How the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Venetian empires interacted with each other and how their competition over southeastern...
History
Ancient Rome and its empire had the concept of asylum at its heart. Its legacy provided inspiration...
Examining what prompted the backlash of black British people against the police. By Rowena Hillel and Vicky...
About 3000 resisters, many under the age of 25, were tried in German military courts in France...
Typical narratives about 1919’s anti-black collective violence, especially in school textbooks, often conclude abruptly. This summer marks...
Many of the most commonly used election terms have a long linguistic history, stretching from ancient Rome...
The partition of India led to more than a million deaths. A scholar argues how British royal,...
W.T. Stead’s 1885 account of the process by which wealthy Londoners procured teenagers for sex became a...
“As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.”...
The changes the 20th century brought to American politics continue to hold true in the 21st century....
American presidential races have become drawn-out, years-long affairs. It wasn’t always this way. Introduction Four hundred and...
There was a split between the pure ideal and base reality, between sacred and profane love. In...
Rufus is primarily known today as the teacher of Epictetus, the slave who became a famous Stoic...
Epicureanism competed with Stoicism to dominate Greek and Roman culture. By Temma Ehrenfeld ‘The pursuit of Happiness’...
In the 19th and early-20th centuries, Japan, among the major countries of Asia, escaped colonial or neo-colonial...
The Sino-Japanese War provided something very new—a modern and highly mechanized war against a foreign foe. Prints...
In the 19th century, farm loans changed from a matter between associates into an impersonal, bureaucratic exchange....
Getting rich off politics is an old tradition. When the political leader “Boss” Tweed was arrested in...
No one in history has ever, based on their adopting a sea-going profession, talked like Robert Newton’s...
Magellan’s voyage in search of the “Spice Islands” was marked by storms, sharks, and scurvy—plus multiple attempts...
Ayn Rand’s philosophy is a central tenet of today’s Republican Party and the moral code they proudly...
During the Georgian period a host of entertainments were available to those seeking relief from their everyday...
Many important Roman cities had an arena which hosted thrilling chariot races and more for public entertainment....
When artists painted more than one revolution. The Mexican Revolution of 1910, which ended the 35-year presidency...
How a 17th-century nun wrote poetry, dramas, and comedies that took on the inequities and double standards...
For decades, they’ve sustainably managed their community forest, relying on it for food, shelter and livelihoods. By...
The 1,000-year-old mound conforms to the natural topography of the site. A Serpent 1300 Feet Long The...
Texas cattle trails, cattle drives, and the people who worked them. Originally published by the Texas Alliance...
Vast amounts of black property were taken by unscrupulous individual use of legal trickery. I recently read...
The findings are some of the earliest evidence of cannabis used as a drug. People have been...