The image of sailors as being particularly mentally unbalanced has a surprising degree of official…
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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.
Ancient Greek culture has fascinated the world since it could first be considered ancient. The…
Almost 200 people have sat on the throne of the Roman Empire. Some were very…
Legends and myths abound. Some have, through repetition, become accepted as fact by subsequent generations,…
We’ve talked endlessly about mysteries surrounding the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Incas, Aztecs, Maya, and pretty…
When we think of the great, powerful civilizations of the ancient world, the Romans are…
Most people think of our history as a consistently forward march towards civilization, as we…
As dynasties go the reign of the Tudors was relatively short (1485-1603) but it holds its own…
Our modern, sophisticated understanding of explosions has been a long time in the making. From…
Picking the longest-lived empires in history is complicated, as most empires don’t have official start…
Throughout so-called civilization, people have expressed their discontent in a number of ways. Whether spurred…
The ruins of ancient civilizations prove the existence of cultures thousands of years gone which…
Humanity gathered in communities, which evolved into cities, from the Neolithic age. Their reasons for…
There are a total of 573 dead languages in the world, at least that we…
War is – more often than that – a numbers game. Unless something unlikely happens,…
Ancient, lost cities holding secrets of their own trigger our fascination like most other parts…
The world is full of mysterious things. If you had to Google right now you’ll…
The Black Death tore through Western Europe in the mid-14th century CE, reducing the world’s…
The world is full of mysterious things. If you had to Google right now you’ll…
Natural disasters are a part of life, and we have to adjust and adapt to…
During its existence from 1922 to 1991, the Soviet Union remained a land of contradictions.…
History is filled with the names of inventors like Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Sir Isaac…
Humanity fought its earliest wars using fists, clubs, and rocks. At some unknown point in…
His name means Charles the Great — a fitting description for a brilliant military commander,…