Jehoash strictly enforced the exclusive worship of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, and was on shaky ground politically....
History
Most Jews today are the descendants of the Israelites, as are the Samaritans, only a few of...
How Parker’s determination to speak her mind — even when it angered men in positions of power...
Exploring the significance of the 19th-centurty Welsh singer’s ingenious set of images, which until recently were thought...
Ukraine has been occupied since the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) and the Sredny Stog culture from 4500 BCE....
In the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the richest European city and was known as the “Queen of...
The term is misleading since it implies a notion of a self-identifying unity that did not exist....
Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity. They bore the brunt of persecution from their...
The period was characterized by a fluidity of design accented by a sense of drama. Introduction The...
While the Protestants harshly criticized the cult of images, the Catholic Church ardently embraced the religious power...
The lure of Aphrodite still resonates in Western popular culture today. Introduction Aphrodite is the ancient Greek...
Erotic spells were a popular form of magic in ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient spells were often...
Our own species — Homo sapiens — lived alongside other groups that split off from the same...
According to folklore, such tiny, hairy people as her once roamed the tropical forests alongside modern humans....
Many different groups of American Indians with distinct cultures inhabited the western region of North America. Geographic...
Some indigenous peoples of the Americas supported agriculturally advanced societies for thousands of years. Introduction The indigenous...
Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine was used for several centuries in medieval Europe and the Arab world as...
His aggressive manner of teaching and his outspoken criticism of traditional medical theory made him unwelcome in...
Caesar fought in a civil war that left him undisputed master of the Roman world. Introduction Gaius...
Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction in the Roman Senate, until he...
Introduction Reconstruction is the name of the historical period following the American Civil War during which the...
The Constitutional Convention of 1789, following the Revolution, had failed to address slavery, and it took another...
The main legacy of the civilization was its power to inspire, including that of later resistance groups...
Introduction The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having the only known fully developed written...
The exams were in place for over a thousand years and are the principal reason why education...
Confucius looked to “the wisdom of the ancients” and a “return to li”. Introduction The teachings and...
Fascism in Italy was strongly identified with the cult of Mussolini and with the idea, even with...
Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on (but not limited to) ethnic,...
The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians...
The notion of social class is still questioned as it becomes even more difficult to define in...