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The Violent and Mysterious Death of Christopher Marlowe
Article by Harrison W. Mark

The Violent and Mysterious Death of Christopher Marlowe

On the evening of 30 May 1593, the sounds of a heated argument could be heard emanating from a boarding house in Deptford, a district of London on the south bank of the River Thames. Two of the boarders were quarreling over which of them...
Henry Box Brown on Slavery in the United States
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Henry Box Brown on Slavery in the United States

The Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown (1851) is the autobiography of Henry Box Brown (l. c. 1815-1897), who became the most famous fugitive slave of his time when he had himself shipped in a box from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia...
The Red Army in WWII
Article by Mark Cartwright

The Red Army in WWII

The Red Army of the USSR began the Second World War (1939-45) with a series of shocking defeats, but from late 1942, it rallied and held on to key cities like the capital Moscow, Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), and Stalingrad (Volgograd). Then...
4 Lesser-Known Elizabethan Playwrights and Poets
Article by Harrison W. Mark

4 Lesser-Known Elizabethan Playwrights and Poets

The Elizabethan era is often regarded as a golden age for English culture, language, and literature. Though William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Edmund Spenser are amongst the best remembered writers of this era, many...
Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery

Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery comes from the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, an account of the famous abolitionist's life as given to her friend and admirer Olive Gilbert and published in 1850. The story of her "walking away" from slavery...
Hegra and Jabal Ikmah, AlUla, Saudia Arabia
Article by Fiona Richards

Hegra and Jabal Ikmah, AlUla, Saudia Arabia - Two different but stunning archaeological sites on the ancient incense trail

Although 30,000 archaeological sites have been identified in the AlUla area of Saudi Arabia, only 8 are currently open to visitors: Jabal Ikmah, which has hundreds of inscriptions; Hegra, a massive site settled during the Nabatean and Roman...
Battle of Stalingrad
Article by Mark Cartwright

Battle of Stalingrad - The Destruction of Germany's Sixth Army

The Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, July 1942 to February 1943) was an attempt by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) to control the USSR's access to the Caucasus oil fields. Fierce street-fighting by the Soviet Red Army saw the city withstand...
Italian Colonialism in Eritrea
Article by Fabio Sappino

Italian Colonialism in Eritrea

Eritrea, located on the Red Sea coast of the Horn of Africa, was the ‘firstborn’ colony of Italy. The potential of a trade centre and naval base at Assab first attracted Italian interests in 1869. The Kingdom of Italy, however, did not officially...
Education in Roman Spain
Article by Laura K.C. McCormack

Education in Roman Spain

There was no compulsory state education for children in any of the western provinces of the Roman Empire. The primary sources are sparse when it comes to the education in Roman Spain, and while some scholars argue for a network of schools...
Battle of Edington
Article by Michael McComb

Battle of Edington

The Battle of Edington, fought in May 878 in southwest England, saw Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (r. 871-899), win a decisive victory over the Viking leader Guthrum (d. 890). Two weeks later, under the terms of the Treaty of Wedmore...
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