George Washington was not born a leader, but he carefully made himself into one. On June 22,...
History
The Danse Macabre consists of the dead or a personification of death with dancing along to the...
A mass grave since 1223, bodies were exhumed and the bones were moved to the Catacombs in...
People felt overwhelmed as it seems as though they believed that what had happened to others elsewhere...
The first definitive outbreak of plague was the Plague of Justinian as recorded by Procopius which killed...
For decades, women’s contributions to silent movies were mostly ignored. Motion pictures began in the East in...
The accession of Henry VII as the first Tudor king is generally considered the end of the...
The Guptas were ambitious rulers and by the end of the fourth century claimed dominance over a...
It is believed that King Janak, ruler of Mithila Kingdom in the 8th or 7th century BCE,...
Ancient Egypt was in many ways as intriguing and distant to the ancient Romans as ancient Rome...
Banquets were likely used as an opportunity for rulers to spread a little happiness amongst those they...
Why have some perceived the State as a threat? How has anti-statist thought changed over time? Originally...
What did it mean to become a citizen of the new nation? Originally published by Newberry Digital...
Mercantilism was a political movement and an economic theory, dominant in Europe between 1600 and 1800. Introduction...
Hannibal continued to fight for the people of Carthage, in spite of the poor treatment he received....
Thirty of the Achaeans’ best warriors hid in the Trojan horse’s womb and two spies in its...
The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War by causing the Judgement of...
“Teachers and professors use articles to evaluate and assess the progress of students.” Historical articles are very...
A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus...
The global spread of smallpox can be traced to the growth and spread of civilizations, exploration, and...
Examining modern remedies derived from medieval monastic knowledge. Most people think of herbal medicine as a distinctly...
The spirits and gods were believed to make their presence known through disease. Introduction When people fall...
The parasites found within the 2,000-year-old-feces smeared on bamboo suggest more than commodities made the trip. By...
Stomach ulcers, herpes, ringworm and other tropical diseases may have all contributed to the Neanderthal demise. By...
‘Walden,’ published in 1854, is a manual for solitude with a purpose. Introduction Seeking to bend the...
In the past, maintaining physical distance was an important aspect of public life – and clothes played...
Vaccination led ultimately to the eradication of smallpox, one of the great achievements of medicine. By Arthur...
Inoculation spread all over the world and revolutionized the field of vaccination against several other infectious diseases....
Since the art of writing was discovered, nearly every form of writing material has been used. By...
Human communication was revolutionized with the origin of speech approximately 500,000 BCE. Introduction The history of communication...