We envision the history of our cities to be a step-by-step sequence of accomplishments, from small settlements to towns to the sprawling…
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There’s a famous episode of The Simpsons in which Bart gets a job as Krusty’s assistant on his TV show and proceeds…
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What kind of people ended up in a lunatic asylum? Melancholy teenagers? Violent criminals? Unmarried mothers? Most of the hundreds of thousands…
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They say that “timing is everything.” It’s not just what you do, but when you do it, and you are about to…
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The Byzantine Empire was actually the Roman Empire, just further East. It existed from the year 330 AD all the way until…
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If ever we needed a real-world example of the mythological Pandora’s box, the French Revolution would suffice. What began in the late…
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Becoming the President of the United States isn’t easy. Some people devote years to the pursuit and never make the grade like…
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Throughout mythology, there are hundreds of women, many of whom show immense power. These women are often very quickly demonized in the…
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It’s unfortunate that many of the women attributed as heroines during the American Revolutionary period are more from the realm of folklore…
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The British Empire was the largest empire in history in terms of landmass, as well as one of the most formidable military…