CoventryCoventry (/ˈkɒvəntri/ ⓘ KOV-ən-tree or rarely /ˈkʌv-/ KUV-) is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne…View analysis →
ConservatismConservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of…View analysis →
History of IndiaAnatomically modern humans are estimated to have first arrived on the Indian subcontinent between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. The earliest known human remains in South Asia date…View analysis →
Hellenistic periodIn classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek, Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history following Classical Greece, between the death of…View analysis →
RenaissanceThe Renaissance (UK: /rɪˈneɪsəns/ rin-AY-sənss, US: /ˈrɛnəsɑːns/ ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) was a European period of history and cultural movement taking place at the end of the Late Middle…View analysis →
CarboniferousThe Carboniferous (/ˌkɑːrbəˈnɪfərəs/ KAR-bə-NIF-ər-əs) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period…View analysis →
JurassicThe Jurassic (/dʒʊˈræsɪk/ juurr-ASS-ik) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that lasted about 58.3 million years, spanning from the end of the Triassic Period 201.4 Ma…View analysis →
Ancient RomeIn modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire…View analysis →
Viking AgeThe Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading…View analysis →
YiddishYiddish, historically referred to as Judeo-German or Jewish German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in the Holy Roman Empire…View analysis →
RussiansRussians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye ⓘ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian, the most spoken Slavic language. The…View analysis →
VlachsVlach (/vlɑːk, vlæk/ VLA(H)K), also Wallachian and many other variants, is a term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate speakers of Eastern…View analysis →
Byzantine EmpireThe Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having…View analysis →
Han dynastyThe Han dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and the interregnum…View analysis →
House of HabsburgThe House of Habsburg (/ˈhæpsbɜːrɡ/; German: Haus Habsburg, lit. 'House of the Hawk's hill' [haʊs ˈhaːbsbʊrɡ] ⓘ), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful…View analysis →
Germanic peoplesThe Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe during Classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In modern scholarship, they typically include the…View analysis →
Post-classical historyIn world history, post-classical history refers to the period from about 500 CE to about 1450 or 1500 CE, roughly corresponding to the European Middle Ages following the decline…View analysis →
MidsummerMidsummer or Midsommar (Swedish: or ) is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest…View analysis →
DukeDuke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand…View analysis →
Fleur-de-lisThe fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the (stylized) shape of a lily (French fleur 'flower' and lis…View analysis →
CoptsCopts (Coptic: ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ, romanized: NiRemenkēmi enKhristianos; Arabic: أقباط, romanized: Aqbāṭ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to Egypt who have…View analysis →
Bronze AgeThe Bronze Age is an archaeological and anthropological term defining a phase in the development of material culture among ancient societies in Asia, the Near East and Europe. An…View analysis →
1345Year 1345 (MCCCXLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. It was a year in the 14th century, in the midst of a period in human history often referred to…View analysis →
Counter-ReformationThe Counter-Reformation (Latin: Contrareformatio), also sometimes called the Catholic Revival or the Catholic Reformation, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was…View analysis →
Weimar RepublicThe Weimar Republic was a historical period of the German state from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in…View analysis →
Etruscan civilizationThe Etruscans (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUSK-ən) created a civilization in Etruria, in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture, and formed a federation of city-states. After…View analysis →
MaimonidesMoses ben Maimon (died 12 December 1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam, was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi who is widely acknowledged…View analysis →
Information AgeThe Information Age is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by a rapid shift from traditional industries, as established during the…View analysis →
DouggaDougga or Thugga or TBGG (Arabic: دقة, romanized: Duqqah; Tunisian Arabic: دڨة, romanized: Duggaⓘ) was a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement near present-day Téboursouk in…View analysis →
First CrusadeThe First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, which were initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle…View analysis →
Early SlavsThe early Slavs were Indo-European peoples and speakers of the Indo-European dialects who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately from the 5th…View analysis →
YeomanThe yeoman (/ˈjoʊ.mən/, YO-mən) social class of medieval and early modern England ranked between the peasantry and the landed gentry. The class was first documented in mid-14th…View analysis →
Uruk periodThe Uruk period (c. 4000/3900 to 3300/3100 BC; also known as Protoliterate period) is a period of the protohistoric Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia and the…View analysis →
NumidiaNumidia (Latin: Regnum Numidiae) was the ancient Libyan kingdom of the indigenous Numidian Berbers in Northwest Africa during the Hellenistic period. Initially comprising the…View analysis →
DevonianThe Devonian (/dəˈvoʊni.ən, dɛ-/ də-VOH-nee-ən, deh-) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.7 million years from the end of…View analysis →
TroyTroy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open…View analysis →
