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World History
Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.
Some artifacts drown in shipwrecks, others are taken by the tide. Many others will vanish as a result of climate change and rising sea levels.
Long before Christopher and Magellan, ancient explorers voyaged into the unknown and brought home extraordinary tales.
Unlike other world rulers, Genghis Khan was laid to rest not inside an elaborate mausoleum but an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolia. Maybe.
Before the war, medical experts treated the body as a sum of its parts. Conditions like wound shock and brain damage called for a change in perspective.
Human sacrifice appears to be as old as humanity itself. Still, experts disagree on how and where the practice first originated.
We pretend as if economic sanctions are a peaceful way to coerce others into behaving. In reality, they are a potent tool of modern warfare.
In theory, history is the sum of everything that ever happened; in practice, it’s a story we tell ourselves to make sense of and justify our actions in the present.
One particular revolution was so important, that at least one historian thinks the 20th century officially began in 1914 and ended in 1991.
Many first-hand accounts from the golden age of piracy were grossly embellished, meaning it's extremely difficult to separate Blackbeard the legend from Edward Thatch the person.
The German-American cartoonist introduced the idea that Santa Claus traveled with a sleigh and reindeer.
Washington believed that particular Thanksgiving in 1789 was a crucial occasion.