Introduction Visual Culture is human culture based on visual media — pictures, sculpture, and (sometimes) dance— as...
History
The events in Bleeding Kansas directly foreshadowed the American Civil War. Introduction Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to...
Introduction The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the United...
As the British expanded their presence in India, the Marathas represented a major threat to their territorial...
From a semi-nomadic tribal society to an agrarian-based society with a vast network of trade and a...
Though it may seem like CBD is something completely new, nothing could be further from the truth....
The Empire, for much of its history, can be seen as the Christian equivalent of the Muslim...
The first time that Francia is named is in the Panegyrici Latini in the early third century....
Sacrifices of various types were central to the Temple’s function. Introduction Also known as Solomon’s Temple, the...
Human remains, the “Palestine Man”, found south of Lake Tiberias in the Zuttiyeh Cave, date back as...
If you dig deep enough, you can find some truth to legends and creation stories. Introduction Myths...
Mesopotamian myths appear to have had a more practical purpose and were used to cure and prevent...
A number of freedoms have been endorsed within countercultural communities. Introduction Counterculture is a term used to...
Jeffersonian scholarship is a Hydra’s head, mostly because we make it so. Political discrepancies between Thomas Jefferson...
Aborigines were hunter gatherers – not cultivators – so there was little intentional interference with natural selection...
The hoop is symbolic of “the never-ending circle of life.” Introduction Medicine wheels, or sacred hoops, are...
The Athenian treasury was the first Panhellenic sanctuary that was dedicated by Athenians. Introduction The Athenian Treasury...
Discussions of economics have existed since ancient times but it was not a separate discipline until the...
Pragmatism originated as a philosophical movement in the United States in the late 1800s. Introduction Pragmatism is...
In the philosophy of science, empiricism refers to an emphasis on those aspects of scientific knowledge that...
In the western intellectual tradition, philosophical reflection on ethical codes began with the Greek Sophists of the...
The history of logic cannot be separated from general philosophy and the philosophy of logic. Introduction The...
Introduction Angkor Wat is a temple complex in the province of Siem Reap, Cambodia originally dedicated to...
The Indus Valley Civilization had an advanced urban culture. Introduction The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an...
He had to deal with critics like Walter Winchell, who warned, “It may be a killer.” It...
Franciscan nuns, physicians, anesthesiologists, and social workers helped created a pathbreaking medical center. Several years ago, a...
The surprising history behind the world’s most famous collection of folk tales. Two hundred years ago, two...
What the history of the First Folio tells us about our greatest playwright. Hidden away in a...
The story of the Loch Ness Monster originates in the 7th-century CE work of a monk named...
Looking at the treatment of myth in ancient Greece may help us navigate what is true, and...