Much of our knowledge of early medicine comes from Galen’s writings. Introduction Galen (129-216 CE) was a...
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Employing the word “truth”. By Dr. David P. BarashEvolutionary Biologist and Professor Emeritus of PsychologyUniversity of Washington...
The trouble with re-creating ancient brews is that it’s actually an impossible task. By Rae Ellen Bichell...
Why did Earth’s climate rapidly cool 12,800 years ago? Evidence is mounting that a comet or asteroid...
The common men of England and Wales stood together and managed to take down the royal army...
The war owes its historical significance to a number of factors. Introduction The Hundred Years’ War is...
Victory over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a preeminent status it would retain until the division...
The shaping and reshaping of Livingstone’s legacy as an icon of the British Empire. This essay examines...
Others well into the twentieth century have invoked his name for a range of missionary, political, and...
The yurt tent has been used by nomadic pastoralist peoples of northern East Asia since before written...
Getty Curators Frances Terpak and Peter Bonfitto answer questions about how the ancient site was recorded and...
Early settlements in the area, such as Tell Brak, date back to at least 6000 BCE. Introduction...
These figures, whatever other purposes they served, were expressions of the fears and hopes of the people....
Voodoo is often seen as a practice involving magic. In Haiti, Voodoo is a religion born out...
Batu would serve as the kingmaker of the Mongol Empire. Introduction Batu Khan (l. 1205-1255 CE) was...
The Archaic Age saw the gradual culmination of developments in social and political organization in ancient Greece....
Sportsmen with roots in the Emerald Isle reshaped the image of the shantytwon ruffian. In his 1888...
For generations, a mysterious ethnic group was shunned, but new research sheds light on its Revolutionary War...
The official conversion of Kyivan Rus’ took place in 988, and imparted an exceptionally high status to...
They cleverly allied themselves with European powers in order to protect themselves from the Ottomans. Introduction The...
A mixed, cosmopolitan form of social and cultural life combining Hellenic (Greek) traditions with indigenous traditions emerged...
Exploring the way Victorians bought, borrowed and read their books, and the impact of the popular literature...
Written from a Mongolian perspective, the work is an invaluable record of their legends as well as...
Ogedei was a surprising choice for khan because he already had a reputation for often being drunk....
Examining a pivotal moment in Irish history that unleashed a new, Catholic force on Australian politics. On...
With the Mongol invasion of Europe, the world had become a lot more violent and just a...
Examining the three Dynastic Periods from 2900 to 2334 BCE. Introduction The Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia...
Attachment to a notable place, person or item has been at the heart of religious and spiritual...
The reconstruction of ancient climate is important to understand natural variation in climate and the evolution of...
We’ve always had those situations when we have to do the best trade-offs, especially when buying something...