Consider the Spanish conquest of the Americas alongside Israel’s assault on Gaza. In many ways, the two events, separated by ...

Today marks the 500th anniversary of Thomas Müntzer’s execution after he led a mass revolt that was both religious and social ...

This week, it's Civilization, Offworld Trading Company, Old World, and Designer Notes 's Soren Johnson! Cheers Soren! Mind if ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

UNC-Chapel Hill history professor Kathleen DuVal recently won a Pulitzer Prize for her book, "Native Nations," which ...

Ancient civilizations often served as great inspiration for filmmakers. Many movies both documentaries and fantasy were made using their settings, deities, cities, and rituals. The Aztec civilization ...

Protestant nobles rebelled, and by the 1630s most of continental Europe was at war. As a result of the Treaty of Westphalia, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved, Sweden gained control of the Baltic, ...