The 1973 children’s educational program Schoolhouse Rock! featured cartoons and catchy songs explaining the fundamentals of…
Browsing: History
We all love history and here are a host of history lists to prove it. Get your history knowledge in the form of top 10 lists, it is easier on the stomach.
Since rockets were first invented, several thousand of them have been launched into space with…
Reading today’s headlines is undertaken at one’s own peril. The increasingly dire news is filled…
Humans have believed all kinds of strange things throughout our short time on this planet.…
The word strange is barely adequate for some of the ancient leaders described here, if…
From swashbuckling buccaneers, shrewd British Royal Navy officers, bitter salt pork, to climactic battles and…
The fate of nations and empires have depended upon control of the high seas throughout…
War is – more often than that – a numbers game. Unless something unlikely happens,…
Magic is a performance art that goes back thousands of years. The cups and balls,…
Warfare has always provided the impetus for advancing more efficient methods of killing one’s fellow man. History…
In modern times we commonly refer to the reign of Queen Victoria as the Victorian…
Europe is made up of around 50 sovereign countries at the moment. It covers nearly…
When we talk about the mighty empires of history, we usually think of the more…
The officers belonging to the New Scotland Yard have tackled some of the world’s most…
It saw the birth of Jazz, Prohibition, and a surging economy fueled by mass consumerism.…
“All warfare is based on deception” — Sun Tzu The ability to outfox the opposition…
History is full of unpredictable, unexpected, and unbelievable events. The sheer number of crazy coincidences…
Armies have existed for about as long as civilization has. When a group of people…
The airplane was less than a decade old when it first appeared as a weapon…
There’s something mythical about inventors throughout history. People who were able to see the need…
Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, didn’t get his nickname for…
When we talk about periods of major civil unrest in America (leaving aside the Revolution…
For the most part, history concerns itself with victories and good decisions; there’s a reason…
Modern-day Spain is a largely peaceful, reasonably prosperous nation that rarely finds itself embroiled in…