It was during the 19th century that refinement techniques were developed and oil began to boom. Introduction...
History
Throughout history, Iran was always a cradle of science, contributing to medicine, mathematics, astronomy and philosophy. Introduction...
Faith, science, and stargazing influenced everyday decisions in the Middle Ages. Introduction Humankind has always looked to...
Examining major European twentieth-century narratives and interpretations that have seen it as an age of violence, terror,...
Feminist movements have generated, made possible, and nurtured feminist theories and feminist academic knowledge. Introduction “History is...
Evidence gathered in recent years shows that some ancient narratives contain remarkably reliable records of real events....
Being armed with facts isn’t always enough – bureaucracy and red tape often stand in the way....
If ever a library had a single founder, Thomas Jefferson is the founder of the Library of...
Cicero’s life was marked by a tension between the life of a politician and that of a...
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
Political and moral views are framed in terms of a fight between patriot and traitor, law and...
While the social category of ‘persons’ is found in multiple cultural contexts, who or what is recognized...
The Roman historian Suetonius referred to Caligula as a “monster,” and the surviving sources are universal in...
Forty-five years of unopposed rule seems an unlikely feat for any ruler in Roman history. By Edelia...
A shrine to a “wise woman” fulfilling an oraculor role. By Philippe BohstromArchaeologist The town of Abel Beth...
Examining cult and religion in Philistia during the Iron Age. By Dr. David Ben-ShlomoProfessor of ArchaeologyAriel University...
The Tanks were mentioned in some manuscripts after the coming of Islam to Yemen in the 7th...
Remaining examples include religious, mathematical, musical and astronomical texts. Key Points The principal languages of ancient Mesopotamia...
America has not yet emerged from conflicts over what it means to be a “true American.” Consequently,...
The Spanish Civil War was seen as very much of a piece with the war against Hitler...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults fascinate and capture the imagination. Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults...
The land remains and still presents the international community with one of its most challenging conflicts. The entire...
Canaanite religion was polytheistic, and in some cases monolatristic. Introduction Canaanite religion refers to the group of...
By Christopher Woolf In 2016, Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit Cuba since...
As the first residents of the White House, they began, under difficult conditions, a 200-year tradition of...
A conceptual sculpture made entirely of ice brought attention to global warming and redefined monuments as ephemeral...
Aristotle studied developing organisms, among other things, in ancient Greece, and his writings shaped Western philosophy and...
Looking at the Precambrian and Phanerozoic Eons. Introduction The geological history of Earth follows the major events...
In 1920 the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was declared. History The first settlements in the territory...