These 12 infamous leaders from the 6th century BC to the 20th century AD are among the most impactful in history and shaped ...

Sultan Mehmed III intentionally had his 19 brothers executed as his very first official act after taking over Ottoman ...

Tossing Iguanas and riding tortoises, Darwin’s expedition to the Galápagos seemed childishly irresponsible at times, but it ...

In 1793, four years after the French Revolution began, no longer Queen of France, Marie Antoinette faced her death. Her husband, King Louis XVI, had been executed for crimes against France. Queen ...

Pollice Verso (the Turned Tumb), by Jean-Leon Gerome, 1872, via Columbia College The Amphiteatrum Flavium, or the Colosseum, was built during the reign of the Flavian Roman emperors Vespasian (69-79 ...

Under British orders, South Africa launched a daring attack on the German colony of South West Africa. The fighting had a ...

Colonialism – the act of subjugating a native population – often entails imposing the invading country’s own cultural values and preferences on the indigenous population. A huge proportion of ...

Throughout World War II, thousands of combat aircraft filled the skies of Europe, the Pacific, Asia, and North Africa. Critical to the safety of bombers, fighter planes patrolled the zones of conflict ...

Wartime transportation has always existed, as war consumes supplies as well as lives. However, transportation expanded during ...

One of the greatest tragedies to impact biological and cultural life in the Amazon rainforest occurred at the end of the 19th century and lasted until the end of World War II. “Rubber fever” is the ...

Since the dawn of man, there has always been evil. But what is evil exactly, as its definition can be double-sided? Generally, it is described as “the absence of good.” However, evil also signifies ...

The Renaissance was an incredible period in our human history when some of the most important cultural advancements of all time were made. These developments expanded across fields of architecture, ...