While we don’t get to decide when we get shipwrecked, we do get to decide what we...
History
Understanding through reason, self-discipline in wisdom and virtue. Introduction Stoicism, one of the three major schools of...
Just leave it to a group of fiercely determined women to make a name for themselves behind...
Thousands of women took different paths and pursued multiple strategies to win the goal of securing the...
She overheard talk of freedom and was determined it should apply to her, too. Nearly 250 years...
America’s first literary star, Anne Bradstreet, who was a pioneer in more ways than one. Anne came...
Women who chose a life in the arena – and it does seem this was a choice...
Spartan women were free to pursue an education, own land, initiate divorce, and go where they pleased....
The vigorous temple building activity of the Hoysala Empire arose from the social, cultural and political events...
The Hoysala era emerged as an important period in the development of art, architecture, and religion in...
Evora’s history dates back over five millennia. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction The sunbaked plain of the Alentejoregion...
Art reveals many aspects of the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Introduction Ancient Israelite art traditions are evident...
Together, El (sometimes Yahweh) and Ashera were viewed as the father and mother of the gods. Introduction...
As warlike nomadic herdsmen began to dominate in Mesopotamian culture, they imposed their mythologies on preexisting legends....
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared an axis between Berlin and Rome, coining a term that would be...
The Nazi invasion of Russia ended the Pact and shifted the Soviet Union from the Axis Powers...
A significant portion of the wall still exists, particularly the mid-section, and for much of its length...
Many Ancient Greek fortifications connected a city to another site – a citadel or a port. The...
The geological history of the Earth can be broadly classified into two periods: the Precambrian supereon and...
The Earth has been through many changes during its existence. Introduction Modern geologists and geophysicists consider the...
Investigating the intertwined categories of modern space and disaster. Originally published by the Harvard Map Collection, republished...
A history of cartographers toying with the relationship between touch and sight. Originally published by the Harvard...
Australia’s Foy & Gibson department store once dominated Melbourne, with showrooms, factories and warehouses spread over 500,000...
A stealthy group of skiing commandos took out a crucial Nazi facility and stopped Hitler from getting...
Groups planning a coup of some kind had existed in the German Army and the military intelligence...
Introduction The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket riot or Haymarket massacre) on Tuesday May 4,...
The immediate effect on Ireland was devastating, and its long-term effects proved immense. Introduction The Great Famine...
The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World...
Urban centers especially had become centers of plague and disease outbreaks. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction People in...
Largely self-taught, Adams learned to harness the communicative power of photography during his years as a marketing...