Blanche de Castille and King Louis IX / The Morgan Library and Museum, Wikimedia Commons Upon Louis...
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Attack of the Crusaders on Constantinople, miniature in a manuscript of 9 La Conquête de Constantinople by Geoffreoy de Villehardouin, Venetian ms....
Kamares wares in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion (photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0) Kamares ware helps us map...
Harvester Vase from Hagia Triada, c. 1550-1500 B.C.E., black steatite, diameter 4.5 inches (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion)...
Seal of Hezekiah, 8th century BCE / Creative Commons The tribute provides valuable information for the reconstruction of...
Kudurru of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur granting LAK-ti Marduk freedom from taxation for services rendered during his invasion of Elam...
Lunch Counter Sit-in, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1960 / Library of Congress, Public Domain On February 1, 1960,...
The Bostonians Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring and Feathering, Von Karkatir / Public Domain The Boston Tea Party,...
‘Liber secretorum fidelium crucis’ by Marino Sanudo with maps by Pietro Vesconte. This map of the world was...
The feather merchant, Florentine Codex Book 10, folio 41r / Creative Commons Feathers, especially those from colorful...
Wall painting (1st century AD) from Pompeii depicting a multigenerational banquet / Naples National Archaeological Museum, Wikimedia...
The Fountain of Peirene at ancient Corinth / Photo by Ploync, Wikimedia Commons The Greek peninsula and Greek...
Hitler (left) and Nazi Propaganda Minister Göbbels (center) / National Archives and Records Administration, Wikimedia Commons Looking k...
By any reasonable definition, eugenics never disappeared, and recently it has revived. By Dr. Theodore M. Porter...
Dance is a unique way of passing on cultural stories to a younger generation. Aaron Hawkins/Flickr.com Many Native languages are dying,...
Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Portrait of a Black Woman (formerly known as Portrait of a Negress), 1800, oil on canvas, 81 x...
Cylinder seals were impression stamps, often quite intricate in design, used throughout Mesopotamia. By Dr. Joshua J....
A close-up view of the Babylonian map of the World. This partially broken clay tablet contains both...
Exploring a deeper interrogation of the relationship between technology, historical scholarship, and more presentist social science. By Dr....
The historical analyses of Thomas McKeown regarding global population growth from 1700 to the present stirred controversy,...
At the dawn of the 17th century, early newspapers began to replace oral news. 10.28.2012 Theory behind...
The Acropolis at Athens painted by Leo von Klenze (1784–1864) / Public Domain Reviewing short, illustrated case...
In ancient Mesopotamia the gods infused every aspect of daily life and this, of course, extended to health care....
Investigating potential correlations between Roosevelt’s and Pos’ ideas on women’s rights and intercultural understanding. By Dr. Babs...
Júlia Lopes de Almeida was a founding member in the creation of the Brazilian Academy of Letters...
In the world today, eight men control as much wealth as the poorest half of the globe....
A statue of Henry David Thoreau in front of a replica of his cabin in Concord, Massachusetts. Chris...
This  great writer, great naturalist, and great advocate of self-reliant individualism was also one of the founding fathers...
Discussing Ancient Greek women and their relationship to the visual arts solely on the evidence of the...
Detail of a cup currently on view in the new installation at the Getty Villa. The cup...