Sforza was an early scientist who experimented with chemistry and medicine. By Amy Lifson Caterina Sforza, the...
History
By the British Museum / 02.28.2017 Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Hadrian, 2nd century C.E.,...
Aule Metele (Arringatore), from Cortona, Italy, early 1st century B.C.E., bronze, 67 inches high (Museo Archeologico Nazionale,...
Exploring the impact of Labillardière’s work following a voyage to Australasia. This article, Jacques Labillardière’s Contribution to...
Examining the cultural heritage of Early Modern Europe and its influence in contemporary thought. By Angel Solis,...
Exploring how the motives, organization, and effects of the Crusades change over time. Originally published by Newberry...
By the end of the fifteenth century, the majority of Western European cities had a printing press....
The earliest imprints of human activities in India go back to the Paleolithic Age, roughly between 400,000...
For a long time, Baghdad was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Today many people...
A region of dry grasslands and fertile river plains, the Middle East was the natural home to...
A knowledge and understanding of the past can help us to face the challenges of contemporary migration....
An overview of the “new immigration” that originated from Southern and Eastern Europe and American responses to...
The appearance of The New Game of Human Life on 14 July 1790 was a significant milestone...
Players moving pieces along a track to be first to reach a goal was the archetypal board...
Vampire fiction as class allegory predates Dracula. In May 1897 Constable and Co published a limited print...
The turmoil of the English Civil War in the 1640s and 1650s generated political and institutional upheaval,...
The Herodian dynasty is named after Herod the Great, who was recognized as king of the Jews...
Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism....
A utilitarian machine with a suicidal ghost inside. J S Mill (1873) by George Frederick Watts /...
South-side portal (detail), Church of Ste. Pierre, 1115-1130, Moissac, France (photo: Simon, Creative Commons) By Dr. Shannon Pritchard...
Cloister, Fontenay Abbey, 12th century By Christine M. Bolli / 08.08.2015 PhD Candidate in Art History University of California,...
Roman religion and tolerance for others drastically began to change following the Edict of Milan. Introduction Constantinian...
Balances of power and ambitious pursuits. Introduction A triumviratus is literally a college of three men. In the ancient...
To circumscribe the Reformation solely within the sphere of theological disputation is to mask the complexity of...
Phoenician is a Canaanite language closely related to Hebrew. Introduction Very little is known about the Canaanite...
Traveling to Paris for a divorce became all the rage in the early 1920s. It was one...
What place does the paper book have in our increasingly all-digital present? What place does the paper...
A century ago, a three-minute call from New York City to San Francisco on a landline cost...
Long before ‘sup’ and ‘hwu’ there was ‘Hw r u ts mng?’ From “lol” to “brb,” the...
The absence of a glorification of war in China was largely due to Confucian philosophy and literature....