World History

American History

Texas History: Early Texas Heroes

WH - May 22, 2017

San Jacinto Battlefield and Auntie Em’s Claim to Fame I love my Aunt Emma. She lives in Pasadena, Texas near the San Jacinto Monument and...

Era of Good Feeling Follows the War of 1812

May 29, 2017

Jewish Rulers in Foreign Lands

November 3, 2018

The Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages

June 3, 2017

The Dieppe Raid in its Proper Context

October 9, 2018

Ancient History

General Hannibal Barca was a Black African

Ancient Greece

Greek Colonization and its Impact on the Mediterranean World

Ancient Rome

Romans And Barbarians – Part 1

American History

Reactions to Polygamy: Overland Travelers Thoughts on Plural Marriage

History Bot - August 13, 2017

Overland Travelers who visited Utah Mormons were horrified, fascinated and bemused by plural marriage. One of the most unique aspects of LDS history is the...

The History of Trick or Treating and Halloween Costumes

October 23, 2016

Mardi Gras History

May 27, 2017

European History

Oradour-sur-Glane: Site of a Massacre

Kathy Warnes - September 6, 2018

The unique yet nauseating site of the memorial village of Oradour-sur-Glane, which in 1944 was the site of a horrific massacre. Oradour-sur-Glane changed forever in...

Lacock Abbey

July 3, 2017

Waity Katie Not the Only Royal to Wait

July 3, 2017

St Valentine’s Day Massacre – 14 Feb 1929

American History WH - February 14, 2017

14 Feb, Valentine's Day, known as a day of romance. However in 1929 it will forever be remembered for perhaps one of the...

The Massacre at Lachine: The Attack and its Aftermath

Canadian History Charles Roland - August 22, 2018

Early on the morning of 5 August 1689, the fifteen hundred Iroquois warriors on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River launched their...

The S.S. Nicaragua Shipwreck On Padre Island National Seashore

American History WH - May 22, 2017

Built in 1891 in Bergen, Norway, the S.S. Nicaragua met its demise on October 16, 1912 when it sank off the shore of Padre...

Separation of Powers: Marbury v. Madison, Schechter Poultry Corp.

American History WH - May 21, 2017

Since America's first wobbly, unsure steps forward as a nation, the concept of separation of powers has played a pivotal role in defining the...

What Others Are Reading

Medieval History

Why the Protestant Reformation Succeeded

WH - May 25, 2017

The “success” of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th Century may be a relative concept. The Reformation is generally associated with Martin Luther and...