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A panoramic exploration of World History and the civilizations, events, cultures, and figures that collectively shaped our world.
Thailand is easily one of the most fascinating places in Southeast Asia, with plenty of amazing art and history around every corner.
The history of Georgia is the tale of both resistance and accommodation with powerful empires in the region over thousands of years.
Throughout history, bizarre claims have served as propaganda to reinforce the power and cult of personality of famous dictators.
In 1853, US Navy Commodore Matthew Perry sailed a squadron of warships to Japan with the aim of ending Japan’s international isolation.
In 1889, a dispute between Italy and Ethiopia over conflicting versions of the Treaty of Wuchale led to the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
The Barbary pirates of North Africa terrorized the Mediterranean for over two centuries.
The arrival of European colonizers in the Americas had significant biological and cultural consequences stemming from the interchange of goods, ideas, diseases, crops, and humans themselves.
For centuries, people around the world have been captivated by Ancient Egypt, but its contemporary history is just as fascinating.