Following the British obsession with cakes through 1,200 years of history. The United Kingdom is a nation...
History
Exploring the transformation from cacao bean to confectionery. We know it’s sweet, unctuous and addictive, but there’s...
Crassus joined Caesar and Pompey in the unofficial political alliance known as the First Triumvirate. Introduction Marcus...
The book is an invaluable primary source for modern historians and historical economists. Introduction Domesday Book –...
As events and the war progressed, the financial situation for the new United States became dire. Most...
Madison was intellectual leader and keeper of the memory of the gathering that created the Constitution 1787....
Only the promise of a Bill of Rights created the conditions for final ratification. Introduction May 25,...
As a school of legal thought, originalism can be traced to an article by Robert Bork in...
Archaeologists and even geneticists are closer than ever to understanding when humans first came to the Americas....
By the time more documentary accounts were being written, the Mississippian way of life had changed irrevocably....
The natural ecosystems that came to rely on the beavers for dams, water and other vital needs...
In addition to her work on the Underground Railroad, Tubman also served as a Union spy. Introduction...
A white mob dragged an innocent man’s body to City Hall and burned it before a crowd...
The Red Ball Express transported supplies day and night and provided a strategic advantage over the Nazi...
Earth is currently in an interglacial period—the Holocene. Introduction An ice age is a long period of reduction in...
The Earth has had at least five major ice ages, and humans showed up in time for...
The first direct proof of the Pleistocene antiquity of humans in Australia. Introduction In the Australian winter...
The sun dimmed and global temperatures plunged, leading to famine, plague and the collapse of empires. By...
Some very odd ‘remedies’ throughout the medieval and early modern period. Today, campaigns to raise awareness of...
Royal women giving birth often found themselves in a precarious position. European and English queens of the...
Having a baby is the least frequent motivator for most people to have sex. A History of...
The earliest cannon inscribed with a date of manufacture is a bronze cannon dated to 1298. Introduction...
The knowledge of making “true” firearms in the archipelago came after the middle of the 15th century....
The earliest references to grenade-throwing soldiers in Western armies come from Austria and Spain. Introduction A grenadier[1] was originally...
Boyar scions were first mentioned in the Chronicle of Novgorod in 1259. Introduction Boyar scions were a...
In a society without trained medical providers, folk healing offered the only option for the sick. Introduction...
The Russian mafia is similar to the Italian Mafia in many ways, sharing a similar portfolio of...
The Geneva Bible followed the Great Bible of 1539, which was the authorized Bible of the Church...
Its purpose was to stop the spread of heresy and further challenges to the Church’s authority. Introduction...
The book and its author continued to be condemned and ridiculed up through the 19th century CE....