This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Elector of Brandenburg's Royal Ambition.IntroductionLeopold von Ranke
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Herodotus on the Peoples of the Sahara
However, the belt extends as far as the Pillars of Heracles and also in the parts outside them.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special
Constantinople’s Population
Since the growth of Constantinople cannot be ascribed to the general increase of mankind and of industry, it must be admitted that this artificial
Constantinople’s Main Buildings
The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building about four hundred paces in length and one hundred in breadth.Constantinople Founded, featuring a
The Other Democratic Socialist Candidate for President
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article Almost a Century Ago, Another Democratic Socialist Ran for
The Election of 1860 and the Road to Disunion
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #18. The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion, published
Hamilton Off $10 Bill
From our Humor Department:There's a big push to drive Alexander Hamilton off of the $10 bill. He is buried in the graveyard of Trinity
Constantinople’s First Day
Among the great cities of the ancient world its size was smaller than Babylon and Thebes. It yields to ancient Rome, to the 18th. century London, and
North Africa West to the Atlantic
This the natives say is the pillar of the heaven. After this mountain these men got their name, for they are called Atlantians; and it is said that