Eight Ukrainians managed to legally leave the country thanks to appeals signed by the Russian Emperor Alexander III. This is ...

Lots of historical figures are complicated, but they don’t get much more complicated than Franz Joseph I of Austria. A ...

A study of three major thinkers by philosopher Alexander Douglas is one of my highlight books of the year so far, writes ...

The legendary Macedonian King Alexander III, famously known as Alexander the Great (who was educated by the titanic Greek ...

Let’s recognise the profound role teachers play in shaping futures, nurturing potential, and guiding the next generation with ...

Chandragupta Maurya was the first king to establish an empire in India. He died a monk. Chandragupta Maurya is considered to ...

Chandragupta Maurya, India's first emperor, overthrew the Nanda dynasty. He unified the subcontinent and established the ...

Data is power, and man has known it for centuries. In these excerpts, the author juxtaposes some of the earliest data ...

It's quiet today, but it's temporary. London, together with Paris, managed again, once again, to set fire to the South Caucasus — Armenia and Azerbaijan. Two quasi-states, which became such at the ...

This is the fourth installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here, part ...

1868 – The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government. 1868 – ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...