The Crusades is a pretty all-encompassing term that can be used to describe a handful of holy wars throughout the Middle Ages. Even though they were driven mostly by religion, there were a host of other reasons why knights, lords, princes, and peasants al...
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Anyone who has watched AMCs Turn: Washingtons Spies is familiar with the Culper Ring, General George Washingtons most successful Revolutionary War spy ring. But the Culper Ring was but one of a number of the generals spy rings. He even recruited individua...
On June 1, 1869, Thomas Edison patented his very first invention: a voting machine meant for Congress.According to Rutgers University’s Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, the 22-year-old inventor might’ve been inspired to design the device after newspaper r...
Today’s historians generally agree that the fall of Constantinople in 1453 wasn’t the only reason the Middle Ages ended, but it was definitely important in more ways than one. As the Ottoman Empire took over the city, some Byzantine scholars hightailed it...
Michael Buckner for VarietyA weekend trio of big wins for Netflix at the DGA, BAFTA and Critics Choice awards has given Jane Campions The Power of the Dog the gas required to make it over the finish line. Thats if it can keep its closest competitorsB...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
HBO Latin AmericaArgentine actor Joaqun Furriel is set to topline Rafa Russos next feature, Devotion (Devocin), which will be produced by Mlaga-born producer-director Ezekiel Montes at his label 73140323PC.Spanish actress Elena Martnez, who has starr...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
(Image credit: Getty Images)Jump to:July 19-20 1848: First conventionOct. 23-24 1850: National Woman's Rights ConventionMay 1866: American Equal Rights Association formedNov. 19 1868: Demonstrations begin1890: Society planMay 21 1910: First large-sca...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
(Image credit: Getty Images)Jump to:July 19-20 1848: First conventionOct. 23-24 1850: National Woman's Rights ConventionMay 1866: American Equal Rights Association formedNov. 19 1868: Demonstrations begin1890: Society planMay 21 1910: First large-sca...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
(Image credit: Getty Images)Jump to:July 19-20 1848: First conventionOct. 23-24 1850: National Woman's Rights ConventionMay 1866: American Equal Rights Association formedNov. 19 1868: Demonstrations begin1890: Society planMay 21 1910: First large-sca...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
(Image credit: Getty Images)Jump to:July 19-20 1848: First conventionOct. 23-24 1850: National Woman's Rights ConventionMay 1866: American Equal Rights Association formedNov. 19 1868: Demonstrations begin1890: Society planMay 21 1910: First large-sca...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
Ida B. Wells-Barnett in the newsroom.MattelLast year, Chicago unveiled a national monument honoring civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The sculpture—the city’s first monument honoring a Black woman—is known as the “Light of Truth,” a re...
This iron sword, now fragmentary and corroded, was discovered in 1993 in the Byzantine city of Amorium. Its surviving hilt with the ringed pommel is unique.(Image credit: Amorium Excavation Project)Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered two "rare a...
Ida B. Wells-Barnett in the newsroom.MattelLast year, Chicago unveiled a national monument honoring civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The sculpture—the city’s first monument honoring a Black woman—is known as the “Light of Truth,” a re...