The mausoleum of Augustus in Rome / Photo by ryarwood, Wikimedia Commons “I found a city built...
Ostraka for Ostracism / Museum of the Ancient Agora, Wikimedia Commons Although the Greek city-states differed in...
This copy of a medieval manuscript illustration shows a peasant using a very modest version of the...
Medieval townsfolk needed very different sorts of technologies than did rural farmers, and they eagerly adopted tools...
Why can’t we just quit Columbus? He’s a myth. And we love our myths. By Rick Shenkman / 10.03.2018...
Christopher Columbus is depicted here in his only state-sponsored, albeit non-authenticated, portrait, painted by Alejo Fernández between...
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with intentions to find a new route...
Suboxone, a medicine to treat opioid addiction, helps people struggling with substance abuse by blocking their cravings...
Hippocrates, the “father of medicine” / Public Domain By the 5th century BCE, there were attempts to identify...
Dated to the New Kingdom (c. 1570 – c. 1069 BCE), and specifically to c. 1200 BCE, the text...
A traveler reads a newspaper. AP Photo/Julio Cortez Researchers set out across four cities to ask the...
Look at us! / Photo by Lewis Minor, Flickr, Creative Commons People have long used media to...
Despite being largely forgotten today, Lowell Thomas was a pioneering journalist of the 20th century who reshaped...
Mexican soldiers killed up to 300 student protesters and arrested 1,000 more on Oct. 3, 1968, in...
Acequía del Camino Inca entrada a la Huaca de los Monos / Photo by Johnattan Rupire, Wikimedia...
A model reconstruction of the Temple Mayor at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. In use from the 14th to early 16th century...
In the second half of the fourteenth century, petitioners hoping to secure royal grace began addressing the...
The peristyle (courtyard) of Diocletian’s palace The reforms of Diocletian and Constantine “preserved” the empire, but changed...
What do fascists do before they manage to establish a fascist dictatorship? By Marc Brodine / 01.12.2017...
The March on Rome: From left to right – unknown, Benito Mussolini, Cesare Maria de Vecchi and...
The Stadio dei Marmi, part of the Foro Mussolini, a sports complex in Rome built between 1928...
Image by Dr. Case, Flickr, Creative Commons Léonie de Jonge (PhD candidate in the Department of Politics...
Tea Party protest at the National Mall on September 12, 2009 / Photo by NYyankees51, Wikimedia Commons...
“The Lucy Furnaces in 1886.” Carnegie Steel Company, Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania / Wikimedia Commons As the United...
In response to drastic unjust debt and legal principles the Plebeians deserted their positions in society and...
The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in...
jonandsamfreecycle, Flickr, Creative Commons The Atelier Populaire produced many of the iconic images of the student and...
Portrait of Edgar Quinet by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu / National Portrait Gallery Examining the connections Quinet made between...
St George’s Day procession, with King James under a canopy attended by Knights of the Garter, chaplains,...
Nuit du 4 août 1789 dans l’ Assemblée nationale française / Musée de la Révolution française, Wikimedia...