Archibald Motley painted African Americans having a good time. Archibald Motley (1891–1981) was born in New Orleans...
History
There is something of Walter Isaacson in the people he writes about. If the great values of...
The Civil War divided Americans into two kinds of people. David W. Blight tells an amazing story...
The evolution of a reformer. Sometimes a book can change a life. In December 1859, a copy of...
Doomsday, 1433. In York, after dark. A red curtain. Painted stars. Actors in hoses, wigs, and two-faced...
Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death. The Epic of Gilgamesh has been read in...
The United States Constitution has two important features that are vital in the consideration of its First...
Most political information still originates in the mainstream media, which are being transformed by new forms of...
From marriage and sexuality to education and rights, looking at attitudes towards gender in 19th-century Britain. Introduction...
During the nineteenth century, the dress of men differed markedly from that of the previous century. Introduction...
The affair is sometimes referred to as the Great Schism, but this term is typically reserved for...
The division between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy, fueled by the imperial Great Interregnum, persisted until...
The German city-state was run by merchant families who put trade and economy above residents’ welfare. As...
The wide dissemination of the disease was brought about by the poor sanitary conditions of the city....
Empires in the Indian subcontinent shared intertwined histories with principalities to the west such as the Greeks...
Gardens were an important feature of ancient life and most houses had gardens filled with practical plantings....
Agricultural activities in rural Lebanon date back to Phoenician times. Introduction Traditional Lebanese handicrafts are considered to...
Phoenician art was influenced by that of its neighbors – Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Aegean islands....
How different things may have been if Jefferson, Washington, and Madison had freed their slaves. When 75...
The statues of Benjamin Franklin perfectly exemplify the interrelation between history and memory. By Mert DenizPhD StudentAmerican...
The Portuguese colonization of Brazil was initially quite different from the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Introduction...
A seminal manuscript tells the Indigenous side of a historic battle. Competing Histories This May marks 500...
Historical aspects in the transformation of the windmill’s architectural forms, structures, and elements. Introduction The modern wind-power...
The owners of waterwheels and their mills were the first barons of industry after the so-called ‘Dark...
The nineteenth century is a decisive time in the development of medicine and the medical profession in...
The contradiction in his character is particularly well illustrated by his behavior during the Philadelphia yellow fever...
Examining what drugs were available in Russia and the great diversity of drugs traded in early modern...
The plague swept through Christian Europe and Islamdom at roughly the same time – between 1347 and...
The work covers the entire history of ancient Persia from the creation of the world to the...
These poets would affect the literary arts of cultures around the world and continue to inspire readers...