Examining Mexico’s international strategy of economic development in these turbulent years. Introduction: Latin America’s Development Strategies versus...
In the 18th Century, most travelers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded...
In the time of Kievan Rus’, goldwork embroidery flourished in the lives of the feudal elite and...
The development of extensive trade routes allowed Russia to grow in size and power. The Viking Influence...
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In one dramatic stroke, the Russian Cabinet has been emptied. The principal ministers of the Russian government,...
By 600 CE, the Slavs had split linguistically into southern, western, and eastern branches. Introduction The East...
Their annihilation on the Raudian plain was not the last time they would clash arms with Rome....
Some countries, China most prevalent, are setting up separate root systems for their countries to “disconnect” from...
Which of these trends will stick around, and which are passing fads? Introduction Social media has created...
Words change their meaning over time, but it can be hard to keep up, especially when some...
The site features architecture, from houses to terraces, built by carefully fitting individual stones against each other....
Over the course of 700 years, the site drew many worshipers to its temple. ChavÃn de Huántar...
Darius thoroughly revised the Persian system of administration and also the legal code. Introduction Darius the Great...
While Cyrus seems to have accepted the crown of Media, by 546 BCE, he had officially assumed...
Are you launching a new product but don’t know how to get the word out and let...
Better job prospects and richer lives are among the many reasons to learn a foreign language. Half...
A linguist considers whether saving languages is sentimental or critical. I met the last speaker of Naati...
Pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more. Doctors who...
For patients who need specialty drugs, the problem is worse, with no relief in sight. My husband,...
An anthropologist works in American Samoa, taking advantage of the island’s longstanding tattoo culture to tease out...
Tattoo patterns and art on the face and body differed from one Polynesian island group to the...
While corporate power has grown, the power of workers and communities has been steadily eroded. Allen White’s...
The history of slave rebels and resistance in the Caribbean is a rich and complicated story. Marissa:...
It was justified by reference to historical myths that nobles and servile peasants were separated by courage...
A few people have had the luxury of enjoying representative governments in human history. Most of the...
Cutting carbon use depends on changing social norms and behaviour as much as technology. Citizen action on...
Major technological breakthroughs — such as CO2 air capture — will be necessary to slow global warming....
Not so long ago, people had no idea what would happen to them – and what they...
Submarines played a major role in Word War I. But the first submersible was actually used, though...