The political climate was marked by civil discord and rampant political violence. By Jesse SifuentesHistorian Introduction Lucius...
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Examining the main flaws in the court system in the days of Homer. By Dr. Alexandr LoginovProfessor...
How examining migration in the distant past provides new insights into human history. By Dr. Daniel Shriner,...
Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world. Seventy-seven thousand years ago,...
The history of the Roman Empire offered many vivid examples of how absolute power could corrupt absolutely....
By Harry OatesHistorian Introduction The Roman Empire in the early 1st century CE was often regarded as...
Archaeological remains attest to a rise in urbanization in the 10th century BCE as reflected in building...
Introduction The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age – a term...
The Stone Age as a whole makes up around 99% of humanity’s technological calling card. By Emma...
Only four representatives dared to speak up in his defense. The Speech Laughter flooded the House Chamber,...
From the perspective of farmers, the legal system was being commandeered by attorneys representing railroads and trusts....
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was not...
Something went dangerously wrong at Fort Ticonderoga during that bitter cold winter as the Revolutionary War was...
Six of the ancient wonders have vanished – and that’s if they existed in the first place....
It must be recognized that stone was by no means the only material used for tools throughout...
Religious fundamentalism’s power to disrupt and destroy creates a need for deeper understanding of this increasing widespread...
The caliphate soon became a hereditary institute when the dynastic system of rule was introduced to the...
What started as a feeble group of followers soon turned into an empire. By Syed Muhammad KhanHistorian...
Mystery cults have some characteristics not usually found in more traditional Roman religions. By Stephen Matthiesen The...
Under Charlemagne’s rule, the work of educational reform began to have a measure of success. Introduction Carolingian...
Medieval society was compelled to adapt to the presence of the chronically ill. Conventional narratives tell us...
In this period, hospitals preserved both the symbolic and material link to the Church and religion, based...
The myth, in time, became the reality. Introduction Originality in literary compositions in the ancient world did...
French revolutionaries aimed to jettison the old order and everything associated with it. During the Revolution, the...
The patricians were distinct from the plebeians because they had wider political influence, at least in the...
In 1947–1948, a series of events caused the nations of Western Europe to become concerned about their...
Othello shows us the cosmopolitan nature of renaissance Venice. Of all Shakespeare’s plays, it is Othello which...
According to tradition, the original population consisted of refugees from nearby Roman cities. Introduction The Republic of...
The sculpture was recovered at the House of the Eagles, the meeting place of eagle and jaguar...
“You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war”. In this and like communities, public sentiment is...