A panoramic exploration of World History and the civilizations, events, cultures, and figures that collectively shaped our world.
The Han and Tang dynasties changed global history by introducing new tools to the world.
War is often a chaotic mess. Here are six times combatants switched sides whilst engaged in the very same war.
The Argentine military junta that lasted between 1976 and 1983 led a campaign of persecution against its own people known as the Dirty War.
Within four centuries, Manichaeism had spread from Roman North Africa to the Chinese Empire.
From Babylonian spring rites to Roman calendar wars, discover how January 1 finally became the world’s New Year’s Day.
World War II drew 70 million Allied soldiers into unprecedented violence that displaced millions and shattered nations. Amid this chaos, how did they celebrate Christmas?
The Victorians popularized many of the beloved Christmas traditions we still practice today.
An overview of the most spoken pidgins and creoles in the Pacific, from Australia to the Solomon Islands and Hawaii.