The German Resistance movement consisted of several disparate strands that were ultimately unable to bring Hitler down....
History
The author is led to his ancestral shtetl and the extermination of its inhabitants by Nazi bullets...
Typically the key “privilege” was that only guild members were allowed to sell their goods or practice...
Guilds secured the monopoly and the commerce of the cities, controlling the various activities and selling all...
The ancient Egyptians believed that, if one adhered to ma’at, one would live a harmonious existence. Introduction...
Rulers used law codes either to justify their rule or to demonstrate examples of justice and due...
Literary being is beyond our control: maybe in this, and only in this, does it coincide with...
‘How should a person be?’ A novel was published in 2012 by a Canadian writer called Sheila...
Since ancient times animals have been the source of medicinal substances used in various cultures. Abstract Animals...
It can be dated to 12,000-10,000 BCE though most accounts – especially concerning the dog – date...
The Hittites recognized that disease was transmitted by contagion from one person to another. In the late...
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Introduction...
How lesbian authors have reinvented the imagined spaces of the U.S. South through print culture, activism, and...
Women’s historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country debates who should vote and how....
To embrace class as a social movement category is to re-engage King’s consciousness and do justice to...
The idea of progress in the West has a legible history – one bound from the outset...
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions...
The Etymologiae was copied so often by scribes and transmitted so widely that it was second only...
Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South before...
They created self-contained enclaves characterized by a southern Protestantism in sharp contrast to Mexican Catholicism. The defeat...
Exploring an allegorical work reminiscent of the style of the Mexican mural movement. The Chicano History mural...
Religious orthodoxy was critical during this period of the Counter Reformation and was enforced by the Inquisition...
The earliest written works in China are ghost stories and myths. By Emily MarkHistorian Introduction Chinese literature...
The brushwork of calligraphy, its philosophy, and materials would influence Chinese painting styles. Introduction Calligraphy established itself...
Highlighting inclusion and humanity. Introduction By Pietro Rigolo The rainbow flag was designed by a group of...
Little Richard honed his craft as a teenage drag queen. We see the influence of gay contemporaries...
World War Two saw a massive increase in weapon types and technology. Some didn’t work out quite...
From Zeppelin airships to propaganda leaflet drops, aerial combat was used on a large scale for the...
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (l. c. 56 – c. 118 CE) was a Roman historian, active throughout the reign of...
It was founded c.814 BCE by the legendary Phoenician queen Dido and increased in size after an...