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History
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...
This object speaks to the relationship of artistic production and global trade in the modern world. Introduction...
The Silk Roads were a network of trade routes that connected towns, settlements, and peoples, across ancient...
Cultural ideas, art traditions, and aesthetic tastes informed objects made and traded on the ancient Silk Road....
Considering topographical regions that create natural boundaries and areas of cultural affiliation. Purposes and Insights Understanding geography...
Are you curious to know where it all began? Before the days of online poker, there was...
The earliest reference to the brain occurs in an ancient Egyptian papyrus. Introduction From the ancient Egyptian mummifications to 18th-century...
In antiquity, the search for knowledge of the brain anatomy was marked by several protagonists. By Dr....
An unexpected link from the early days of “speech science” in the 19th century. Introduction Disorders of...
The revolutionaries were actually behind the curve. The First Day: 23 February No-one expected it. Lenin, in...
The counter-revolution’s attempt to solve the national crisis with a Cossack army crumbled to pieces. The Kerensky...
Spying was a concern in nuclear age, but charges Oppenheimer was a Soviet spy have been proved...
‘Antichrist’ is translated from the combination of two ancient Greek words. Introduction In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist refers to people...
Babeuf’s conspiracy is famous for its effect on later political thinkers and later revolutions. Introduction On 10...
This conspiracy mindset goes back to the 19th century. Introduction The New World Order (NWO) is a conspiracy theory that hypothesizes a secretly...
The dividing line did not run between individual gods, but between human beings and gods. Since they...