The movement toward oligarchy was led by a number of prominent and wealthy Athenians. Introduction The Athenian...
History
Writings from the time provide rich insights about their intentions. As the Founding Fathers were drafting the...
The winning supporters of ratification of the Constitution were called Federalists and the opponents were called Anti-Federalists....
By 1796 politics in every state was nearly monopolized by two parties, with party newspapers and caucuses...
Examining the type of anesthesia and techniques employed to prepare patients for invasive surgery in ancient Rome....
Understanding history can deepen our sense of what it means to be human and how fragile our...
What caused the rise and then collapse 2,600 years ago of this vast empire centered on Mesopotamia?...
Works by artists like Velasco, Troya, Chartrand, and Oller offer an alternative to depictions by foreign artists....
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction For the Incas finely worked and highly decorative textiles came to symbolize both...
Banking was highly developed and subject to Roman Law, and money deposits were to be safeguarded and...
Persian governors and the satrapy system established the paradigm recognizable in the present day of a central...
The ‘two rivers’ of the name referred to the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers and the land...
The musical changes that took place in the Counter Reformation were changes that set the precedent for...
The gods were thought to have a vested interest in the health and success of the Roman...
Introduction Auspicia, the reading of birds’ behavior by religious figures, became officially accepted during the Roman Republic....
Examining religious utterances such as curses, supplication, and prayer, as reflected in some passages from ancient Greek...
The role of priestess at Delphi was enormously influential. She was consulted on everything from warfare to...
In the sixteenth century, cities were considered to embody an ideal of sophisticated and refined living. The...
Cyrus drew on earlier models of Akkadian and Assyrian administration and greatly improved them. Introduction The government...
Before the German invasion, Ukraine was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. Introduction During World War...
In the end the story of the Grand Alliance and its denouement in the cold war is...
The Qin Dynasty he founded gave its name to China. Introduction Shi Huangdi (l.259-210 BCE/r.221-210 BCE, also...
Care about me because you see how I am not really so different from others you already...
Led by the Senones tribe and their chief Brennus, the infuriated Gauls went to war against Rome....
Roman Gaul is an umbrella term for several Roman provinces in western Europe. Introduction Cisalpine Gaul, or...
The 10th article of impeachment against Andrew Johnson in 1868 was about his language and conduct over...
The deep roots of the word “patriot” lie in Roman antiquity. A distinction is often drawn between...
Direct taxation was not well-developed in ancient Greece. Introduction The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely...
Power belonged to anyone who could harness the collective will of the citizens directly by appealing to...
He went from fringe political to chancellor of Germany within a few years and from chancellor to...