June 1 marks significant historical moments. From Genghis Khan's capture of Peking in 1215 to the birth of Marilyn Monroe and ...
Protestant imperialists, antisemitic governments and Zionist settlers all sought to rob Palestinians of their homeland. Two centuries on, they have not succeeded ...
At the time of the hight of Napoleon’s powers, Britain was a significant and growing commercial entity, one that allowed it ...
The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...
Robert Schumann’s “The Two Grenadiers” (1810-1856), is intricately connected to the memory of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Based on a poem by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), the song laments the fate ...
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In 'The First Ghetto," historian Alexander Lee tries to move beyond the Shylock stereotype, but perhaps not far enough beyond ...
The first artifact that visitors will see at the Nickle Galleries’ new exhibit, Napoleon: Art, Money and War, is a portrait ...
Decades before the United States, France outlawed slavery during the French Revolution – only to see it reimposed by Napoleon ...
But amid the focus on specific Chinese leaders, economic figures, and hard power is a more basic, but no less important ...
In 1805, Lewis and Clark first sighted the Rocky Mountains. Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy.
There is a growing and worrying market for fake quotes. I have friends who have tattooed their backs with a quote attributed ...