This new attribution creates a benchmark for the late-medieval artist’s oeuvre, against which other works can now...
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Ancient amphorae / Southampton University, Creative Commons It has been proposed that different drinking norms developed in northern...
History Kurdish history is deeply intertwined with the geography and the politics of the modern Kurdish regions. Historic Ethnicities of Kurdistan The contiguous...
Roman honor and shame became Christian virtue and shame. The Christian reinterpretation of the classical Roman dichotomy...
Historical research is important not simply for its own sake, but for what we can learn from...
This is a story of four different skulls that reached three of the world’s largest museums under...
For anything to exist, it must serve as a missing connection to reality. By Dr. Bassey Samuel...
There were complaints that the lack of using a permanent family name caused a lot of “disorder” Introduction...
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...
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...
Globalization began when all heavily-populated land masses began interacting in a sustained manner with deep consequences for...
Some argued that Philip IV was destined to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem at the end of...
The End of History is proclaimed anew by each new generation and each new culture. Mesopotamia, Circa...
Analyzing the communication space and social construct of early modern Europe from the perspective of environmental history....
Examining the reception of Italian cuisine in Europe with the early modern and modern movement of migrants...
Up until this epoch, water resources consisted of an old and damaged medieval aqueduct. Operational since 1847,...
Brazil’s history can be divided into five economic periods, each characterized by a dominant export product. By...
Built in the seventh century BCE, the ancient city of Byzantium proved to be a valuable city...
Many cultures around the world celebrate death as part of life, though we often contain death within...
Many diseases have affected the outcomes of battles or the political leanings of a country, but few...
The use of BCE/CE certainly has become more common in recent years but it is not a...
Examining different historical calendars and the origin of the western calendar. Principles of Historical Calendars Overview Most...
Head of Janus, Vatican museum, Rome / Photo by Loudon dodd, Wikimedia Commons Sage advice from the ancients...
Forty-five years ago, ‘The Exorcist’ terrified viewers with its portrayal of a practice that goes back several centuries and continues today...
In 1421, the newly elected mayor of Coventry, England issued a proclamation that gives us insights into...
The foundation was laid for Modernity by the philosophies and theories of the Enlightenment. Antecedents to Modernity...
“She killed her sister, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother,” the chronicles say....
His name was synonymous with terror among his enemies and the general populace of the territories that...