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As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), written in 1599 and likely first performed that same year. Indeed, it is thought to be the inaugural show performed...

The Union as it was, wood engraving by Thomas Nast, 1874. Illustrated here by Thomas Nast are two clasping figures, members of White supremacist paramilitary organizations, standing astride a shield depicting a terrorized...

The god Hymen marries the four couples at the end of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy As You Like It (1599), drawing by Thomas Stothard, late 18th or early 19th century. Folger Shakespeare Library...

Ancient democracy was invented at the beginning of the 5th century BCE at almost the same time in both Athens and Rome. The word democracy comes from the Greek word demokratia with demos meaning...

Experience daily life in ancient Rome through the eyes of a baby growing up roman from an infant to a teenager and eventually an adult. In this How They Did It documentary episode we bring history to life by exploring...

Pope Francis is facing calls to rescind a centuries-old policy called the ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ stemming from a series of edicts, known as papal bulls, dating back to...

In which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less...

CreatureCast: Tyrian purple was one of the only bright dyes available to ancient civilizations. This sought-after dye was created from the extracts of marine snails. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/15nKB02...

In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively...

What is archaeology? In the broadest definition possible, archaeology is the study of human history through the material culture left behind. The desire among human beings for knowledge...