The myth disposses native Americans by denying their relationship to the artefacts that their ancestors constructed. By...
History
Failure is often an ingredient of heroic status. Magellan was a good fit for the spaces myths...
Evidence of pre-Clovis cultures has accumulated and pushed back the possible date of the first peopling of...
Let us hope that indigenous urbanity is better understood as part of the U.S. past, the U.S....
America’s Native horses never went extinct. They survived the Ice Age and lived among Native people. Introduction...
American Indians preferred the bow and arrow to the gun even into the late 1800s. By Dana...
The typical settlement in the early phase of Portuguese colonialism was the feitoria, or fortified trading post....
The Portuguese began their empire as a search for access to the gold of West Africa. Introduction...
The world has been watching the brute-force invasion in real time and countless violations of international law....
Mighty indigenous empires fell in the Americas in the pursuit of exploiting resources. Introduction European explorers began...
Printing dates far back into the ancient world with different types of tools and technology and hasn’t...
The arrival of mechanical movable type printing in Europe in the Renaissance introduced a new era of...
The general concept of and procedure to be used in 3D-printing was first described by Murray Leinster...
Ancient Athenians and Romans also let shared mass tragedies propel justifications for going to war. Introduction On...
Working in concert with their light cavalry, the heavy-horse cataphracts ran pell-mell into an enemy formation. Introduction...
The Barbary regencies had preyed upon European commerce – and were generously rewarded for having done so....
Opium was used to make people sleep, to relieve pain, and to quiet the nerves. Introduction Ancient...
The use of plants as medicines predates written human history. Introduction The history of herbalism is closely tied with...
The early-20th century Polish artist known as “Witkacy” would consume various intoxicants before creating pastel portraits. This...
In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles and Anaxagoras offered arguments for the spherical nature of the Earth....
In the early days of aviation, flying was extremely dangerous. Flight According to Principle One very cold...
The first forms of recorded expression are thought to be those that co‐evolved with technology some 20,000–30,000...
Despite some meaningful differences from Classical Latin, Medieval writers did not regard it fundamentally different. Introduction Medieval...
Inka khipus are bundles of woolen cords tied together with knots added to them to encode information....
The Roman Empire began as a single city-state, and it ended the same way. Constantinople at first had...
The aqueduct served a greater purpose than as just a water conduit. Introduction A triple tier of...
Medieval toilets were nothing but openings that led into a latrine or castle moat below. Introduction The...
Works of art since ancient times have revealed the complexities of a wide range of gender identities...
The Daughters of Bilitis endured for 14 years, becoming an educational resource. Introduction and Background The Daughters of...
Casinos have actually been around for centuries, and their history is as varied as the games they...