World History

American History

Flooding the Sacandaga Made Even the Dead Move

History Bot - August 14, 2017

The flood was coming with no way to stop it. The powers that be in Albany, NY, decreed there no longer would be a...

A Look at the Chinese Navy

August 22, 2018

Dixieland Amusement Park and Ostrich Farm

August 7, 2017

Irish and German Immigration into the United States

May 22, 2017

The Great Pyramids of Ancient Egypt – Jewish Slave Myth Examined

December 2, 2018

Ancient History

Spartacus and the Third Servile War: The Thracian Gladiator who Defied...

Ancient Greece

Athenian Democracy: The Greek Origins of Rule by the People

Ancient Greece

Ideals and Realities of the Classical Greek House

American History

Roulette

WH - May 29, 2017

Roulette is the favorite casino game for many Americans. The true origin of Roulette is unknown. Roulette is the favorite gambling game of millions...

William McKinley’s Home

August 6, 2017

Constitutional Separation of Powers in the US

July 18, 2017

European History

Ancient British History

Raedwald: East Anglian King and All-Around Kingmaker

WH - May 26, 2017

The Kingdom of East Anglia, it has been noted, was begun about 520 by the warlord Wuffa, who was succeeded by his son Tyttla...

Theodor Herzl’s Utopian Vision of a Jewish Homeland

August 29, 2018

Early Arthurian Britain – The House of Pendragon

August 15, 2018

The Iowa Election of 1846: Democrats and Whigs Argue Over Banks

American History WH - August 3, 2016

On August 3rd, 1846, the citizens of the territory of Iowa voted on a state constitution. The most contentious law in that document was...

Jean Margaret Davenport, the Infant Phenomenon

Historical Biographies History Bot - April 8, 2018

Pretty and clever, Davenport began her acting career at a young age with her father’s help. Born in 1829 in Wolverhampton, her father managed...

Bernard Williams – Personal Identity and the Self

Great Thinkers Janet Carter - July 27, 2017

An analytical philosopher with the soul of a humanist, Bernard Williams debunked the codifying of ethics into convenient moral theories. Bernard Williams (1929-2003) considered much...

The Rangitoto Eruption: Birth of an Iconic Island

South Pacific History Paul Cross - July 2, 2017

Rangitoto Island dominates the skyline north and east of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. A mere seven hundred years ago, Rangitoto did not exist. Scientists...

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Medieval History

The Celtic Cross

WH - May 24, 2017

The crudely functional plank onto which Jesus and countless others were nailed in final and agonising humiliation has been transformed through the activities of...