Ancient Athenians and Romans also let shared mass tragedies propel justifications for going to war. Introduction On...
History
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...
Each census required greater effort than the last. That problem led to the invention of the punched...
Following the development from large-transaction computers to microprocessors. Introduction Database processing was originally used in major corporations...
Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the FSA to document the Great Depression, over a third were...
Efforts to destroy the Black freedom movement as well as the use of illegal surveillance and entrapment....
Tregaskis observed a few changes in the naval air war since the last time he had been...
Samurai swords symbolize courage, bravery, as well as Japanese fighting skills. That’s why many people are now...
The story is a narrative literary device to set the background for the stories of the continuous...
Martyrdom is most often juxtaposed to a dominant social or religious worldview. Introduction A martyr is someone who voluntarily...
In its current form, the gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent....
For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Baltic tribes. Etymology The...
Sanctions perversely reinforce the country’s mythic view of itself as a special place that outsiders want to...
Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts. Their language is one of the only two...
The term “Baltic states” refers to countries by the Baltic Sea that had gained independence from the...