The Postal Service Act, signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792, established the Post Office...
History
Lincoln was that rare bird, a man who dealt in moral ideas without falling into moralism and...
Seeing Lincoln’s nationalism from an unlikely, and fresh, perspective: its connection, via the Enlightenment, to classical antiquity....
America has certainly had a lot of experience in difficulties in the change of governments in the...
Lincoln was presiding over a bloody civil war with waning popularity. But he steadfastly rejected pleas to...
Exploring the political and economic system that developed in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Introduction Historians...
An unusually civil armistice in the most punishing conflict ever fought on American soil. One hundred and...
The loudest booms people had ever heard and the powerful stench of death on a staggering scale....
At the time period of Samuel Colt’s patent, the United States was on the verge of starting...
The contemporary Second Amendment debate is founded on serious misunderstandings. Introduction The Second Amendment is one of...
Although he became one of the founders of neuroscience, as a young man Ramón y Cajal wanted...
Paul Broca’s early scientific works dealt with the histology of cartilage and bone, but he also studied...
The Aztec painted language operated at two levels – identifying glyphs and strategic placement and presentation. Writing...
Exploring the science and stories behind the pigments, from the red ochre of Lascaux’s prehistoric cave to...
The society’s goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state...
Barruel wrote that the French Revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies. Introduction Augustin Barruel...
This new outlook put great emphasis on reason as the key to human progress. Introduction The Enlightenment...
This movement led to the start of many new Christian churches that broke away from the Catholic...
Christians mounted violent campaigns against Jews and heretics in addition to the wars in Europe, North Africa,...
The Church had a close relationship with the English state throughout the Middle Ages. Introduction Medieval Religion...
This was a widely held imperialist belief in the 19th-century that American settlers were destined to expand...
Jackson’s goals put the government in conflict with the more than 125,000 Native Americans who still lived...
Exploring imperial China during the period from about 221 BCE to about 1644 CE. Introduction The word...
Exploring discoveries and inventions made by the Chinese between about 200 and 1400 C.E. Introduction Over the...
The Rajarajesvara temple was built by one of the most successful rulers of the medieval period, Rajaraja...
Seals numbering in the thousands have been discovered in excavations of Indus cities as well as in...
Rumors of secret alliances, bank deals, and double-crossings were rampant in early American elections. From claims that...
The dangerous legacy of a letter received by Augustin Barruel, a French Catholic priest and famous conspiracy...
It can be traced, in part, to the Enlightenment and its profound impact on colonial thinking. Political...
Exploring the establishment of the Duchy following the Fourth Crusade. Introduction The Duchy of Athens was a...