The era used for the calendar since the Middle Ages is Anno Mundi (from the creation of...
History
Julius Caesar sought to create a calendar that remained aligned to the sun without any human intervention....
The deity Itzamna was frequently credited with bringing the knowledge of the calendrical system to the ancestral...
Introduction Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BCE) envisaged a broad Macedonian kingdom and his colonial expansion resulted in...
Although the first experiences with the founding of colonies were bad, the Romans continued the practice. The...
We can typically identify three clear waves of European colonialism. Introduction The historical phenomenon of colonization is one that...
The victory of France and its American allies reaffirmed France’s status as a great military power. Introduction...
Although France recognized Haitian independence in 1825, Haitians would have to wait until 1862 for U.S. recognition....
American democracy was at the center of Greek public discourse and became a basic argument among them...
Fathers occupy an outsized place in Greek myth. They are kings and models, and too often challenges...
There is a heritage of hustlers and politicians claiming that American men are becoming devitalized, lazy, and...
This illustrated health manual dating back to the 13th century provides a glimpse of daily life for...
It wasn’t until King Charles’s declaration in 1662 that women’s parts could be played by women. Introduction...
Hippolyta was but the second of the known Amazon queens. Introduction Hippolyta, or Hippolyte, was a queen...
Abortion laws and their enforcement have fluctuated through various eras. Introduction The practice of induced abortion—the deliberate termination...
From the nation’s founding, abortions were fairly common and even advertised. Introduction State-by-state battles are heating up in...
The early Greeks understood what all people know – language is power. By Dr. David HuttoAssistant Professor...
The myth disposses native Americans by denying their relationship to the artefacts that their ancestors constructed. By...
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...