Given how many humans have existed in the world and how many events and incidents,…
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.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. As the first major…
When many people think of Japan, they think of a largely ethnically homogenous nation; while…
There’s something mythical about inventors throughout history. People who were able to see the need…
In 1839 Queen Victoria took the throne and ushered in the Victorian era that bears…
There are just too many creepy places in America for this list to be the…
With the incredible diversity of life found on Earth now, it’s easy to forget that…
From Austria to Japan, from Eastern Turkey to Vietnam. These were the borders of the…
Throughout history, both recent and ancient, the desire to correct or control human behavior has led…
Ancient codes, or sets of laws, have been written down since around 2000 BC. Many…
In the past, we have taken a look at some of the most horrifying discoveries…
Spanish flu, the deadliest pandemic of the 20th century, struck the world in a series…
For seven centuries, samurai represented the fearsome military branch of the Japanese aristocracy. Trained and taught from…
Headlines have been full of political sex scandals in recent years, but this is not…
The Norsemen that we call Vikings in the modern parlance ranged across much of Scandinavia…
The Crusades, ostensibly, were a series of armed expeditions launched by Christian states against Muslim…
The Romans created one of the greatest empires of all time, combining military might with an extensive range of technological…
In past TopTenz lists of badass women, we’ve often featured exclusively those that were in…
As the COVID-19 continues to grab most headlines these days, it’s a safe bet we’re…
Most of us in the Western World aren’t as familiar with the history of other…
When fate hasn’t dealt you the best hand in life, it’s easier to complain than…
For most of us, the idea of pretending to be someone else day in and…
If all you know about dinosaurs comes from Jurassic Park and Jurassic World you’d be…
Last year, we dug up some of the forgotten skeletons buried deep in America’s closet by examining 10…