In January 1920, Prohibition came into effect, outlawing the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol in the United States. The US government…
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When the Spanish arrived in Peru, they discovered the greatest Native American empire in history, stretching from the mountains of Ecuador to…
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In Shelley’s famous poem Ozymandias, a broken statue lies in the empty desert, its pedestal hollowly boasting, “My name is Ozymandias, king…
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On April 30, 1945, hidden in an underground bunker and waiting for the armies of the Soviet Union to fall upon them,…
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Over the years, many artifacts with cultural, historical, and archaeological significance have been lost. What’s surprising, though, is that many of these…
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Without written records to give us an idea of what life before written history was like, we are left to decipher the…
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For almost 400 years, the Ottoman Empire dominated Southeastern Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East. Founded by daring Turkic horsemen, the empire…
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There’s a reason why prostitution is called the world’s oldest profession. It has been around for thousands of years in one form…
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New discoveries are made all the time that change the way we regard events and cultures of our past. Just in the…
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Today, we think of Rome as an empire. But in reality, Rome came to dominate the ancient world as a republic then…