The 1548 Battle of Uedahara demonstrated that skillful use of even rudimentary firepower could challenge elite military ...

In the latter half of the 19th century, sweeping reforms laid the foundations for a newer and more powerful Japan.

Image composition includes a painting of a baptism in the United States circa 1820, via the Library of Congress Religion has always been important in American society. During the colonial era, the ...

In early 480 BCE, King Xerxes’ massive army was ready to invade Greece. The Persian force was unlike any army that had come before. Hundreds of thousands of men made the journey across the ocean on ...

Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida) by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1983 (left); with Christo and Jeanne-Claude photographed by Wolfgang Volz, 2005 (right) Surrounded ...

The Day of the Dead originated not as a party but as a sacred Aztec ritual honoring Mictēcacihuātl, the Queen of the ...

Unleashing a global ideology that changed the world, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels altered the course of history.

Before the Spanish and Portuguese empires dominated the seas, Scandinavian Vikings reached the shores of America, Africa and ...

When America chose to bomb Japan, the imperial capital city of Japan was not a practical choice for various reasons.

Food in ancient Egypt was an important part of culture and society, both in life and the hereafter. Temple walls were inscribed with the copious amounts of food offered to the gods. Tombs were ...

Living between London and California offers two vastly different lifestyles. London is umbrellas, trench coats, and glistening cobblestone streets. By contrast, California is orange groves, clear blue ...

Margaret Keane was one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century, even though the world did not know her name for more than a decade of her career. Her husband, Walter Keane, was an ...