Can you imagine serving under a general who until recently was commanding soldiers who wanted…
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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.
Despite a long record as the most favorably viewed branch of government, America’s judiciary has…
When we think of “historical firsts,” we tend to think of the good stuff: the…
Some nations are known for their neutrality, others are known for belligerence, and some even…
Some people have the nerve to think that society has lost something important that it…
Along with abortion, religion, and Donald Trump, gun control is one of the stickiest debating…
We don’t think we’re really breaking new ground when we say that the Nazis weren’t…
The clichéd saying that a picture is worth a thousand words couldn’t be truer about…
World War II started off with the Nazis pretty much wanting to control the whole…
We’re used to our media feeding us narratives in terms of black and white. The…
In our current society, it is rare for someone to have skills and traits that…
Considering all of their portraits feature them clad in ridiculously pimpin’ robes carrying golden scepters…
We’ve all heard of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, etc. But what about the…
For thousands of years now humans have been doing their best to record the history…
Today is Veterans Day in America. This federal holiday commemorates the service of United States…
After twenty-three years of marriage and a series of miscarriages and stillbirths, King Louis XIII…
When it comes to Greek Antiquity, popular imagination can usually be summed up in a…
Up until the time of Christopher Columbus, the world was divided in two, both geographically…
We all know the ancients used to sacrifice people. Some practices, like the Aztec removal…
Royal marriages were generally pre-arranged, and the success of the union could be something of…
Although corporal punishment is seen as an archaic tool by most nations, some places like…
Hollywood, the legendary place where dreams come true, is apparently a mecca for ghosts. Perhaps…
Even though paradigm shifting historical events are the end product of a multitude of factors,…
Sports fans around the world have one thing in common: we hate it when our…