History

Heroes are often associated with bravery and virtue. Those in ancient Greek and Roman history are among the biggest names in heroism.

Art pieces I did for "Century Spice Road" game © 2017 planbgames (:

Online British Newspapers are an incredibly useful resource for genealogy and history research. The largest collection of online British Newspapers is the British Newspaper Archive with over 700 historical titles and 20 million pages.

Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard | Year (completed): 1767 | Period: Rococo In The Swing, we can see a young woman fly through the air inside a lovely garden wearing a voluminous pink dress. Her suspension above the ground is made possible by a swing made of a seat cushioned in red velvet and two ropes fastened to the knobby branches of a huge tree. An older man sitting on a stone bench on the far right assists in operating the apparatus. He pulls the swing back to provide the woman the momentum…

To help people have a visual aid when presenting something history related, we are proud to introduce this free history PPT & Google Slides presentation template.

If you grew up dreaming about history and you love to travel the world to discover the treasures of the past, make Petra a designated stop in your travel itinerary this year. Here is the ultimate guide to visiting Petra!

In the mid-2000s, historian Anna Pegler-Gordon said that visual media often seems more accessible to her students than the written record. They claimed images make the past seem more accessible, giving concrete shape to a world that sometimes seems intangible. Not to mention the immediacy of the image, which often conveys information more quickly than a primary document written in an unfamiliar, or even a foreign, language. But according to Pegler-Gordon, this immediacy also works well in…

Paratroopers are a common part of modern warfare, it's hard to imagine a modern army without an airborne or air assault element. This form of combat was

The teenage queen was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, "Let them eat cake")

A History of Architecture by Luke Blackamore