It’s Not the Flag that Matters. Betsy Ross However, Does
Michael Leibrandt has studied Philadelphia history nearly all of my life. Like many his ...View More
The Last Days of King Louis XVI and the French Revolution
The sun had barely risen over Paris on August 10, 1792, when the bells of revolution to ...View More
The Battle of the Allia and the Sacking of Rome
The Battle of the Allia and the subsequent sacking of Rome in 390 BCE (or 387 BCE, acco ...View More
The First Great Battle of the Us Civil War’s Western Theater: Shiloh Part 1
The Battle of Shiloh (April 6–7, 1862) almost ended Generals Grant and Sherman's career ...View More
Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin
The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and UkraineIn Western Europe, we typically ...View More
Bronze Age Collapse - Part 3: After the Storm – The World Reforged
The fall of the Late Bronze Age civilizations stands as one of the most significant and ...View More
The Small Town in the American Northeast with an Unfortunate Past
Here, Michael Leibrandt argues that the northeast area of the United States is quite o ...View More
Chicago’s Prohibition Era North Side Wives
Being the wife of a wanted criminal in the 1920s was equal parts alluring and terrifyin ...View More
Bronze Age Collapse - Part 2: The Great Upheaval and Cause of the Collapse
The world of the Late Bronze Age was a dazzling network of powerful civilizations, boun ...View More
Bronze Age Collapse - Part 1: The World Before the Collapse – A Flourishing Civilization
The Bronze Age, 3000 - 1200 BCE, marked a period of remarkable human progress. Across t ...View More
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