Jericho started as a popular camping ground for the hunter-gathers of the Natufian culture dating to 10000...
Whoever the ancient Canaanites were, their identity was lost in the successive invasions by foreign people interested...
By the end of the fifteenth century, the majority of Western European cities had a printing press....
Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7500 years old has...
The British came and ruled over India for nearly 200 years. Introduction In ancient times, people from...
The earliest imprints of human activities in India go back to the Paleolithic Age, roughly between 400,000...
For a long time, Baghdad was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Today many people...
A region of dry grasslands and fertile river plains, the Middle East was the natural home to...
A knowledge and understanding of the past can help us to face the challenges of contemporary migration....
Eastern and Western, feminine and masculine, motherly yet ready for war, the sculpture holds a multitude of...
An overview of the “new immigration” that originated from Southern and Eastern Europe and American responses to...
The appearance of The New Game of Human Life on 14 July 1790 was a significant milestone...
Players moving pieces along a track to be first to reach a goal was the archetypal board...
Medieval Indian history went for almost three whole centuries under the so-called indigenous rulers. 9th Century to...
India’s history and culture is dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. Introduction The history...
Vampire fiction as class allegory predates Dracula. In May 1897 Constable and Co published a limited print...
January marked the 100th anniversary of Dáil Éireann, Ireland’s Parliament. This month marks the 100th anniversary of...
The turmoil of the English Civil War in the 1640s and 1650s generated political and institutional upheaval,...
Their original name came from their belief in economic equality. Introduction The Diggers were a group of Protestant radicals in England,...
The longtime prime minister has reshaped Israel in profound ways. The military is stronger but Palestinian suffering...
The Herodian dynasty is named after Herod the Great, who was recognized as king of the Jews...
Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism....
Slavery, long banned and universally condemned, persists in many corners of the world, victimizing tens of millions...
A utilitarian machine with a suicidal ghost inside. J S Mill (1873) by George Frederick Watts /...
By Dr. Christina Starmans / 01.06.2017 Postdoctoral Associate in Psychology Yale University When was the last time...
South-side portal (detail), Church of Ste. Pierre, 1115-1130, Moissac, France (photo: Simon, Creative Commons) By Dr. Shannon Pritchard...
Cloister, Fontenay Abbey, 12th century By Christine M. Bolli / 08.08.2015 PhD Candidate in Art History University of California,...
Roman religion and tolerance for others drastically began to change following the Edict of Milan. Introduction Constantinian...
Balances of power and ambitious pursuits. Introduction A triumviratus is literally a college of three men. In the ancient...
Exploring relationships between neoliberal restructuring and changes in inter-generational relations. Abstract Through an ethnographic case-study of a...