Oheka Castle on Long Island served as one of the inspirations for Jay Gatsby’s estate in F....
History
For centuries, readers have written in the margins of their books to indicate admiration, disagreement or inspiration. Plath was...
To assume that we cannot learn from the ancients is, ironically, to fulfill a type of hubris...
The possible futures predicted by fortune-telling happen just often enough to tantalize, preying on our deepest aspirations...
Recovering a more capacious social topology from the Thomist theology that modern Western philosophy supplanted. Titled Declarations of Dependence:...
By Dr. Sabeen AhmedPhD Candidate, Department of PhilosophyVanderbilt University Poi ch’innalzai un poco piu’le ciglia,vidi ‘l maestro...
The Domus Aurea (Golden House), located between the Esquiline and Palatine Hills, was one of Nero’s most...
Examining scale of emigration, the reasons behind emigrants’ departure, the various origins and destinations, and the attitudes in...
Examining the inter-relationship of religion and culture in the time period of medieval Spain known as the...
Because of its geography, Russia is a relatively easy country to invade from both east and west....
Russia spans not only two continents, butalso eleven time zones. Introduction Meet the Giant Imagine a giant...
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was not...
In the last years of his life, Dante Alighieri was an unsuspecting witness to a rapid shift...
At first glance, a category like ancient science fiction might seem paradoxical. By Mike Bezemek / 08.30.2017 At first...
There is evidence that he was an actual historical king who ruled from the city of Sardis, though...
Introduction Art, literature, and architecture are forms of expression. These forms of expression often communicate what is...
Periodic outbursts of hostility incited numerous massacres of the Jews in the Middle Ages. Setting the Scene...
The Ashkenazi Jews developed a distinct liturgy and culture. Introduction Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, are...
One of the Roman Empire’s most important keys to its durability was its inclusiveness. As a Roman...
Moctezuma I expanded the Aztec Empire beyond the Valley of Mexico by constantly waging war. Introduction As...
The Aztec empire existed more than 500 years after the Maya abandoned their great inland city-states. Introduction...
She was known not only for her political status, but also for her textual skill – whether...
In historiographical tradition, which is characteristic of medieval societies,the history of a nation is portrayed, first, as...
The first law differentiating the rights within nobility was enacted by the national assembly, the diet of...
Caesar created a new version of ‘Gaul’, expanding geographical boundaries and excluding some areas traditionally ascribed to...
The analysis of guilds as economic institutions is largely based on Europe between about 1000 and about 1800....
In the tumultuous aftermath of the fall of the Roman Empire, the newly founded Republic of Venice...
Following training and cooperation with the Phoenicians, the ancient Greeks launched a huge wave of colonization across...
Socrates said that law was a discovery of the reality in relations – that is, of the...
Unlike the Western dragon of Europe that is representative of evil, the many eastern versions of the...