The grandeur that early European explorers had come to expect in royal building programs seems to have been...
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Whether drawing for official purposes or for pleasure, soldier-artists contributed a rich source to the visual imagery...
Some exciting recipes from the first cookbooks printed in Indian languages. The cuisines detailed within these books...
Examining the inter-relationship of religion and culture in the time period of medieval Spain known as the...
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was not...
For well over two hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his admirers have had to choose between two...
In the last years of his life, Dante Alighieri was an unsuspecting witness to a rapid shift...
At first glance, a category like ancient science fiction might seem paradoxical. By Mike Bezemek / 08.30.2017 At first...
There is evidence that he was an actual historical king who ruled from the city of Sardis, though...
There were distinct differences between city and village (country) life, each with its own unique advantages and...
Periodic outbursts of hostility incited numerous massacres of the Jews in the Middle Ages. Setting the Scene...
The Lion Temple Walls do seem to be a defining feature of many Egyptian settlements throughout the...
The Constitution did not give the President power to issue a proclamation or legislate, but Washington set...
The citizen soldiers may have started the Revolution, but it was the French that finished it—something that...
The Aztec empire existed more than 500 years after the Maya abandoned their great inland city-states. Introduction...
The battle marked the end of the internal conflict in the Roman Empire and the solidification of...
Figure 1: Greek Colonization of western Asia Minor / Image by Alexikoua, Wikimedia Commons The development of...
The first law differentiating the rights within nobility was enacted by the national assembly, the diet of...
Gaul was not only closer to the imperial center than Roman Britain but served as an important...
Caesar created a new version of ‘Gaul’, expanding geographical boundaries and excluding some areas traditionally ascribed to...
The analysis of guilds as economic institutions is largely based on Europe between about 1000 and about 1800....
A general overview of the ruins at Miletos / Photo by John Hansen, Wikimedia Commons It can...
Since the ancient world, the Mediterranean has served as a space for constant exchange of goods, people...
A restorer removes mortar on a mosaic in Tipasa, Algeria. Image courtesy the Conservation and Restoration Workshop of the...
Analyzing how the theme of the painting, a story of miscommunication and disorder, resonated with the challenges...
John Lilburne, reading from Coke’s Institutes of the Lawes of England (1628-44) at his trial for high treason in...
The reign of Justinian was an extremely significant period. It marked the final end of the Roman...
Examining the roles and duties of the court, temple and provincial officials as the backbone of ancient Egyptian...
It is easy to forget: criticism is, first and foremost, writing. By Dr. Christopher Warley Professor of...
Berenice Abbott “I am an American, who, after eight years of residence in Europe, came back to...