If you’ve ever seen the HBO series Deadwood, your first thoughts are probably about Ian McShane’s…
Browsing: History
We all love history and here are a host of history lists to prove it. Get your history knowledge in the form of top 10 lists, it is easier on the stomach.
Quick: what’s a scary date for you; one that seems filled with foreboding and bad…
The word “prehistory” refers to the earliest period of human development, up until the start of recorded…
In the beginning of World War II, Italy was partnered with the Axis Powers under…
Vikings is a historical drama TV series on the History Channel. The story follows the…
For most of our audience, the last time the French Foreign Legion came up was…
Secret police forces have existed since time immemorial, from the Frumentarii of Ancient Rome to…
When we think of France, we tend to first imagine the romantic, the gastronomically exclusive,…
Reverence for the dead is shared amongst nearly all peoples and cultures. Some groups, like…
World War Two was fought on a colossal scale. Battles could last for months and…
Das boot! Schiff verlassen! While lesser known to many than the British pirates of popular…
The Medjay are mostly known only because of the blockbuster Mummy trilogy starring Brendan Fraser,…
Since the first modern homo sapiens emerged some 50,000 years ago, it’s estimated that 107…
At this point in time, essentially the entire world (barring the depths of the oceans)…
The study of place names and their origins, known as toponymy, can reveal a lot…
Conspiracy theories will always fire up the imaginations of even the most reasonable of us.…
Sweden is a well known country today, but they are not particularly well known for…
Most men have a weakness, whether it’s gambling, booze, lying, infidelity, or what have you.…
Between a post-World War II habit of exaggerating the military prowess of the Third Reich,…
Combining the inherent contradiction of “Warrior Buddhists” with the legendary grand scale of Chinese military…
The Gallic Wars, waged between the Gallic tribes living in present-day France and Belgium and…
Alchemy is the ancient science of attempting to transform lead into gold. Alchemists also sought…
The Winter War began in November of 1939, when the Soviets invaded Finland, seeking to…
When Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, his charismatic henchman Leon Trotsky seemed to be his…