The city’s monuments (and their ruins) are cues for memory, discourse, and discovery. Views of Rome The...
During the colonial era, laws related to the death penalty were primarily influenced by the European system....
Staying fit is one of the most important things you can do for your health, both as...
The Great Depression of the 1930s was not the only one in America’s history. Traditional Sources of...
Fears of great wealth and the need for economic equality go back to the country’s origins. Introduction...
Trump’s jackboots sow disorder wherever they’re deployed. That’s the point. Federal troops may be standing down in...
Academic conversations around defunding or abolishing the police have been around for decades, but now, some politicians...
The young republic might have ceased to exist and may have become a mere footnote in the...
The American Revolution established the general outlines of the future Ordnance Department. By Karl RubisOrdnance Branch HistorianUnited...
Mysteries in general are very exciting as they have a way of letting our minds wander and...
They improved ways of doing things that influenced the Scientific Revolution in Europe centuries later. Introduction In...
Exploring how the Islamic faith quickly spread throughout Arabia and beyond. Introduction Muhammad was born around 570...
Saints were sometimes associated with protecting animals, particularly in magical texts or ‘charms’. St Francis of Assisi...
The earliest account of demon sex in Jewish and Christian traditions comes from the Book of Genesis....
When someone, especially a smart housewife, decides to buy cookware, whether it is anodized or any other...
Russian-affiliated Twitter accounts changed what they posted about in ways that shed light on how they work....
In the early 1980s Elsie and Frances admitted that the photographs were faked. Introduction The Cottingley Fairies...
How a Kentucky grifter and his partner pulled off one of the era’s most spectacular scams –...
The resultant public mockery of the hoax created panic within the medical profession and ruined the careers...
The document’s validity had been contested since 1001 CE until finally proven to be a forgery. Introduction...
Though the modern video gaming industry is constantly involved in the development and marketing of video games,...
The modern gaming industry is exceptionally engaging. You can play an awful lot of incredible games right...
In 1800, postal officials began using selected post offices as distribution centers. 1808 Overview When we reflect...
The Postal Service Act, signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792, established the Post Office...
Lincoln was that rare bird, a man who dealt in moral ideas without falling into moralism and...
Seeing Lincoln’s nationalism from an unlikely, and fresh, perspective: its connection, via the Enlightenment, to classical antiquity....
America has certainly had a lot of experience in difficulties in the change of governments in the...
Lincoln was presiding over a bloody civil war with waning popularity. But he steadfastly rejected pleas to...
Exploring the key events that contributed to the decline of feudalism in Europe from the 12th through...
Exploring the political and economic system that developed in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Introduction Historians...