The European Union enters 2019 with a mass of unresolved problems, in addition to being torn apart...
After the crisis of the EDC, European integration focused on the economic field as the best way...
These were mythologized as a bastion of Judaism – of the so-called “yidishkeyt” – in the context...
There were complaints that the lack of using a permanent family name caused a lot of “disorder” Introduction...
From the mid-18th century, Africans and people of African descent – many of them former slaves –...
Team member Felix Knight looks through archives at the Church of Espiritu Santo in Havana, Cuba. David LaFevor...
Chinese and foreign merchants developed a great deal of respect for each other. Not just anyone could...
The Yuanmingyuan was a paradise on earth for the Qing emperors. Introduction The Garden of Perfect Brightness—Yuanmingyuan...
A vivid picture of the emergence of the global market and the beginnings of global competition. Introduction...
Examining historic economic links with Portugal and its relationships abroad. By Dr. Ana Cardoso de Matos (left),...
Some wanted to explore and plunder, but others simply wanted to discover more fertile lands to farm...
Although the Vikings may have begun as little more than pirates in Britain, they would eventually arrive...
The Protestant churches that emerged from the Reformation movements of the 12th to the 16th centuries arrived...
The Inquisition by Francisco Goya / Wikimedia Commons The inter-cultural communication and the exchanges and transfers regarding Christian...
Wittenberg was the most important source of inspiration for the Reformation in both of the Scandinavian kingdoms....
Did you know that a man named “John Gooseflesh” changed the world? Did you know that a...
Trump is selfish and willing do whatever it takes to get what he wants for himself. In...
Examining the emergence and decline of the pharaoh in ancient Egypt from the Old to New Kingdoms....
In the early days of Egyptology, Menes was accepted as the first historical king based upon the...
Panelists discuss how rural America has been affected by recent tariffs and intermittent trade wars. Left-to-Right: Thomas...
We’re still far from being able to devise a truly world-centered historical framework for the nineteenth century....
Globalization began when all heavily-populated land masses began interacting in a sustained manner with deep consequences for...
The search for a commodity that the Chinese wanted to buy led the British to develop opium...
From early times China engaged in extensive trade relations with other countries, From early times China engaged...
The synthesis of Greek and Egyptian customs, beliefs and practices created by Ptolemy I and his heirs...
Immediately after the death of Alexander the Great, the power play began. By Robin WaterfieldBritish Classics Scholar...
The extensive response in the British press was unprecedented. Abstract Although Europe had celebrated the end of...
The Napoleonic wars illustrate how warfare, seemingly the most conventional object of history, defies history’s most conventional...
Even false nostalgia is a powerful political tool. In 2013, I received an email from Rev. Ray...
Many British radicals interpreted the early events of the French Revolution in mythic terms – akin to the Christian apocalypse. In 1789, many...