Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South. The...
History
What we know about slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies is that it was horrific. Introduction As...
The earthquake was followed by a paleotsunami which devastated the southern and eastern coasts of the Mediterranean....
How frequently these disasters occurred and what conditions influenced their severity. Disastrous Times Before we embark on...
Both weather and natural catastrophes have always been highly impactful on human history and culture. Introduction Originally...
How today’s ‘psychedelic renaissance’ reflects a millennia-long history of using intoxicants for insight and connection. Introduction Psychedelics...
How physicians could divine sexual history, disease, and impending death by studying the body’s liquid excretions. This...
Settlers in New France enjoyed a good medical infrastructure. Introduction All kinds of ailments were part of...
They both met the same horrible fate. Introduction Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 163-133 BCE) and his younger brother...
Feudalism in Europe emerged based on Roman clientship and the Germanic social hierarchy of lords and retainers....
It is important to understand these parties, their leaders, and their unique ideological positions. Introduction Considering how...
Alexander’s aim to reach the edges of the world and find the Ocean had a key impact...
Like duels, each party agreed to certain conditions before the challenge could be executed. By Stuart Butler...
They appear to weave in and out of sand that has been stirred up from the seafloor....
The device was recognized as some sort of calculator as early as 1905. Introduction The Antikythera mechanism...
Thales viewed mathematics as a means for apprehending truth. Introduction Greek mathematics, the study of numbers and their...
The goal of the early Pre-Socratic philosophers was to find the First Cause of existence. Introduction Ancient Greek Science is...
Women in Greek mythology lived under strict patriarchal rules, but they spoke truth to power and resisted...
Quiet revolutionaries who, incarcerated and classified as ‘lunatics’, spoke their truth with embroidery needles. Introduction In 1893,...
From family to grassroots activists, these are some of the women who shaped MLK’s vision and campaigns....
Strictly ethical claims are found occasionally in the literature of ancient civilizations aimed at lower classes of...
“Human knowing is powerless in the study of another world.” By Sh Fayzulloeva MAssistant ProfessorTajik State University...
Contemporary historians have generally come to regard the Victorian era as a time of many conflicts. Introduction...
What makes something news? Can we even say that it is something recent? Let us begin with...
The means and networks of communication in early modern New France. Introduction In this day and age...
Due to a stutter and fear of public speaking, he decided to pursue a career in political...
They were dependent on external sources of income and resources, usually procured from sedentary communities. Introduction Since...
The violent sacking and pillaging of Benin City by the British in 1897 was framed as a...
The most visible indication of levels of violence is warfare, but that wasn’t the only source. Mwezi...
Coal-hungry inventions of the Industrial Revolution created a massive and sustained boom in coal mining. Introduction Coal...