At the start of the 1860 presidential campaign, a handful of fired-up young Northerners appeared...
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At the start of the 1860 presidential campaign, a handful of fired-up young Northerners appeared...
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Socrates May Have Been Executed For Revealing Secrets of Athens’ Religious Rituals
The influence of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates has been profound. Even today, over two...
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The Age of Discovery Through American-Indian Eyes
A millennium ago, North American cities rivaled urban centers around the world in size. So, when...
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A Short History of the Sioux Wars (1862-1890)
War, Conflict, Victory & Defeat. These are all aspects of life that some may have to face. This...
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The Deerfield Massacre: The Infamous 1704 Indian Raid That Left Hundreds Dead and More Captured
In an obscure village in western Massachusetts, there lies what once was the most revered but now...
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The Dangerous and Thrilling Life of a 19th-Century Whaler
In mid-nineteenth century New England, Robert Armstrong was a young man with the world at his...
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Fiorello LaGuardia: Immigrant Son and Ellis Island Interpreter Who Became America’s Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century’s most colorful politicians―a 5’2’’ ball of...
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How the West Tried and Failed to Stop the Russian Revolution
The Allied Intervention into the Russian Civil War remains one of the most ambitious yet least...
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Kings Were Inevitable and Untouchable Until They Suddenly Weren’t After a Few 1700s Revolutions
At the turn of the nineteenth century, two waves of revolutions swept the Atlantic world,...
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The Fall Of Japanese-held Hong Kong in January 1945
Commander John Lamade started the war in 1941 a nervous pilot of an antiquated biplane. Just over...
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WW1 German Spies Infiltrated America and Attempted to Start a Race War
On January 30, 1918, a young man “with the appearance of a well-educated, debonair foreigner”...
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The Air Battles of the 1945 Eastern Front Forged Air Force Doctrines of the Cold War
The last months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw a ferocious fight between two very...
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The First Pre-Columbian Explorers to Reach North America
Have you ever wondered if there was a group to reach North America before Christopher Columbus?...
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A Classicist Believes that Homer Directly Dictated the Iliad, and Was Also an Excellent Horseman
The Iliad is the world’s greatest epic poem—heroic battle and divine fate set against the Trojan...
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In 1860, Damascus Nearly Committed Genocide Against Christians. How Did it Pull Back?
On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight days,...
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Silk: The History of a Fabric That Was Civilization’s First Burial Cloth, Body Armor, and Much More
Silk—prized for its lightness, luminosity, and beauty—is also one of the strongest biological...
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Nobody blossomed late in life like Frank Lloyd Wright. He was written off as a has-been by middle...
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Frederick Rutland, Britain’s Most Beloved WW1 Pilot, Became a Spy for Imperial Japan
Frederick Rutland was an accomplished aviator, British WWI war hero, and real-life James Bond. He...
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The Rise and Fall of the Global Age of Piracy (17-19th Centuries)
Piracy didn’t spring into existence in the 18th century Caribbean. It has existed as long as...
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A WW2 Polish Diplomat Forged Thousands of Paraguayan Passports to Save Jews from the Holocaust
Between 1940 and 1943, Polish diplomats based in Bern, Switzerland, engaged in a remarkable – and...
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