The study of place names and their origins, known as toponymy, can reveal a lot…
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.
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…
While Europeans were playing with rocks, the Chinese were discussing philosophy. Long before the rest…
World War II was a tragedy filled mass conflict with numerous strategic mistakes, violations of…
Conspiracy theories will always fire up the imaginations of even the most reasonable of us.…
Following the end of World War II, the fear of nuclear war with the Soviet…
As of November 2016, 205,000 women were enlisted in the United States Armed Services. Over…
While some may think that D-Day was the moment during WWII when the tides of…
World War I will be remembered as one of the bloodiest wars in human history. …
Other than Ramses, whom most people know from the Book of Exodus, King Tutankhamun is…
World War I was a true world war. It was fought around the globe from…
Like many rulers from the time before we had running water and microwaves, the pharaohs…
If it’s not a leap year, then October 31 is the 304th day of the year…
It remains perhaps the single most famous event from the largest war in human history.…
When we want to go back and look at the past, we have two ways…
World War II officially started on September 1, 1939, and it was the first time…