Why Did John Wilkes Booth Assassinate Lincoln; a Peak Into the Mind of a Killer
Abraham Lincoln is America’s most famous martyr. His murderer believed that Lincoln was a tyrant who deserved to die. John Booth loved the South and felt the Confederacy had every right to...
The Reign of Ngwenyama Sobhuza: A Look at Swaziland’s Golden Era
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain died in 2022 after reigning for over seventy years. Her rule was the second-longest of European monarchs after Louis XIV of France. Sobhuza II left both in the...
The Truth About Queen Mary I: How She Earned Her Nickname ‘Bloody Mary’
Bloody Mary (not the alcoholic drink) was Queen Mary, the first female ruling monarch of Great Britain. Her father, Henry VIII (of the six wives) established the Church of England, a Protestant...
The Incredible Story of Thomas Blood: The Man Who Stole the Crown Jewels
An adventurer with the perfectly cinematic name “Thomas Blood” tried to steal the English crown jewels in 1671. When Thomas was caught, the king of England actually rewarded him for his audacity....
The nation of Nigeria was created by the combination of regions made of very different ethnic and religious groups. Ethnic conflict between the groups, including against the Igbo people, was an...
The Babylonian Conquest: How King Nebuchadnezzar Destroyed the Holy City
Babylonia was one of the great empires of the Ancient Middle East. King Nebuchadnezzar the Great, ruler of the land for over forty years, was its most renowned leader. He ruthlessly put down any...
