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For 30 years, much of the West looked on with disdain as the Bolsheviks took power in Ru...

As the issue of slavery roiled the country, few people became as controversial or consequ...

Individuals who decide to take up learning about the Old Testament of the Bible are immed...

While the Bronze Age is recognized as one of history’s most important phases, it&r...

Malta’s history goes back further than many know, which can be attested to by the n...

The Acropolis, which literally means “a city on the heights,” is a citadel w...

Freedom of the press isn’t just a fundamental right in America but a key part of th...

Though it started as a 300 person settlement in 1832, Chicago’s location near the ...

In the summer of 1866, Colonel Henry B. Carrington set out from Fort Laramie to establish...

Although it ended over 550 years ago, the Hundred Years’ War still looms large in t...

Few eras are easier to let the imagination run wild than the Middle Ages, which have oft...

The Third Reich's Luftwaffe began World War II with significant advantages over other Eur...

As the Western Roman Empire collapsed in the late 5th century, Hadrian’s Wall was a...

The Wild West has made legends out of many men, but it has forged a lasting legacy for t...

During World War II, greatly increased engine power allowed these aircraft to slice throu...

Naturally, as technological advances and the creation of flying aircraft became realities...

In the 21st century, most people associate the idea of the possession of a person or plac...

Throughout his presidency at the beginning of the 19th century, Thomas Jefferson had wor...

Nearly 20 years before Jamestown was settled, the English established one of the earlies...

In the years following World War II, Los Angeles and other large American cities were hi...

The 28-year period from 1933-1961, bracketed on one end by Hitler’s rise to power ...

When one thinks of the world’s first cities, Sumer, Memphis, and Babylon are some o...

In addition to the wheelbarrow, the seismograph, the waterwheel, deep drilling, suspensi...

As the issue of slavery roiled the country, few people became as controversial or conseq...

Holy relics can be found in many different religions, whether Christian, pagan, Hindu, or...

The KGB is one of the most famous abbreviations of the 20th century, and it has become sy...

While people might associate possession and exorcism with the past, particularly the medi...

Today, roses are a sign of love and luxury, but for over 30 years, they provided the symb...

One general tied to the Seleucid Empire was Artaxias, who founded the Artaxiad dynasty an...

Modern Ufology focuses on mysterious lights on Ceres or tales of alien abduction, but thi...

The outcome of the English Civil War was no doubt unthinkable to many across Europe befor...

The most important war of all for Texas came in the early 19th century, and the common s...

Edgar Allan Poe was one of America’s first native-born professional authors, but h...

By the time the Pleistocene Epoch ended around 12,000 years ago, Homo sapiens had become ...

World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to E...

By the turn of the 20th century, American entertainment was still preoccupied with Europe...

As Union commander George McClellan moved the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula in ear...

Gilgamesh, Hercules, Aeneas, and Lancelot are instantly recognized as mythological heroes...

The westward movement of Americans in the 19th century was one of the largest and most c...

In the over 100 years since it sank on its maiden voyage, the Titanic has been the subjec...

Given how far back the Egyptian civilization goes, it’s no surprise that Egypt is s...

Deep within the bayous and swamps of Louisiana resides a population descended from an ex...

By the start of the 15th century, ships were now much larger and able to support long di...

Both Grant and Sherman shared the same theory of war: anything that might help the enemy...

Across the eastern Mediterranean there has been discovered a great number of objects whos...

The United Kingdom is an ancient land steeped in history and tradition, filled with prehi...

For the French, and those who study their history, Versailles is a symbol of, as Charles...

The gradual collapse of the Roman Empire brought monumental changes to Europe and beyond...

By the mid-19th century, other European powers became interested not only in the explora...

Although cryptozoology is often scoffed at and widely considered a pseudoscience, one of...