James Madison proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution, but only 10 were approved. When the Constitutional Convention...
History
The absence of a “bill of rights” turned out to be an obstacle to the Constitution’s ratification...
In spite of the military genius of Hannibal, Carthage was destroyed as the result of three wars...
The Notre Dame Cathedral wasn’t static. The design, as with most cathedrals, kept changing to keep up...
Soil is a valuable resource that needs to be carefully managed as it is easily damaged. Introduction...
The Westerners managed to maintain a political presence in the region until 1291 CE but were constantly...
Painstaking reconstruction of fragments of text has revealed the working draft of an ancient Jewish calendar and...
Five of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of Bible were found to be forged. The...
The alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
Ratified by the United States Senate unanimously without debate on June 7, 1797, taking effect June 10,...
The Albigensian Crusade was the first crusade to specifically target heretic Christians – the Cathars of southern...
As the political boundaries of the Roman Empire diminished and collapsed in the West, Christianity spread beyond...
The first Hindu temples were built from rock-cut caves. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Hindu architecture evolved over...
With the establishment of the medieval towns, Italian city-states and maritime republics, the patriciate was a formally...
According to Livy, the first 100 men appointed as senators by Romulus were referred to as “fathers”...
As Leonardo da Vinci found centuries ago, scholars of art, design, engineering and science can work together...
In philosophy, the notion of virtue played a central role in ethical theory up until the Enlightenment....
The armies could have involved over 100,000 men on either side who came from all over Europe....
To reach this elevated status became more and more challenging as the Middle Ages wore on. By...
After freeing the Zealots from the Temple, the Edomites and Zealots massacred the common people. Introduction The...
A literary alternative to the murderous, supersessionist versions of the story that animates the site. Given the...
She used her skills as a teacher to become not only the first American female physician but...
The Migration Period is typically regarded as beginning with the invasion of Europe by the Huns from...
The empire of course had many great strengths, but one of the most important keys to its...
Is it time to follow a new approach not constrained by historic precedent? John Bolton, President Donald...
Artists suddenly became soldiers on the front to win the hearts and minds of the American public....
President Wilson’s support for a new international system offered the first practical opportunity to create a universal...
Spanish Presidios and Mexican Leather-Jackets in 1772. Spaniards responded to the unfolding story of the American Revolution...
Eventually, the entire Western Hemisphere would come under the domination of European nations, leading to profound changes...