It is a masterpiece of propaganda—a work that amplified the goals of the Chinese Communist Party. Introduction...
History
People used as stone points as arrowheads, pushing back evidence of archery in Eurasia by 40,000 years....
The phrase ‘hoplite phalanx’ is more common today than it was in the classical Greek world. Introduction...
The common image aside, it is not feasible for Wallace to have possessed a longsword during his...
Lucian’s work provides insight into the ancient Roman world, which fostered multilingualism and multiculturalism. Introduction People who...
How the text might be read anew through a queer lens. Introduction John Wieners’ life and work...
Gambling has been a part of human history for thousands of years. From ancient civilizations to modern...
The Mediterranean environment was capricious, characterized by alternating glut and dearth. Introduction Whatever is grown and made...
England’s commercial networks are well documented in many records. Introduction England was on the edge of Europe,but...
One of the most serious problems of emerging nations is the handling of competing interests. The history...
Identifying genealogical traces of several pivotal bodies of early-modern law pertaining to witchcraft. Introduction It has been...
Lockwood rejected dependency, for herself and for other women, and did not hesitate to confront the male...
This was a thinker who remains still ahead of us, a thinker whose vision has yet to...
The utopian vision of a Harvard forestry grad. When World War II veteran Earl Shaffer began hiking the...
Yosemite Valley and the Sierras became a career- and life-altering place for Adams. A keen landscape photographer,...
In 1972, Hiser was one of several photographers chosen by the EPA to document locations in the...
Christianity displayed a remarkable power to convert even peoples who had previously proved militarily stronger. Introduction Once...
Their relationship to civil society in terms of moral critique and servanthood. Introduction This paper begins by...
Books were very definitely a part of the religious atmosphere of the South. In our century a...
From Ancient Greek “memory palaces” to symbols, pictures, annotations, and rhymes. The author explores some of the...
Examining mummies being CT scanned for use on an interactive autopsy table. On a chilly December morning...
Mesopotamians used clay for their documents because they needed a surface that was flexible. Clay is common...
Local power struggles about the nature of civic authority helped to define ideas of citizenship and of...
President Wilson’s government criminalized dissenters as traitors. By Dr. Richard L. PiferFormer Director, Reference and Public ServicesWisconsin...
The case established the precedent that the public could participate in FCC matters. Introduction White Mississippians strongly...
Tsar Nicholas II, the last of the Romanovs, was a bloodless non-entity riddled with prejudice and superstition....
When war broke out in 1914, the dominant expression from the Ukrainians was one of solidarity. Introduction...
The Russians were furious, and permanent damage was done to their military records. Introduction “This court, upon...
Exploring the perennial issues sex presents and how medieval societies dealt with them. While total abstinence for...
During the late 1660s in Paris, transfusing the blood of calves and lambs into human veins promised...