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The War of 1812 (1812–1815) was a transatlantic conflict between the United States and Great Britain that grew out of unresolved tensions from the Napoleonic Wars. Under President James Madison (in office 1809–1817) and during the reign of...

Beveled rim bowl, from Nippur, Late Uruk period, c. 3300–3100 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The cover of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire by Barry Strauss. Barrystrauss.com

Barry Strauss is the Corliss Page Dean Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. Strauss is a 2025 recipient of the prestigious Bradley Prize...

The Mitanni Empire was a major Late Bronze Age power that rose in northern Mesopotamia and Upper Syria between c. 1600 and 1300 BCE, shaping the balance of power across the eastern Mediterranean world. Emerging in the political vacuum following...

Timothy Ines as Edward the Elder in the TV series The Last Kingdom, image by Netlfix, accessed through IMdb, 2015.

Thomas W. Gabrielsson and Rune Temnte as Guthrum and Ubba in the TV series The Last Kingdom, image by the BBC, 2015.

David Dawson as Alfred the Great in the TV series The Last Kingdom, image by the BBC, 2015.

Alexander Dreymond as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in the TV series The Last Kingdom, image by the BBC, 2015.

The Pull of the Monroe Magnet, illustration by Udo J. Keppler, 1913. In this cartoon depiction of the Monroe Doctrine, a colossal Uncle Sam, a national personification of the United States, forcibly draws toward himself figures representing...