History

The mid-to-late-nineteenth century brought about quite a few changes across European society, with one of the most important shifts being the fight for women’s ...

The so-called “Boston Massacre” of March 5, 1770 is generally regarded by historians as a pivotal event leading up to the American Revolution later ...

In the 19th century, African was a relatively mysterious territory, ripe for European exploration. There was a mad scramble among European powers to harvest ...

The Trail of Tears refers to the forced deportation of the Cherokee group of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands in the southern and ...

In the long and sordid history of religious persecution, the Spanish Inquisition occupies a special place. An enormous Jewish community prospered in Spain during ...

In Night (originally published in 1955) by Elie Wiesel, the reader finds a tale of human tragedy on a scale rarely recounted within the ...

Without question, the intellectual revolution through which mankind has grown has had the greatest impact on our civilization. This is because we have convinced ...

The image of Rosie the Riveter has been emblazoned on the collective memory of the American Citizenry. On display at the Smithsonian Institute and ...

My assignment to interview the infamous Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (not to be confused with his uncle, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder), proved ...

To say that China, Korea, and Japan are all alike would usually be taken as a sign of the speaker’s racism. Despite some shared ...