8 Trade Routes That Shaped World History
Whether they carried salt, incense, or tea, traders on these eight historic roads helped make the world as we know it.
Whether they carried salt, incense, or tea, traders on these eight historic roads helped make the world as we know it.
Sales of the ATOMIK vodka-like spirit support Ukraine’s recovery from the world’s worst nuclear disaster and from the current war.
Frankincense and myrrh are a fragrant part of traditional Christmas celebrations, but what exactly are these pebble-like perfumes?
The Middle-earth author spent some imaginary time in the North Pole for an audience of just four people: his children.
British pubs names like the Red Lion, the Crown, and the Royal Oak offer a window into the country’s history.
These companies were accused (and sometimes convicted) of engaging in alleged pyramid schemes and other scams.
Shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 1980, John Lennon was gunned down in front of his New York City apartment building by an obsessed fan. This is the story of the days leading up to that tragedy.
The Boston Tea Party was a foundational moment in American history—and it was not without controversy. Honor its 250th anniversary with these surprising facts.
The period of scientific, artistic, and political revolutions isn’t known as the “Age of Reason” for nothing.
In this 11-minute video, woodworker Frank Howarth makes what he calls an “inside-out Christmas ornament,” complete with a mini-Christmas tree inside.
Charlemagne built one of the greatest empires in world history, but less than a century after his death, it was gone.
The magazine has named the most newsworthy subjects annually for the past century, with a few surprises.
Just a whiff of Krasnaya Moskva (Красная Москва, or “Red Moscow” in English) is enough to transport Russian citizens to the nostalgia of their childhoods.
With Prohibition—which ran from January 17, 1920, to December 5, 1933—came language to describe everything from drinking establishments to the people who made booze to booze itself.
They may be famous for their aviation feats, but the brothers also made a foray into the bicycle business.
While the club initially formed as a social group for writers of detective fiction, it did have an official purpose: to uphold a rigid set of standards for crime fiction, and weed out any potential members who wouldn’t agree to meet them.
Peek behind the curtains of ‘The Nutcracker,’ Tchaikovsky’s famous Yuletide ballet.
Discover how Sandra Day O’Connor overcame the odds to become the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Rosa Parks changed the world on December 1, 1955, when she stood up for civil rights by sitting down. But who was the bus driver on the other side of history?
Now’s a good time—so good, so good, so good—to dig into the rich history of Neil Diamond's iconic tune.
The tradition of giving misbehaving children lumps of coal predates the Santa Claus we know and love today.
From James Baldwin to Gertrude Stein and beyond, literature’s most celebrated authors have faced stinging and ruthless rejections.
The Vindolanda tablets tell us a lot about life in early Roman Britain.
One scam was convincing enough to fool George Washington.