As the cradle of democracy, rational philosophy and theater, Greece laid the foundations of Western thought. It influenced ...

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Tried for crimes against humanity, top Nazis listened as their brutality was detailed before an allied tribunal in Nuremberg.

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This piece is the last of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West ...

The Balkans are where Europe gets wild, ancient, and breathtakingly unpredictable. This region, stretching from Slovenia’s ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

One bucket at a time, Palestinian workers cleared sand and crumbling mortar from the remains of an former medieval fortress ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...