Man's history on Earth dates back at least tens of thousands of years, yet written records stretch back to only a fra...

Howard Carter's unflagging persistence and stubbornness led to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the ...

He was an action hero as well as an intellectual hero. T.E. Lawrence escaped a safe office job during World War I to ...

Humanity has lived in, with and on the profits of slavery for most of its history. Many of its greatest achievements ...

Known during his time as "the American Lion," Theodore Roosevelt led the U.S. into the 20th Century. He was the first...

As far as we know, planet Earth stands alone as a cradle of life in the universe. Ecological efforts strive to protec...

Perhaps no artist came to capture the optimistic spirit of America in the first half of the 20th Century better than ...

Paris in the last half of the 19th Century was a city on the move. It was a modern metropolis expanding into the futu...

Among the ranks of fed-up young artists reshaping the world of modern art was Edgar Degas. At the heart of the moveme...

Enthusiasts of maverick artist Pablo Picasso will readily credit him and him alone for envisioning the bold new form ...

To this day, an opera by Giacomo Puccini will play to a packed house. Puccini's works -- including La Bohème -- are e...

Most everyone can recognize the sound of opera when they hear it, but few of us know what opera really is. What is th...

In June 1914, a special train carried Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, to Sarajevo. Terrorists ...

Between August 1914 and November 1918, 27 countries would declare war. Over 60 million men from around the world woul...

There was a time where doctor-patient relationships were strictly authoritarian -- doctors did not listen, but rather...

A protégé of Freud, Carl Gustav Jung felt that his mentor's ideas were too limiting, and he sought other sources of i...

The analysis of the mind and the exploration of human motives and behavior are some of the breakthrough areas of stud...

Born into the highest circles of Russian society, Leo Tolstoy wrestled with himself for the excesses of his aristocra...

Beginning in the 19th century, Russian writers created a national literature unparalleled in its moral and philosophi...

No other philosopher has ranged so broadly over so many topics, nor made so many discoveries than Aristotle. In ancie...

Since the dawn of time, human beings have looked at the world around them and each other and have asked questions abo...

He was plucked from poverty and illness in India and was declared to be the new messiah, groomed to bring salvation t...

Annie Besant was strong-willed woman in an authoritarian era. Journeying from vicar's wife to spiritual leader, Besan...

One of the world's oldest civilizations, China created a complex and sophisticated culture emphasizing on order and h...

The world's religious beliefs as determined by compass points group the major faiths into Western spirituality (Chris...

The country was already singing Thomas Edison's praises for his astonishing invention of the phonograph, but that was...

The US patent office is filled with a seemingly endless array of well-intentioned but ultimately ridiculous ideas for...

The characters that Edward Stratemeyer created are some of the most endearing and enduring fictional heroes ever, and...

At least 100 ballads sing his name and his praises, telling tale of a mythical figure: outlaw, bandit, lover, a moder...

When the Great War erupted in 1914, the US remained on their side of the ocean, deeming it to be a solely European co...

He longed for combat, saying that he was destined for war. Serving on the punitive hunt for Pancho Villa, Patton enjo...

Easter, 1916: At noon, Dublin explodes in gunfire as a motley band of Irish rebels takes on the world's most powerful...

Up until the early 20th century, contemporary Irish literature barely existed in the world's imagination. Everyone lo...

As Ireland struggled for Independence, writer Sean O'Casey watched the needs of the poor become increasingly overlook...

Poetry is powerful in Ireland. This harsh land, besieged by violence, poverty and strife has produced some of the wor...

Brilliant, arrogant and energetic, Winston Churchill led the nation he loved throughout World War II when Britain's v...

In 1913, the British government was under assault by its own people who were torching buildings, shattering office wi...

At the birth of the United States, the Declaration of Independence affirmed the principles and intentions of the coun...

Join H.W. Brands, professor of history at the University of Texas Austin, on the changes that occurred in the late-19...