Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their Big History Series, #8.In which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course
Why Economics Need History
This is in from Institutions and Economics. Too often economics are just theory but history is actual experience. Like the Aristotle
Where Did Your Chicken Dinner Come From?
Modern Farmer posted an interesting title, "Today We’re Eating the Winners of the 1948 Chicken of Tomorrow Contest". Now how did that happen?
McDonalds Hamburgers’ Humble Start to Business Supercorporation
Here’s a question: how old was Ray Kroc in 1954? The story reminds me of the one about Benjamin Franklin. As he walked out of the Constitutional
The Hanseatic League’s Story
This series has nine easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Hanseatic League Begun.IntroductionThe Hanseatic League, or Hansa --
The Beginning of British Power in India
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: First Voyages of the British East India Company.IntroductionAfter the
Hamilton Establishes the United States Bank
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Why Did America Need a Central Bank?.IntroductionThrough the founding of
John Law Promotes The Mississippi Bubble
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Vast Territory for Speculation.IntroductionKnown under the various
The United States Adopts the Income Tax
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Constitution Amended for Income Tax.IntroductionA century later the