The Picts are the most enigmatic people of Medieval Europe. Virtually nothing is known of these “barbarians” who occupied the mist-cloaked lands…
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Genghis Kahn and his Mongolian hordes swept through Asia, slaughtering and conquering a huge part of the world. No army could stand…
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The Inca Empire was prosperous from the mid-1430s to 1572 when Spain’s Francisco Pizarro conquered them. This civilization spread from most of…
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Qin Shi Huang was a ruler unlike any the world had ever seen. He rose his armies against every kingdom around him…
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The ancient Romans and Greeks had a highly liberated attitude toward sex—one that is surprising, even by today’s standards. They had gods…
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“All’s fair in love and war,” is an excuse some of these individuals may have to rely upon. Although many simply did…
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Under the surface, the Cold War wasn’t all that cold. All the key players backed campaigns of espionage and even murder. In…
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Alexander the Great may have gone down in history as one the the greatest ancient kings of all time. After all, we…
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We tend to think of history like a comic book: we have heroes, we have villains, the end. But that is not…
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The lowly sock. We don’t often think of it as a pivotal part of our daily attire. But when socks matter, they…