When you think of French monarchs, the first name that comes to mind is usually Louis XIV. He was one of the…
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Religious conflict is often viewed as a major source of violent deaths in human history. The 2012 book Encyclopedia of Wars by…
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You passionately want to find out who these female warriors were, warrior women who made a real impression on history. The problem…
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The Second World War has been extensively studied and analyzed, and yet, so many of its most horrific parts remain largely forgotten…
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Winter storms, those marked with snow, ice, sleet, and whiteout conditions, occur from early fall through late spring. Today’s weather forecasting technology…
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In the past, we have examined some of the mysterious questions that keep historians up at night. And today, we are ready…
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When historians delve into the murky waters of totalitarianism, colored by the bloody unwashed hands of political tyrants, they often highlight the…
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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…