Gardens were an important feature of ancient life and most houses had gardens filled with practical plantings....
Agricultural activities in rural Lebanon date back to Phoenician times. Introduction Traditional Lebanese handicrafts are considered to...
Phoenician art was influenced by that of its neighbors – Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Aegean islands....
How different things may have been if Jefferson, Washington, and Madison had freed their slaves. When 75...
The statues of Benjamin Franklin perfectly exemplify the interrelation between history and memory. By Mert DenizPhD StudentAmerican...
The effects would be felt well beyond the campus. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer and fewer...
Sanctuary cities and sanctuary policies in the U.S. are a manifestation of the conflicts resulting from processes...
The Portuguese colonization of Brazil was initially quite different from the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Introduction...
A seminal manuscript tells the Indigenous side of a historic battle. Competing Histories This May marks 500...
Historical aspects in the transformation of the windmill’s architectural forms, structures, and elements. Introduction The modern wind-power...
The owners of waterwheels and their mills were the first barons of industry after the so-called ‘Dark...
The nineteenth century is a decisive time in the development of medicine and the medical profession in...
The contradiction in his character is particularly well illustrated by his behavior during the Philadelphia yellow fever...
Examining what drugs were available in Russia and the great diversity of drugs traded in early modern...
The plague swept through Christian Europe and Islamdom at roughly the same time – between 1347 and...
The work covers the entire history of ancient Persia from the creation of the world to the...
These poets would affect the literary arts of cultures around the world and continue to inspire readers...
With America’s entry into World War I, Decoration Day shed once and for all its distinct association...
Going back to May 30, 1868, with “Decoration Day”. Introduction Three years after the Civil War ended,...
From the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off...
In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Americans found it difficult to acknowledge a debt or...
When intolerant white people fear out constitution may benefit marginalized people, they abandon their commitment to it....
Jamestown quickly began expanding beyond the boundaries of the three-sided fort first built on the banks of...
The site for Jamestown was picked for several reasons, all of which met criteria the Virginia Company,...
From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
Looking at how people thought about science and religion in the past can inform the contemporary world’s...
The “Christian nation” project, promoted by the Religious Right is a serious threat to America’s social, cultural,...
‘Wondirful revelacyons’, the moving of the soul through visionary experience, are the subject of Kempe’s narrative. Introduction...
Ancient Greek religious practice was essentially conservative in nature and was based on time-honored observances By Colette...
The first evidence of Persian literature is usually dated to c.522 BCE with the creation of the...