Philip IV’s Blueprint for Destroying the Knights Templar
Reading Time: 21 minutes On Friday, October 13, 1307, a few minutes before dawn, officials of the King of France began arresting Knights…
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Reading Time: 21 minutes The Dramatic Downfall: Lessons from the Ottoman Empire’s Decline
Reading Time: 24 minutes For centuries, the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents and connected diverse populations, religions, and languages. Yet its demise was…
Life in Iran Before and After the 1979 Revolution
Reading Time: 22 minutes The Iranian Revolution of 1979 marked a defining before-and-after for many Iranians. Far more than just a date on…
The Taiping Rebellion: China’s Deadliest Civil War
Reading Time: 28 minutes The Taiping Rebellion shattered nineteenth-century China. Beginning in 1850 and ending in 1864, millions of people died in combat…
The Vietnam War: A War of Guerrilla Warfare and Global Politics
Reading Time: 19 minutes The Vietnam War raged from 1955 to 1975. It escalated from a civil war into one of the twentieth…
The Haitian Revolution and the First Black Republic
Reading Time: 19 minutes The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was among the most radical and far-reaching revolts in modern times. What began as the…
25+ Best Books on China’s History
Reading Time: 11 minutes Our collection of 25+ of the best books on China’s history includes both fact and fiction, Pulitzer Prize winners,…
Easter Rising of 1916 and the Birth of Irish Independence
Reading Time: 24 minutes The Easter Rising of 1916 was an armed insurrection by Irish nationalists against British rule. Fewer than 2,000 Volunteers…
How the Black Death Reshaped Europe’s Economy and Society
Reading Time: 14 minutes The Black Death arrived in Europe in 1347 and traveled rapidly through trade routes across the continent by 1351….
13 Causes of the French Revolution Explained
Reading Time: 14 minutes There was no one cause of the French Revolution. Multiple political, economic, social, and intellectual forces were at work,…
