The first law differentiating the rights within nobility was enacted by the national assembly, the diet of...
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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...
Hanukkah demands fewer religious rituals than most other Jewish observances. Golden Pixels LLC Despite the primacy of Christmas in American culture,...
The admiration of these two former presidents has risen to the level of a posthumous apotheosis in...
The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi, 1865 / United States Capitol rotunda, Wikimedia Commons The Apotheosis of Washington depicts George...
The two Korean states both claim to be the legitimate government of the divided Korean Peninsula. By...
Cheongung, or the main Shrine Hall of the Three Sages, on the grounds of Samseonggung. Samseonggung Shrine...
Sacello Ipogeico (Heroon), Paestum, Italy / Photo by Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons Hero cults were one of the most...
Examining the important role of music in ancient Greek cult practices. By Dr. Jana Kubatzki Research Associate in...
When examining the historical development of society, perhaps the most determining factor is education. By Abigail E....
Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, tempera and oil on oak panel, 82.2 x 60 cm...
Orwell’s famous Ministry of Truth propaganda from his novel, 1984 The idea is to tear apart Russia’s...
A limestone relief depicting a nobleman, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX or XX, c. 1295-1070 BCE. The figure...
The tattooed right hand of a Chiribaya mummy is displayed at El Algarrobal Museum, near the port...
Caravaggio’s 1595 masterpiece Bacchus. Wikimedia Commons Wine, more than other beverage, is intimately connected to celebration and worship. By...
Tattoo on an ancient Egyptian female mummy / Creative Commons For thousands of years, tattoos have been indicative of the passage from girlhood to...
Basketry bowl with checkerboard and arrow head motif / Mint Museum Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh /...
Embed from Getty Images By Lucas Johnson / 04.05.2018 International Coordinator International Fellowship of Reconciliation In the...
Orphic Prayer Sheet, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 1 7/16 x 7/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum,...
The first study to compare ancient and living female bones shows that women from early agricultural eras...
The Kaminaljuyú clay figurine from the Middle to late Preclassic (1500 BC – 150 AD). (Kaminal Juyú...
School of Athens fresco, by Raphael, c.1510 / Apostolic Palace, Vatican City Lecture by Dr. Eleanor Dickey...
Smallpox hits the Aztecs, from the Florentine Codex, Book 12, 16th century / Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence Lecture...
By Kenneth Greg Watson Historian Current scientific data indicate that Native Americans arrived from Siberia via the...
By David Pescovitz / 12.05.2016 This oft-seen wonderfully weird photo depicts Hugo Gernsback wearing his “teleyeglasses” in...