertin refer to a group of Vikings, who called themselves Rhos (qi se,...
Kübler-Ross was one of the central figures in the hospice care movement. Introduction Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8,...
She was the first woman to be elected head of the American Heart Association. Introduction Helen Brooke...
More than a fifth of U.S. children were working in 1900. It took decades of activism and...
The truth, self-evident, that all men are created equal, has not always been so self-evident for many...
We all know how popular gambling is around the whole world. It is one of the most...
Examining the initial fractures, course, and ultimate resolution of the Civil War that divided the nation. Decade...
Taking a look at some of the key figures who played important roles during one of our...
The practice of amalgam gilding goes back many centuries. It was used by the Romans to apply...
What is probably the first man-made armor for any animal appeared as early as 2600–2500 BCE. Introduction...
“Equality before the law” under the Fourteenth Amendment means exactly what it says it means. Former Associate...
Mackintosh played a key role in riots and other events related to the protest and eventual repeal...
The printing press was arguably one of the most revolutionary inventions in the history of the early...
Exploring seven objects that represent some of the key stages in the development of the book in...
The first real challenge to the constitutionality of state segregation laws came in 1938. Brown v. Board...
National and state officials initiated loyalty checks to identify and remove from office suspect government workers. “Un-American”...
The final step toward ratification hinged on the decision of one young man in Tennessee: State Rep....
How suffragists first used hunger strikes as a form of resistance and protest. Introduction Asylum seekers held...
Borrowing from the east and west, their culture and art was an amalgam easily identified as Parthian....
The neat labels of Greek text that accompany and identify many of the characters on the vase...
What we know about this figure discovered in Neferibresaneith’s tomb. What’s an Ushtabi? Ushabtis are figurines that...
These texts developed from spells that were first inscribed on scarabs and coffins at the end of...
Trade and commerce increased. Cities grew larger and wealthier. Newly wealthy merchants and bankers supported the growth...
Exploring trade and commerce, homes and households, disease and medicine, crime and punishment, and leisure and entertainment....
A new paper makes the case that scholars have ignored the role of female ceramicists in Greece...
On display at the British Museum, quite different from the Latin papyrus in terms of its size,...
The ownership of corporations and the relationship between owners and laborers were the contentious topics of the...
At the beginning of the 1880s, Democratic and Republicans candidates observed a tradition of reserve and silence...
Macbeth appears to have cleverly positioned Scotland between her more powerful neighbors yet he did not isolate...