The Cyclopes were more than the monster Odysseus blinded. Greek myths cast them as skilled makers of...
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They had more rights than women in contemporary cultures to the east and west of Mongolia, some...
Religious fundamentalism’s power to disrupt and destroy creates a need for deeper understanding of this increasing widespread...
The patricians were distinct from the plebeians because they had wider political influence, at least in the...
Analyzing the evolution of the map of the world in the 20th century, from the Navy League...
Othello shows us the cosmopolitan nature of renaissance Venice. Of all Shakespeare’s plays, it is Othello which...
According to tradition, the original population consisted of refugees from nearby Roman cities. Introduction The Republic of...
Art nouveau was the modern art movement that America almost entirely missed. Art nouveau was the modern art...
Mongol religion included a strong element of shamanism mixed with ancestor worship and a belief in natural...
Many of the Mongol clothes of the medieval period are still worn by nomadic peoples today across...
Many have often invoked a romanticized history of coexistence that too often has glossed over structures of...
Examining who they were and why they started settling in this (at first sight) illogical location. Introduction...
The first representative assembly in English America convened in Jamestown’s church July 30, 1619. By Ed Crews...
The city’s history continues to make it a central location in human affairs. Introduction Jerusalem is an...
Understanding history can deepen our sense of what it means to be human and how fragile our...
One of the reasons humans prefer an organized government is that we’ve had them for thousands of...
Don’t count out Erasmus, an early proponent of similarly radical ideas. Introduction Martin Luther, a German theologian,...
In the sixteenth century, cities were considered to embody an ideal of sophisticated and refined living. The...
Direct taxation was not well-developed in ancient Greece. Introduction The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely...
History is full of political leaders whose mental stability was questionable at best, and others who were undoubtedly nut-cases. F. Scott Fitzgerald...
Anti-Semitism has a long history in the U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen and James Lankford, who describe themselves...
Examining the controversy between Milton and Salmasius, with a comparative analysis of the two trials (1649 and...
In 2018, fifty publicly traded U.S. corporations paid their CEOs more than 1,000 times what they paid...
This kind of arrangement, know as a more danico union, a Danish-style union, was common among people...
His impacts included displacing much of the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility to reshaping the English language. William’s Early...
Natural law theory attempts to define a “higher law” on the foundation of a universal understanding of...
Today the Paris Catacombs are illuminated by electric lights and friendly guides. But when Félix Nadar descended...
Huguenots were not only believers in science, but also remained firmly committed to their belief in God...
Art history students offer a bite-sized introduction to the bestiary of the European Middle Ages. Introduction The...
The contribution of popular but historically inaccurate films—and literature—to the evolution of a misguided patriotism that fails...