Using the “Gish Gallop” – spouting off a series of misinterpretations and falsehoods to bury his opponent...
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Throughout the centuries, a number of coal miners have documented their lives with paintings. Some of their...
The ‘horse-rider theory’ (kibaminzokusetsu) was proposed by the historian Egami Namio in 1948. Introduction The ‘horse-rider theory’...
Did you know that tens of millions of Americans consider themselves to be regular cannabis consumers? With...
The image of an intoxicated ancient world goes against the idea that moderation was the key to...
In July 1549, Francis Xavier arrived in Japan, hoping to find success converting the Japanese to Christianity....
Five things to look for, and how these design features changed the world. The development of Modern...
The Western fascination with Japanese art directly followed earlier European fashions for Chinese and Middle Eastern decorative...
Neolithic people did not write. However, because they lived in settled communities, they left many traces. By...
A Yorkshire farmer argued in 1810 that homosexuality is innate and should not be punished. The diary...
Celts of thousands of years ago celebrated the festivals the wheel highlights. Introduction The Wheel of the...
Athenian calendars used lunar cycles and/or solar events to affix dates. Introduction The term “Athenian Calendar” (also...
There were a number of considerations that made the Separatists look to America in 1617. There were...
By the time of Din’s work in 1650, the Ramayana had grown to twenty-four thousand verses that...
The 1950s were a popular time for boxing as a number of extraordinary fighters came on the...
When he died in 1921 the singer Enrico Caruso left behind him approximately 290 commercially released recordings,...
She presided over Georgia’s greatest territorial expansion, taking advantage of the decline of other major powers in...
The Rajarajesvara temple was built by one of the most successful rulers of the medieval period, Rajaraja...
Seals numbering in the thousands have been discovered in excavations of Indus cities as well as in...
Brewminate’s running weekly forecast for the 2020 election. By Matthew A. McIntoshJournalist and HistorianBrewminate Editor-in-Chief Brewminate will be...
From 16th-century playwrights to ‘The Good Place,’ wordplay has found clever ways to get around uttering profane...
The aesthetic qualities of a geometric design are what most concern the twentieth-century work on Hagia Sophia....
Magic in ancient Egypt was not considered a parlor trick or illusion. It was to them the...
Vigilance committees formed throughout the Missouri Ozarks, and spread to several areas within the state. Introduction During...
The Bald Knobbers, who mostly sided with the Union in the Civil War, were opposed by the...
After serving one year on the staff of a Syrian legion, he began the long, imperial road...
Augustus framed his autocratic takeover and control of the Roman state as a sort of democratic act....
30,000 slaves were captured and returned to their masters, with another 6,000 being impaled upon wooden stakes...
After the murder of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius (also known as the Liberatores) had left Italy and...
For 45 years, David Hanks has photographed feed mills in every season and mood. By David HanksPhotographer...