Investigating the earliest iconographic examples of writing practice given blurred boundaries between art and script. Introduction In...
History
The Founding Fathers waged their war of words from the mahogany mobile devices of their time. Delegate...
The idea of sending signals from one distant place to another has been in use since antiquity....
Throughout the annals of human history, gambling has remained an integral part of our cultural fabric. However,...
Greek epic poetry often uses mothers and wives to remind listeners of the meaning of sacrifice. Introduction...
Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, royal succession was not fixed. In the rough-and-tumble setting of medieval...
How the Iroquois lived and what they believed. The League of the Iroquois, published in 1851, was...
When the womb began to appear in printed images during the 16th century, it was understood through...
Care of preterm babies over the last 200 years, from the heated Victorian heated glass boxes to...
For Anna Jarvis, a holiday devoted to mothers was a practical exercise in patriotism. One hundred years...
Interpretation of both the archaeological finds and the descriptions found in the written sources. Abstract Golden textiles1...
Numerous initiatives gave rise to an artisanal and industrial sector. Introduction The survival of an overseas colony...
What an awful president’s secret strength teaches leaders about financial capitalism. From our nation’s inception, Americans have...
It was the banquet that would mark Aulus’s arrival in his capital. Introduction The emperor Aulus Vitellius (r. 69...
Banquets and receptions served multiple purposes among the elite in medieval Europe. Introduction It is not often...
Inside a historic, extravagant 17th-century feast. Introduction Charles III has officially been crowned king of the United...
Human beings have existed all over the world for many thousands of years. Introduction What is “civilization”? ...
What is the connection between positive Populism and the turn toward a proto-fascist beliefs? No one talks...
The role ascribed to Rome in the foundation of Western civilization is frequently taken as a justification...
Towns and cities grew, and with them new centers of learning emerged. Introduction Historians sometimes refer to...
The earliest known ape with an upright posture, Morotopithecus, lived in more open grassy environments. Introduction Human...
The basic design of the collar has not changed since the time of ancient Mesopotamia. Introduction The...
Zoo animals exerted a far greater influence on medical knowledge and practice than historians have previously realized....
The polemical importance of the search for clear Whig and Tory identities was strongly felt by contemporaries....
But for the election fraud and violence in Kansas, Lincoln may well have been just a footnote...
The Civil War severely tested the established patterns of civil–military relations. Introduction The particulars of your plans...
The soldiers’ morale, closely linked with training and organization, could make the difference on battlefield. The resounding...
The Spanish-American War showed the navy that the Marine Corps had a role in their future war...
Their military files reveal both talent and trouble, fearlessness and foibles. By Ellen Fried What do George...
How commodity production in Central Europe was a part of the wider Atlantic world. Introduction “While 19th-century...