The end of wars often leads to new difficulties when handling the ensuing peace. At times, there is a risk of even more war. As I write this (9/21), this is quite apparent in...
Category: History Reading Passages
The first fifty years of the history of Communist China were dominated by two leaders, Mao Zedong, and Deng Xiaoping. Both were leaders during the birth of communism in China. Yet they...
Polytheism means believing in many gods. The first humans were polytheists and many worldwide still are. Four major polytheistic religions are animism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and...
History is written by the victors. The Roman Empire is what we remember. This blog is written using the “Latin Alphabet,” Latin being the language of the...
The manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol for beverage purposes was illegal in the U.S. in the 1920s. Many now think this “Prohibition” was a failure. But, there...
The term patrician is sometimes used today to describe a “high class” person. The word started a long time ago in Ancient Rome. Let’s take a look at the original patricians. Patricians and...