For Georgian Londoners, the allure of electric animals was both intellectual and sensual. By Ruth Garde / 04.06.2017 Curator,...
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The significance of the imperial heritage for the Russian–Ukrainian relationship. Abstract The legacy of the tsarist Empire...
The Irish monks combined the letters of the Roman alphabet with their own Ogham script. Introduction The Book...
The common men of England and Wales stood together and managed to take down the royal army...
The war owes its historical significance to a number of factors. Introduction The Hundred Years’ War is...
These hunts involved all of the tribe mobilizing across vast areas of steppe to corner game into...
The yurt tent has been used by nomadic pastoralist peoples of northern East Asia since before written...
Early settlements in the area, such as Tell Brak, date back to at least 6000 BCE. Introduction...
Batu would serve as the kingmaker of the Mongol Empire. Introduction Batu Khan (l. 1205-1255 CE) was...
Written from a Mongolian perspective, the work is an invaluable record of their legends as well as...
Chosen over his brothers to succeed Genghis Khan, Ogedei built Karakorum, strengthened Mongol rule, defeated the Jin,...
With the Mongol invasion of Europe, the world had become a lot more violent and just a...
Early Christianity used the same artistic media as the surrounding Pagan culture. Introduction Early Christian art and...
The reconstruction of ancient climate is important to understand natural variation in climate and the evolution of...
Renaissance is one of the most interesting periods in history. It’s an ever-lasting inspiration for a college...
Memorable and extravagant, today’s student life hardly differs from the experiences students lived through in previous centuries....
During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his allegiance on several occasions. Introduction Alcibiades Cleiniou...
Looking nostalgically to the past, a young architect sought to revive the building as a bulwark to...
A Getty exhibition illuminates the medieval cathedral’s role in European history and spotlights wondrous objects that survived...
Londinium, as the city was called in ancient times, was founded by the Romans after they conquered...
Distant and mysteriously lost Xanadu came to represent a place of mystery, splendid luxury and easy living....
Leonardo da Vinci saw in animals the ‘image of the world’. About six months ago I stopped...
In Europe in the Middle Ages (476-1500 CE), dogs performed many services. Introduction Dogs have played a...
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church recently broke off from Russia. This dispute has a history that goes back to...
What is more Western than democracy and concentration camps? The West appears, suddenly, devoid of its greatest...
The Eastern Empire flourished while the Western Empire struggled and finally dissolved. Introduction The Western Roman Empire is...
“Rosh HaShanah” means ‘head [of] the year’, referring to the Jewish day of new year. Introduction Rosh...
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Enlightener established Christianity as the official religion of ancient Armenia. By Mark...
When the existence of unicorns, and the curative powers of the horns ascribed to them, began to...
Greece, the ‘cradle of western civilization’, is home to a large number of spectacular sites from the...