Mark Antony, one of the most powerful politicians in the Roman Republic, offered the nation’s elected leader,...
History
His work catapulted Powers to international fame in the 19th century. Introduction They say Ideal beauty cannot...
Phips became governor of Massachusetts, arriving in Boston from England in May 1692, with the witch-hunt well...
The notion of religious liberty and of freedom of conscience was not recognized. Introduction Inquisition, (capitalized I)...
The Papacy in the Late Middle Ages had a major secular role in addition to its spiritual...
Christianity began in first century C.E. Jerusalem as a Jewish sect, but quickly spread throughout the Roman...
Dragons were one of the earliest creatures to appear in the tales and legends of ancient China....
The earliest surviving examples of Chinese painting are fragments of painting on silk, stone, and lacquer items....
The tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture. Introduction Aztec codices (singular codex) are...
Aztec culture had complex mythological and religious traditions. Introduction The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central...
Lucretius was worried that our fear of death could lead to irrational beliefs and actions that could...
Plagues functioned as a setup for an even more crucial theme in ancient myth: a leader’s intelligence....
The skull of Oculudentavis provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be...
The taxon Dinosauria was formally named by the English palaeontologist Richard Owen in 1842. Introduction Dinosaurs are...
More successful than most third parties, it had two senators and fourteen representatives sent to the thirty-first...
The need to win popular support in a republic led to the American emergence of voter-based political...
The Varyags are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as having exacted tribute from the Slavic and...
The name “Byzantine Empire” is a modern term and would have been alien to its contemporaries. Introduction...
Tutankhamun began his reign at age 9. Introduction Nebkheperure Tutankhamun (King Tut) was a Pharaoh of the...
For thousands of years, the civilization of Egypt was among the most significant in the ancient world....
Examining press reviews and accounts of the Japanese Village in London from newspapers and periodicals in 1885....
Examining the writings of The Mikado producers and opera reviewers in 1885, showing that the British were...
Habeas corpus can constitutionally be suspended – the question is by whom, Congress or the President? By...
Americans in the deepest sense went to war in 1861 to resolve the nature of the Union...
The fascinating history of Pompeii’s “little sister”, the town of Herculaneum. Introduction In the first part of...
Pausanius is best known for his ten-volume work, Description of Greece, detailing his travels through the country,...
In the dying days of empire, the British financed a global cinema service. Introduction It’s 1945. A...
Empire was a consistent theme in these hundreds of pamphlets. In the Great War, the British government...
Swift was a heavily politically involved and prolific writer. Introduction Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October...
Three types of historical writing flourished in the Middle Ages: chronicles, hagiography, and the rhetorical monograph. By...