Thaddeus Stevens was a fearsome reformer, who never backed down from a fight. In 1813, a young...
History
Garrison considered himself a pacifist, a believer in the power of truth to undo the wickedness of...
The president accused his former vice president of treason and tussled with a Supreme Court justice. Mark...
Alfred’s impressive military and administrative skills stabilized Britain after almost a century of Viking raids and warfare....
Even medievalists have a hard time determining the precise moment when the Middle Ages started and ended....
At school, we have all studied the amazing history of the two most important city-states in Greece,...
The discovery of a new species related to dinosaurs, an iguana-sized reptile whose genus name, Antarctanax, means...
It is clear that a major extinction event occurred around Antarctica in the period 2–3 million years...
Why are photographers drawn to crime scenes? Introduction The man in the photograph above is Dick Hickock,...
He made no pretense to be engaged in a social or a moral crusade. Introduction Henry McCarty...
The Catholic Church didn’t finally officially recognize their own error until John Paul II in 1992. Introduction...
His work marked the starting point of modern astronomy and cosmology. Introduction Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473...
This faction favored the cause of the plebeians (the commoners). Introduction The Populares were a political faction...
The Optimates opposed the extension of Roman citizenship and sought the preservation of the “mos maiorum”, the...
Biographies, which are generally accepted as teaching materials in history and social studies education, possess additional characteristics...
We all live in the present while planning and worrying about what the future holds. Historical study,...
Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited...
Spirituals were created out of the experience of enslaved people in the U.S. They were songs of...
They are remembered for their contributions to religion, architecture, and their famous network of roads through the...
Red handprints can be found on the walls of a number of Maya sites and are associated...
The city became an important center for trade along the Silk Road. Introduction Ctesiphon was an ancient...
While these contributions may be understood as commonplace in the present day, they were entirely novel in...
When a party member was asked about its activities, he was supposed to reply, “I know nothing.”...
Fuel was added to the fires that night to ensure they would continue burning into the next...
Astell recognized the ways in which background social structures explain behaviors. The English philosopher Mary Astell (1666-1731)...
A new exhibition at the Foundling Museum in London traces 500 years pregnancy portraiture. A new exhibition...
First encountered in the 17th century in the form of bhang, an intoxicating edible which had been...
Viticulture, that is, the cultivation of grapes and the preparation of wine, can actually be traced back...
Etruscan was a relatively isolated language not connected with the Indo-European languages of Italy. By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
Deciphering Linear B, the earliest form of Greek, was a history-changing achievement, but decoding the older Linear...