Incidents of polio increased to epidemic proportions after 1900. What was going on? Introduction Poliomyelitis (polio) is...
History
Mary McLeod Bethune founded a college, defied the Klan, advised presidents, and was a fierce warrior for...
In their last days, the suffragist pioneers looked back and left us their story in letters. “It...
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Examining how cats have been historically represented since the ancient world. Introduction Furry friends can be comforting...
Analysis of a bronze cat reveals clues about its ancient past. By Jeffrey Maish, Judith Barr, and...
The Transcontinental Railroad facilitated the colonization of western territories by encouraging new settlements on Indigenous lands. The...
She was an outspoken critic of harsh treatment of the Paiute in the American West. For the...
A medieval person would have looked upon the owl and the birds and seen a Christian parable....
Plebeians sought to enforce reform on Patricians – and it worked. First, what happened in politics at...
The plague, named the Black Death by later historians, had a devastating effect on the European population...
With no accurate knowledge about the disease and the way it was spread, what could be done...
The plutocracy of Carthage was only too willing to pick a quarrel with Rome. The Semitic colony...
When nobles and wealthy members of communities reigned supreme. Introduction Oligarchy is a form of government in...
Mary Edwards Walker defied convention in just about everything she did. Mary Edwards Walker was uncompromising in...
The ‘Hippocratic’ four humours, Roman hygiene, the first hospitals, and home remedies. The Greeks combined dietetics, medicines,...
George Washington was not born a leader, but he carefully made himself into one. On June 22,...
The Danse Macabre consists of the dead or a personification of death with dancing along to the...
People felt overwhelmed as it seems as though they believed that what had happened to others elsewhere...
The first definitive outbreak of plague was the Plague of Justinian as recorded by Procopius which killed...
For decades, women’s contributions to silent movies were mostly ignored. Motion pictures began in the East in...
The Guptas were ambitious rulers and by the end of the fourth century claimed dominance over a...
It is believed that King Janak, ruler of Mithila Kingdom in the 8th or 7th century BCE,...
Banquets were likely used as an opportunity for rulers to spread a little happiness amongst those they...
What did it mean to become a citizen of the new nation? Originally published by Newberry Digital...
Hannibal continued to fight for the people of Carthage, in spite of the poor treatment he received....
Thirty of the Achaeans’ best warriors hid in the Trojan horse’s womb and two spies in its...
The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War by causing the Judgement of...
A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus...
The global spread of smallpox can be traced to the growth and spread of civilizations, exploration, and...
Examining modern remedies derived from medieval monastic knowledge. Most people think of herbal medicine as a distinctly...