Hard to Believe History Facts that Are True
Reading Time: 27 minutes Hard to believe history is riddled throughout our past. It’s difficult to imagine that our past is not as…
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Reading Time: 27 minutes Why the St. Brice’s Day Massacre Still Haunts English History
Reading Time: 18 minutes The St. Brice’s Day Massacre of the Danes in 1002 was one of the most shocking moments in early…
Elite Units of Antiquity: The Forces That Built and Defended Empires
Reading Time: 37 minutes From Greece to China, from Rome to Persia, empires relied on a few thousand elite troops to fight and…
[VIDEO] North Dakota: Cold Winds, Curious Laws, and Prairie Mysteries
Reading Time: 2 minutes North Dakota: Cold Winds, Curious Laws, and Prairie Mysteries Transcript: Welcome to North Dakota—the Peace Garden State! Known for…
Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
Reading Time: 16 minutes Guy Fawkes and the 1605 Gunpowder Plot opens with a cold November night and a dark cellar under the…
The Albigensian Crusade: How Rome Tried to Erase the Cathars
Reading Time: 27 minutes The Albigensian Crusade was launched in an Occitan region at peace and on the economic rise. The tolerant region…
Rome in Ruins: The Sack of Rome in 1527
Reading Time: 24 minutes The Sack of Rome in 1527, marks the tragic descent from a peak of Renaissance splendor to the chaos…
From Soldier to Legend: The Legacy of Bertrand Du Guesclin
Reading Time: 28 minutes The Hundred Years’ War saw many great soldiers and commanders, but very few have received the same recognition and…
The Most Historic Building in Every U.S. State
Reading Time: 22 minutes Colonial meeting houses, Native cultural sites, frontier forts, Spanish missions and civil rights landmarks are just some of the…
Seafaring Innovators: How the Phoenicians Connected the Ancient World
Reading Time: 18 minutes Considered the “cradle of civilization,” the Mediterranean region produced some of history’s most capable seafarers: the Phoenicians. Living in…
