Timur and the Timurid Empire
In the late 14th century, a warrior emerged from Central Asia and built an empire through relentless campaigning, political calculation, and extraordinary brutality. His armies swept across Persia, ...
27 Jul 0s
The Mormon Migration and the Creation of Utah
In the middle of the 19th century, thousands of adherents to a new religion abandoned their homes, crossed rivers, endured brutal winters, and traveled more than a thousand miles into an uncertain wil...
26 Jul 0s
The Age of Enlightenment
For centuries, political authority, religious doctrine, and inherited tradition shaped how most Europeans understood the world. Then a generation of writers, scientists, and philosophers began insis...
25 Jul 0s
Murder Incorporated
During the 1930s, a group of killers operated in the shadows of America’s growing organized crime networks. They carried out assassinations, silenced witnesses, punished rivals, and helped powerful ...
24 Jul 0s
The Little Rock Nine
In 1957, nine black teenagers attempted to attend a public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their arrival triggered protests, legal battles, intervention by the governor, and eventually the dep...
23 Jul 0s
The First Seven Ecumenical Councils
In the early centuries of Christianity, some of the most important battles were fought not with swords, but with words. Bishops gathered from across the Roman world to debate questions that would de...
22 Jul 0s
The History of Petra
Hidden among rugged desert mountains is a city carved into red and rose-colored cliffs. It grew wealthy by controlling ancient trade routes, mastered the challenge of bringing water into a dry lands...
21 Jul 0s
Ancient Deforestation
The symbol on the national flag of Lebanon is the cedar tree. The problem is, there aren’t many cedar trees in Lebanon anymore. In the ancient world, wood was used as a building material and a source...
20 Jul 14min
