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Sultan Mehmed III intentionally had his 19 brothers executed as his very first official act after taking over Ottoman ...

Tossing Iguanas and riding tortoises, Darwin’s expedition to the Galápagos seemed childishly irresponsible at times, but it ...

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For centuries, merchants, generals, and statesmen contemplated how to connect the eastern and western parts of the Eurasian landmass. This dream led to the creation of the first Silk Road system in ...

The Plantation of Ulster was a major colonial enterprise that transformed a formerly rebellious province into a stronghold for the British Crown in Ireland. The process of how Ulster became Protestant ...

The life and ministry of the historical Jesus stand in contrast to the more conservative vision of the mythical, spiritual Christ, detached from political concerns, espoused by mainstream Christianity ...

Before the Olympians, so named because they made their home on Mount Olympus, there were the Titans, the offspring of the primordial gods of the earth and sky, Gaia and Ouranos. It was Ouranos himself ...

In One Hundred Years of Solitude, author Gabriel Garcia Marquez introduces readers to the fictional Buendia family living in the Central American town of Macondo. Telling the story of six generations ...