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

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

The Iberian Peninsula was invaded in the 8th century CE by the Muslim Umayyads. The Umayyad state, known as the Umayyad Caliphate, was based in Damascus. The Umayyads brought an army from North Africa ...

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

With the Allies and the Axis battling for supremacy, North Africa became one of the most significant theaters of the Second ...

Cavalry seemed doomed by 1914, yet horsemen kept charging for three more decades. Here is the true story of history’s last ...

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.

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

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 ...

Pop, Korea’s long history reveals how a distinctive cultural identity survived, adapted, and eventually reached audiences ...

Map showing the Delian League and Peloponnesian League before the Peloponnesian War, W.L. Westermann, 1912. Source: Wikimedia Commons After the second Persian invasion of Greece, the allied Greek ...