Cover photo from HBO Ever wondered what the world would look like after nuclear armageddon? The effects of the Chernobyl disaster comes...

Intro We study history in an effort to not make the mistakes of the past. Yet, as we cycle through centuries of events, we can spot...

Intro Coined the “five good emperors” by Renaissance diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli, these five rulers brought prosperity and wisdom to the...

"The turning point at which history failed to turn." Context Early 19th century was dominated by Napoleon Bonaparte. The French emperor...

The Hundred Years War (which was actually 116 years, from 1337-1453) is probably one of the most, if not the most, significant conflict...

Who is Voltaire? Francois-Marie Arouet, or better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French philosopher and writer. He was part of the...

Cover photo from history.com Intro With the Russian Revolution of 1917, Lenin wanted to establish a provisional government of Bolsheviks,...

After his successful Norman conquest of England in 1066, William the Conqueror started a massive building project to legitimize his...

Before 1917, there was 1905. It was the beginning of the 20th century, and pretty much all of western Europe had embraced...

Who was Rousseau? Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was an 18th century philosopher from Geneva. He moved to France when he was 30, and...

Who was Nietzsche? Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the many influential philosophers of 19th century Europe. Nietzsche was born in Germany...

Who were the Templars? Simply put, the Templars were a Christian (more specifically, Catholic) military order founded in 1119. At first,...

In 1815, once Napoleon was safely exiled in St. Helena, European leaders came together in what is known as the Congress of Vienna, to...

Although it would still retain its name until the Napoleonic Wars, where it would be completely dissolved, by the 18th century, the Holy...

Located along the English Channel, Dover Castle is incredibly important for strategic defense. William the Conqueror turned Dover from an...

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were both English philosophers in the 17th century, the very start of the Age of Enlightenment. Although...

The word sans-culottes in French literally means “without breeches.” But what did that have to do with the French Revolution?

In February 1945, Churchill, FDR, and Stalin met up at Yalta to discuss postwar plans. Though it seemed friendly, that wouldn’t last.

Ever since the Holy Roman Empire dissolved from Napoleon’s conquest, the German region in Europe had never been truly unified until 1871.

The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) was created by Truman in 1947, but Eisenhower expanded the CIA’s duties during the Cold War.