History

Romania, the small country in the center of Eastern Europe, is unique in that it is the only Eastern Block country that speaks a Romance language. Alexandru Niculescu, in his book Outline History of...

We call this pyramid by the name 'The Unfinished Pyramid', because this pyramid was not finished. It belongs to the last king of Dynasty Three, his name was Sekhemkhet. This pyramid was found by the...

Brief History Dunhuang, the small town at the edge of the Gobi desert, is located in Gansu Province, China. Dunhuang had become the gateway to the Silk Road during the Han dynasty (205-247BC). The...

The Dacian Draco [draˈko] was the standard ensign of troops of the ancient Eastern European Dacian people, which can be seen in the hands of the soldiers of Decebalus in several scenes depicted on...

Hi, this is Professor Charlie Evans, and this morning I'm going to be talking a little bit about Age of Imperialism. That's the period roughly from about 1850 to 1914 that we cover in both History 102...

In 1517, Martin Luther wrote his famous 95 theses. A collection of insults towards the Catholic religion which at the time had become corrupted with concubinage, priests who practiced the rape of...

Your first historical investigation centers around the events leading up to the American Revolution. The colonists claimed that Great Britain was violating their rights as Englishmen and therefore,...

Video Transcript: Magna Carta [Music] >> Narrator: Stories from Parliament: Magna Carta England, February 1215 and all is not well. Across the country from North to South the voices of angry...

All About Charlemagne Charlemagne (2 April 742/747/74828 January 814), also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the...

PAUL FREEDMAN: Today, ladies and gentlemen, we move back to Northern Europe to the northern part of the former Roman Empire. And since you've done the reading, I won't be giving anything away by...