Genghis Khan built the foundations of an empire which would ultimately control one-fifth of the globe. By...
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By Saurav Ranjan Datta Introduction The Rashtrakuta Dynasty ruled parts of South India from the 8th to the 10th century CE....
Celebrities of song, stage, and screen were transformed into popular icons of American culture. Introduction During the...
Kean’s acting style reframed the relation between the British theatrical tradition, the actor’s stage performance, and audience...
In reading Plato as Plato-the-Philosopher, one misses the nuances of Plato-the-Artist. Introduction The Dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato (l. 428/427-348-347 BCE) have...
The Peloponnesian war had been dragging on for 25 years, and the military situation was getting progressively...
How the struggle over blue laws changed American politics. Bergen County, New Jersey, is one of America’s...
Sartre loved the imaginative playfulness that alcohol facilitated. Existentialism has a reputation for being angst-ridden and gloomy...
Examples of curse-fine epitaphs range all over the ancient world. Introduction The concept of a curse laid...
A nationwide move is both hectic and adventurous. Moving itself is enough to make you stressful and...
These works represent an artistic encounter between East and West. A Controversial Auction In 2009, two eighteenth-century...
Clues from texts, objects, and science shed light on one of the greatest natural disasters in world...
They were considered the youthful bestowers of beauty in all its forms. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Graces (alsoCharites, sing. Charis)...
What the epigraphic and archaeological evidence have shown. For centuries, worshippers of Artemis flocked to the ancient...
If you go by editorial cartoons and T-shirts, you might have the impression that evolution proceeds as...
Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table and essential for life on Earth. It may...
Despite tea being the signature drink of England, it is, in fact, the strong taste of coffee...
The changing significance of sacred groves (utaki) from medieval to contemporary Okinawa. Abstract This article discusses the...
Parthia controlled territories that stretched from the Mediterranean in the west to India and China in the...
Once a bustling metropolis, this long-lost Egyptian city flooded, sank, and was forgotten — until archeologists rediscovered...
When it’s tough earning to put bread on the table, the best thing to do is look...
The Marquis de Lafayette’s name graces more city parks and streets than perhaps any other foreigner. If...
One of history’s most influential civilizations took shape, leaving behind a cultural legacy that survives in part...
On August 23rd, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union stunned the world by announcing a nonaggression...
Looking at the human exchanges that took place between the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church in...
From onion domes to tsarist-era Russian dialects, evidence of the Russian colonialism remains. Every summer a conga...
Herndon would have sympathized with the contemporary journalist who dryly remarked that John Wilkes Booth’s fatal bullet...
The Pratiharas were known chiefly for their patronage of art, sculpture, and temple-building. By Dr. Avantika LalHistorian,...
In addition to the numerous pioneering works of science fiction by which he made his name, H....
In the late 1800s, a U.K. scheme lured lonely bachelors with newspaper advertisements supposedly placed by wealthy...