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A Hawaiian man employing the spearfishing techniques described by Fagan, circa 1890.
Built Upon Bounty
An influenza hospital at Camp Funston
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
More than just peace and love, 1968 was a global clash against political and business establishments.
Time It Was: 1968 Around the World
The so-called "Elgin Marbles," on display in the British Museum
Classics and the Alt-Right Conundrum
A 2018 Anti-War rally in Chicago.
Fear and Loathing Around the World: The Rise of the New Populism
IRA gunmen in Northern Ireland
From the Cold War to the War on Terror
Mushroom cloud over the Bikini Atoll
Nuclear Tensions, Nuclear Weapons, and a Long History of Nuclear War
The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was one of the bloodiest in history: 8 million people lost their lives in Europe's deadliest religious conflict.
Secularism, Past and Future
An image of Kuwait’s oil fields after they were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi soldiers during the First Gulf War
Oil Empires and Petro-Anarchies
Royal Irish Rifles in foxhole at Battle of the Somme, 1916
Legacies of the Great War
This painting, which dates from 1859, reimagines the toppling of the equestrian statue of George III in New York City. Erected in 1770, the statue featured the regent garbed in Roman military regalia on horseback, in the fashion of Marcus Aurelius. It is doubtful that Native Americans, women and children were in attendance at this episode of iconoclasm by the Sons of Liberty.
Ten Memorable Monument Takedowns in History
coast of Maine
Environment: Today and Yesterday
A rhino standing on the beach
The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World
The BBC World Service podcast Witness brings listeners daily podcast shorts on key events in history, described first-hand by the individuals who lived through them.
Best in History Online: BBC's Witness Podcast
This is the third Strasbourg astronomical clock which is located in the Notre-Dame Cathedral and was built in 1843, the first clock was built 1352-1354.
Paleotechnic Machines in the Middle Ages
A 2016 street mural in Lithuania depicting the 'fraternal kiss.'
Russia, America, and the Conspiratorial Worldview
Protestors against the U.S. Trump administration voice their commitment to the world's dispossessed.
The Politics of Refugee Aid in America’s “Short Century”
Cover image of ibook - ruins in the Middle East
Middle Eastern Politics & Culture: Today & Yesterday
Tiger
Caged: Humans and Animals at the Zoo
A makeshift influenza hospital at Camp Funston, 1918.
Top Ten Origins: Flu
Refugees at the Macedonian border in 2015.
The Question of Refugees: Past and Present
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - The New Edition
Best in History Online: The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Crowds watching Obaysch.
What's All Happening at the Zoo?
The ship Ile de Sein laying fiber-optic cable off the west coast of Canada, 2007.
From the Transatlantic Telephone to the iPhone