For years, the Soviet Union led the way in exploring our solar system, achieving many successes before the Americans. Here ...

Under British orders, South Africa launched a daring attack on the German colony of South West Africa. The fighting had a ...

The Concert of Europe, also known as the Congress System, was established after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It describes the peaceful functioning of an international system based on the balance of ...

The “Reconquest” of the Roman West was one of the major accomplishments of Emperor Justinian I (527-565). Following a series of successful campaigns – the “Justinian Reconquest” – the Roman Empire ...

Pollice Verso (the Turned Tumb), by Jean-Leon Gerome, 1872, via Columbia College The Amphiteatrum Flavium, or the Colosseum, was built during the reign of the Flavian Roman emperors Vespasian (69-79 ...

In western Africa, different communities practice the religion of Voodoo, a belief system based on the idea that their ancestors co-exist with the living, serving as protectors and granters of favors.

China’s claim to over 5,000 years of continuous civilization raises a powerful question. With ancient empires like Egypt and Mesopotamia now gone, is China the world’s longest-lasting civilization?

Taira no Masakado was an aristocrat who went from arguably the first samurai warlord to “new emperor” and finally one of ...

Exiled Surrealists found freedom in Mexico, creating visionary art, social circles, and rivalries that changed modern art ...

If you are in the United States, these are the must-see, world-class museums and institutions that preserve the stories and ...

In medieval England, common lands were set aside for peasants to cultivate. Chaos ensued when lords and landowners began ...

Panamanian Geisha coffee costs over $13,000 a pound because rarity, terroir, and fierce auctions converge in one luxury crop.