Throughout history, many mercenary groups and armies have played a decisive role in major wars, sometimes far surpassing their regular counterparts on…
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History is full of people who were just plain bigots. The disease of racism and bigotry is a universal one, affecting people…
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A lot of students hate math, even though the world runs on mathematics. Huge sums of money and equipment worth millions of…
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All wars are bad and destructive, though some conflicts have etched their names in the history books as the bloodiest military encounters…
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Human history has been quite violent. From devastating pandemics to consistent war, our ancestors saw more action in a single week than…
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Criminal punishment in most of the Western world is fairly straightforward today; most who have committed a crime can simply expect either…
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Anyone who has heard of Japan must have heard about Samurai as well. The Samurai were the group of warriors belonging to…
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This list examines the influence, depth of insight, and wide-reaching interest across many subjects of various “lovers of wisdom” and ranks them…
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It wasn’t until the passage of the 19th amendment nearly 100 years ago that women could vote in America. Just two centuries…
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While Europe today has 12 monarchies out of a total of 44 countries, the European continent has seen dozens, if not hundreds…