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Two unidentified United Nations soldiers take a smoke break while fighting in South Korea, photograph by Gene Putnam, Harry S. Truman Library, Missouri, c. 1951. National Archives and Record Administration.

The missions of Saints Cyril and Methodius transformed the religious and cultural development of Central and Eastern Europe during the 9th century. Sent by Michael III (reign 842-867) from the Eastern Roman Empire (“Byzantine Empire”) to...

The First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (reign 1804-1814; 1815) marked the peak of French political and military dominance in Europe following the French Revolution (1789-1799). Through the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon reorganized much...

A refugee Boer family with their possessions by a railway track. Photograph by William Skeoch Cumming, taken during the Boer War (1899-1902). Imperial War Museums

British concentration camp at Barberton during the Boer War (1899-1902), photograph by E.W. Byerley Ptoto, c. 1901. LSE Library, London.

A torched Boer farm, a result of British scorched-earth tactics during the Boer War (1899-1902) after the Boers had adopted guerrilla tactics.

British concentration camp at Bloemfontein during the Boer War (1899-1902). The UK National Archives.

Gypsum alabaster eye idol from the Middle Uruk period, c. 3700-3500 BCE, Tell Brak, Syria. Many similar artifacts have been found at Tell Brak; they were likely amuletic objects honoring the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal, wife of Nanna, or...

Across recorded history, the duration of a ruler’s reign has depended as much on circumstance as on personal authority. In hereditary monarchies, early accession, often in childhood, combined with stable succession practices could produce...

The Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881, illustration by Richard Woodville, Jr., Illustrated London News, 5 March 1881. The battle was won by the Boers during the First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1).