The full range of consumer goods of the period was set out to tempt the shopper and...
History
The Mediterranean Sea was the economic focal point of the Roman Empire. By Michael GoodyearJ.D. CandidateUniversity of Michigan...
The wealth of Egypt was owed in large part to the unrivaled fertility of the Nile. By...
A small number of sites, especially from the Middle and New Kingdoms, provide us with extraordinary amounts...
There began a cult of Khayyám that lasted at least until the First World War. By Roman...
In early modern Sweden bathing was a part of everyday life. There were public and private hot-steam...
The word aphrodisiac only began to be used to describe such foods in the late seventeenth century....
The types of Christianity they professed had important differences that led to a lack of recognition and...
Something very important to note about Augustus and his political, societal and religious views is the significant...
The Supreme Court had barely gotten used to its new chamber when the War of 1812 commenced...
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) was a branch of the United States Army founded in 1863....
The Harriet Lane engaging in a battery at Pig’s Point By Sara Hale My Grandfather’s account of...
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic successor state of Alexander the Great’s empire, which at its height...
How did Greenpeace develop this affinity with Native Americans? The German branch of Greenpeace announced itself to...
Even though Neste tried to conceal its intentions, they were obvious enough to members of the local...
What tools would an alchemist use in the quest to transmute other elements into gold? David Teniers...
Chinese alchemists developed methods for manipulating minerals and altering the state of substances. Introduction Most of us...
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected...
The entry of the United States into World War I changed the course of the war, and...
Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Daoism and Shamanism as practiced historically in Korea, as well...
The architecture of ancient Korea is epitomized by the artful combination of wood and stone. By Mark...
Susa began as a small village in the Neolithic Age around 7000 BCE. Introduction Susa was one of...
The assumption that Andean peoples could not have built Tiwanaku is the greatest myth of all. Bolivia,...
It takes about a millennium for dialects to become languages. Simple questions often yield complex answers. For...
A history of the idea of Open Educational Resources and overview the current state of the Open...
The origins of the Board ran through Sam Rayburn’s mentor, fellow Texan John Garner, and Garner’s predecessor...
This practice began earlier with the Ancient Romans, who wrote (literally scratched on letters) on wax-coated tablets,...
The Arch is a huge conglomerate of imperial Roman sculpture as many parts of it were recycled...
Newly found fossils point to a link between a rise in atmospheric oxygen and the first emergence...
From the air and on the ground: the reporters who told the HIroshima and Nagasaki stories to...