In the 16th century, ruthless Cossack mercenaries spearheaded Imperial Russia's bloody conquest of Siberia, driven by the ...

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The Taiping Rebellion resulted in an estimated 30 to 70 million deaths, surpassing the death toll of WWI of roughly 15 to 20 ...

Anarchism comes in many forms, some more individualistic, others more communal. Some anarchists advocate strong property rights, others push for their abolition. What all forms of anarchism have in ...

The second millennium, from a Christian perspective, is arguably best known for the Reformation and the religious conflict it caused. Most Christians know names such as Martin Luther and John Calvin ...

The Flood Tablet, Tablet 11 of the Gilgamesh epic, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 7th century BC; with The Palette of Narmer, 1st Dynasty; and The Rosetta Stone, 196 BC The alphabet we use to write today in the ...

If captured and given a choice of life or death, most chose life as double agents. The quest to obtain information led all to ...

Painting of the Gods in Palazzo Te, Giulio Romano, 1525, via Palazzo del Te in Mantua. The Greek god Hades’ name, in Ancient Greek “᾽Αιδης”, derives from the Ancient Greek word for “unseen”. This is ...