Explore our ‘By Continent’ category, featuring meticulously researched articles that chronicle the unique historical events and figures that shaped each continent’s rich heritage.
In 711, a small landing initiated the Umayyad Conquest, a process that would change the Iberian Peninsula for centuries. If…
The fall of Rome didn’t happen in a day. There was a year. Then five years. A decade of…
In the 1320s, Mansa Musa made his way to Cairo, leading a caravan so laden with gold that centuries…
The Almoravids started as a desert reform movement. They ended up presiding over an empire extending from the Maghreb,…
For centuries, the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents and connected diverse populations, religions, and languages. Yet its demise was…
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 marked a defining before-and-after for many Iranians. Far more than just a date on…
The Taiping Rebellion shattered nineteenth-century China. Beginning in 1850 and ending in 1864, millions of people died in combat…
The Vietnam War raged from 1955 to 1975. It escalated from a civil war into one of the twentieth…
The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was among the most radical and far-reaching revolts in modern times. What began as the…
Our collection of 25+ of the best books on China’s history includes both fact and fiction, Pulitzer Prize winners,…
