By building canals, laying sewers, and jacking up buildings, the windy city grew. In 1833, Chicago was...
History
Urban elites with a fancy hobby and rural farmers teamed up in a movement that transformed the...
The Late Roman Republic’s more active military policies concerning the region began to jeopardize their hegemony. Introduction...
When America was young, its leaders had no trouble retiring from public service and public life. Honeymoon...
For Roosevelt, the Spanish-American War fulfilled a lifelong dream. Among Theodore Roosevelt’s many accomplishments were two terms...
People sometimes assume religious traditions’ ideas about gender have always been conservative and unchanging. Introduction “Genderqueer” and...
Close woman–woman friendships that supported and made the work of the visionary possible. The medieval women whose...
The “Battle of the Sexes” was a turning point for female athletes earning greater recognition and respect....
The various postal systems that transversed Europe, and, crucially, how they were interconnected. By Nikolaus Schobesberger, Paul...
He was executed alongside 20 of his colleagues during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Introduction Jacques-Pierre...
They could bring only what they could carry—clothes, plates, cups, utensils, linens, toiletry items, and mementos. By...
Examining demons and monstrous creatures of ancient Mesopotamia. Abstract Demons and monsters are inherently moveable creatures: from...
The classical-era Acropolis was a place of bright and variegated colours. Introduction How did the people of...
Churches depended to a large extent on the distribution of funds raised from ecclesiastical property. Like the...
Ostia was a diverse, working class city with inhabitants from across the Mediterranean world. Origins Although the...
Who were they? Where did they come from? How many were there? How old were they? What...
She was canonized in 1975 as a saint. Charities founded by her continue her work with poor...
The name “Pangaea” is derived from Ancient Greek pan (“all, entire, whole”) and Gaia or Gaea. Introduction...
The name Amazon is said to arise from a war Francisco de Orellana fought with the Tapuyas...
Before 1866, people could wade across the Mississippi River. Looking Back at History By Robert “Ernie” Boszhardt,...
Those who build such devices do so in the hope that they will overcome natural limits. The...
Uncovering the history of robotics through art. By Meg ButlerEditor and AuthorGetty Iris The monk, as the...
In 2003 the Unimate was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame. Unimate was the first industrial robot,[1] which worked...
Artists, like the majority of those born outside privileged circles, had to work for a living. Introduction...
The Fabians’ advocacy of pragmatic socialist parliamentary politics paved the way for the rise of the Labour...
Using labor contractors allowed growers to have limited interaction with the people who made them rich. One-hundred...
Though the history of advertising spans back as far as Ancient Egypt, perhaps the most surprising discovery...
Back in the past, knowledge tended to be available to only a small class of people, typically...
Monumental altars and the greatest urban temples conformed to Italian and Roman stylistic criteria. Republican Religion as...
The Ben Ezra Synagogue was founded in 1006, and has been revered from that time to the...