The development of extensive trade routes allowed Russia to grow in size and power. The Viking Influence...
History
By 600 CE, the Slavs had split linguistically into southern, western, and eastern branches. Introduction The East...
Their annihilation on the Raudian plain was not the last time they would clash arms with Rome....
Darius thoroughly revised the Persian system of administration and also the legal code. Introduction Darius the Great...
While Cyrus seems to have accepted the crown of Media, by 546 BCE, he had officially assumed...
A linguist considers whether saving languages is sentimental or critical. I met the last speaker of Naati...
Tattoo patterns and art on the face and body differed from one Polynesian island group to the...
The history of slave rebels and resistance in the Caribbean is a rich and complicated story. Marissa:...
It was justified by reference to historical myths that nobles and servile peasants were separated by courage...
A few people have had the luxury of enjoying representative governments in human history. Most of the...
Submarines played a major role in Word War I. But the first submersible was actually used, though...
A medieval world where caves and underground shelters provided refuge from raiders, allowing a threatened civilization to...
Complex societies took the forms of larger agricultural villages, cities, city-states, and states, which shared many features....
Studying animal tooling can provide clues to the mysteries of human evolution. Human beings used to be...
It is often referenced as a Zoroastrian heresy because it departed significantly from central Zoroastrian beliefs. Introduction...
Zoroastrianism was adopted by the Achaemenid Empire, the Parthian Empire, and found its fullest expression under the...
The ancient Persian religious tradition was passed down orally, and the only written texts relating to it...
Starting in 1297, a small group of particularly wealthy merchants blocked political and economic competition. Abstract International...
A wide-ranging new Getty book examines the role of text and image across cultures over the thousand-year...
Developments here had a decisive impact on the progress of human history. Introduction Iran, officially the Islamic...
Jerusalem has been an urban center for approximately 5,000 years. Introduction Jerusalem is the capital of the...
What we really mean when we talk about “animal histories.” “Am I not a fly like thee?...
Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas. Coffee is a...
How Magna Carta was both influenced by, and impacted upon, the institutions and customs of its day....
Iran’s traditional music carries messages of beauty, joy, sorrow and love to the world. Introduction Weaving through...
Bourbaki was the last mathematician to master nearly all aspects of the field. There’s just one problem:...
It severely affected public opinion in favor of war and further energized a war-weary public in England....
A number of highly educated citizens could speak and read both Greek and Latin. Introduction The Roman...
Although often engaged in conquest, the Sassanids also entered into peace treaties and engaged in widespread trade....
The Achaemenid Empire was a period of artistic growth that left an extraordinary architectural legacy. Introduction Achaemenid...