The economic decline was marked by a severe drop in population. By Dr. Murray N. RothbardHistorian and...
Middle Ages
Wealthy landowners enclosed (privatized) the commons for their own profits, impoverishing many villagers. By Jay Walljasper Medieval...
They were part of the Armenian millet until the Tanzimat reforms in the nineteenth century equalized all...
The Byzantine Empire had an important cultural legacy, both on the Orthodox Church and on the revival...
Medieval church courts in York shows that the same January divorce pattern prevailed as far back as...
The Mali Empire was the largest and richest empire yet seen in West Africa to that time....
The Delhi Sultanate, which lasted from 1206 to 1526, is known as a period of cultural intermixing....
The temples at Khajuraho, including the Lakshmana temple, have become famous for their amorous images. Ideal Female...
In terms of its staging of sovereignty, passivity distinguished the Scottish king from the English tyrant. Introduction...
Shakespeare drew on earlier depictions of Richard III and other ruthless rulers in order to create his...
Nativity scenes first originated in the small Italian town of Greccio. Introduction Around the Christmas season, it...
The masks were designed to protect them from putrid air, which was seen as the cause of...
Each season in medieval europe had its own special Christian celebration, often based on older pagan traditions....
The spread of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages (from the fifth to tenth centuries) marked the...
The cat lost its regal position through the efforts of the medieval Church which encouraged the association...
They had more rights than women in contemporary cultures to the east and west of Mongolia, some...
The descendants of Genghis each ruled a part of the empire – the four khanates. Introduction The...
The caliphate soon became a hereditary institute when the dynastic system of rule was introduced to the...
Introduction A medieval university is a corporation organized during the Middle Ages for the purposes of higher...
Medieval society was compelled to adapt to the presence of the chronically ill. Conventional narratives tell us...
In this period, hospitals preserved both the symbolic and material link to the Church and religion, based...
According to tradition, the original population consisted of refugees from nearby Roman cities. Introduction The Republic of...
Mongol religion included a strong element of shamanism mixed with ancestor worship and a belief in natural...
Many of the Mongol clothes of the medieval period are still worn by nomadic peoples today across...
Examining who they were and why they started settling in this (at first sight) illogical location. Introduction...
Zvartnots Cathedral was constructed at a time of much chaos in Near East. Introduction The ruins of...
Tiwanaku was founded some time in the Early Intermediate Period (200 BCE – 600 CE). By Mark...
By the end of the thirteenth century the social context for the abandonment of infants and children...
Two different perceptions of the sin of overeating in the Middle Ages. Gluttony—overindulging in food or drink—was...
One of the reasons humans prefer an organized government is that we’ve had them for thousands of...