He succeeded in narrowing Jimmy Carter’s large lead, but he finally lost one of the closest elections...
History
Buddhism is one of the prominent Dharmic religions in the world. The religion started 2500 years ago...
Ancient civilizations such as Greece, Rome, or Assyria did not consider the fetus to be alive and...
“Cesarian section” has meant different things to different people at different times. By Dr. Jane Eliot SewellLate...
Victorian Americans, like us, spent a lot of time thinking about how to not get pregnant. By...
What to watch instead of TV and YouTube this fall In recent years, the number of online...
He exercised a far-reaching and immeasurable influence on the educational life of the Middle Ages. Introduction Isidore...
People are always thinking about the past, often in mythical ways. People constantly think about the past—something I...
He is considered (alongside Augustine) to be the most significant forerunner of the modern self-reflective autobiographer. Introduction...
The pseudo-historical attempt to attach conservatism to the civil rights movement is just silly. By Jonathan Chait...
In 1847, he helped found the New York-based “Society for the Promotion of Education among Colored Children.“...
We find chamber tombs, unchambered tombs, and megaliths not associated with burials. Megaliths are large-scale stone structures...
Ban Chiang, located in northeastern Thailand, is considered the most important prehistoric culture in Southeast Asia. Introduction...
The rocks were painted on repeatedly and across successive historical time periods. Introduction Widely acknowledged to be...
Following the interplanetary safari that was John Jacob Astor’s A Journey in Other Worlds. This article, Colonizing...
What does the future sound like? In the early 20th century, one answer rang out from Luigi...
Futurists practiced in every medium of art, influencing the art movements Art Deco, Constructivism, Surrealism, and Dada....
Many traditions in life are something we take for granted, and we don’t often stop to think...
Typography seeks to balance the relationship of letterforms on a page to aid the reader in understanding...
Theodosius dealt harshly with Arians, heretics, and Christian apostates. Introduction The Persecution of pagans under Theodosius I began in 381,...
There was a continuing rationale for the indefensible Christian conduct of the Middle Ages. Introduction Many of...
The national heroes whom they revered more often than not had an evident religious significance. Introduction The...
A review of the gender role of women in Egypt from the Ancient to the Coptic period....
The stereotypes found in medieval romance still speak to a modern audience. Abstract This article begins by...
Medieval women were seen as a threatening force and described often in popular press as monstrous creatures....
The province in Estonia became split between the pro-Danish party and the pro-German party. Introduction Saint George’s...
A series of actions by King Henry VII increased the immediate hardships of many of his subjects....
After the rebellion, King James began to turn more overtly pro-Catholic. Introduction The Monmouth Rebellion of June-July 1685 involved...
Pathological conditions, tentatively identified as cancer, were known both to the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks. Edited by...
Evidence that Europeans suffered from syphilis long before they reached the Americas. Introduction That the arrival of...