Tobacco was first discovered by the native people of Mesoamerica and South America and later introduced to...
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The masks were designed to protect them from putrid air, which was seen as the cause of...
As a result of anti-homosexuality laws in the UK in the 1950s, Alan was charged with gross...
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Early Life...
It contains so many incredible violations of the laws of nature that it cannot possibly be accepted...
Written down in the mid-17th century BCE, the Atrahasis can be dated to the reign of the...
A tombstone commissioned by a man in memory of his deceased mother, “Siporah daughter of Dan”. Everything...
How the early Persians worshipped their gods is unknown except that it involved fire and outdoor altars....
Byzantine art had become much more expressive and imaginative by the twelfth century. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
The most famous series of wars in ancient Greek history broke out with a revolt against Persian...
Procedures for electing members of Congress in the early republic greatly differed from the single-district system that...
This was a period of great experimentation and change in the development of political parties. The framers...
Looking at crime in Elizabethan England and the brutal punishments offenders received. Thieves and Pickpockets The crowded...
During the American Revolution, Magna Carta served to inspire and justify action in liberty’s defense. “The democratic...
This refers to any one of several ancient Roman laws (leges maiestatis) dealing with crimes against the...
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There is no systematic collection of Greek laws, thus the knowledge the earliest notions of the subject...
One of our most common condiments was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a...
Each season in medieval europe had its own special Christian celebration, often based on older pagan traditions....
Similarities of its features suggest a strong influence on the Christian celebration of Christmas. By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...
A new video series which is intended to “combat leftist ideas” and offer a false narrative of...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Yaxchilan, located on the banks of the Usumacinta River in the Yucatán peninsula of...
Tikal built its wealth by exploiting its natural resources and geographical location to become a Maya superpower....
The Silk Road was a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea...
Such states and fiefdoms would again emerge during later dynasties as a political expedient when required. Introduction...
The perpetually contemporary Williams, as Ellington famously described her, mastered the language of swing. By Natalie Weiner...
The South was allowed to go back to their old ways of bigotry. The American Story is...
Andrew Johnson lacked Lincoln’s political skills and instead exhibited a stubbornness and confrontational approach. Introduction President Johnson...
Fictional accounts of white Southerners make it seem it was fun to be a slave on a...
The spread of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages (from the fifth to tenth centuries) marked the...