The history of Eurasia is the collective history of a continental area with several distinct peripheral coastal...
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Chinese immigration to the United States was a result of European and American imperialism in Asia on...
The first statute in the United States to codify naturalization law. Alternately known as the Nationality Act,...
James Madison proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution, but only 10 were approved. When the Constitutional Convention...
The absence of a “bill of rights” turned out to be an obstacle to the Constitution’s ratification...
In spite of the military genius of Hannibal, Carthage was destroyed as the result of three wars...
The Etruscan armies of part-time soldiers proved to be no match for the more professional and tactically...
After the building that symbolized ‘all that is Russian’ went up in flames, the czar scrambled to...
The Notre Dame Cathedral wasn’t static. The design, as with most cathedrals, kept changing to keep up...
Archaeologists have found tiny pieces of ancient bread from hunter-gatherers that predate agriculture by about 4,000 years....
The Westerners managed to maintain a political presence in the region until 1291 CE but were constantly...
According to historical sources and archaeological facts, Magdala was an important town with social and economic development....
Painstaking reconstruction of fragments of text has revealed the working draft of an ancient Jewish calendar and...
Five of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of Bible were found to be forged. The...
The alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
In 1797, the Senate unanimously ratified a treaty declaring that the U.S. government was not founded on...
Charles V blamed the revolt on their radical ideology rather than the harsh realities of living a...
The Albigensian Crusade was the first crusade to specifically target heretic Christians – the Cathars of southern...
As the political boundaries of the Roman Empire diminished and collapsed in the West, Christianity spread beyond...
The first Hindu temples were built from rock-cut caves. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Hindu architecture evolved over...
Ellora (also known as Elura and, in ancient times, as Elapura) is a sacred site in Maharastra,...
Reconstruction’s influence of and effects upon religion, education, industry, and taxation. Organized Religion Freedmen were very active...
The of the aftermath of the Civil War and the brief attempt to “reconstruct” the U.S. South...
With the establishment of the medieval towns, Italian city-states and maritime republics, the patriciate was a formally...
According to Livy, the first 100 men appointed as senators by Romulus were referred to as “fathers”...
The nature of the krypteia very much reflects the roots of its name. By Brandon D. Ross...
Thucydides placed Brasidas’s Homeric ending in a singularly admirable light. By Nathan A. JenningsNATO Planner, Afghanistan In...
In modern society, we are used to political art. One hundred years ago today, fighting raged in...
One of the great riddles of modern times is why a 500-year portrait of a Florentine housewife...