John Wilkes Booth assassinating Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre. Drawing from glass-slide depiction c. 1865–75. (Public domain, Wikimedia ...

Environmental and climatic factorsArchaeological and palaeo-climatic evidence suggests that a series of severe droughts struck the Eastern Mediterranean ...

✽ It’s August in Tokyo—hot and muggy, as usual. So I’ve scheduled my daily walk to be early and close to where I’m staying with a friend in the western ...

Its curator, Dr. Sam Bleakley, was keen to tell the story of “100 years in 100 boards”, he says. The earliest, he shows me, is a wooden “coffinboard”, made ...

If you’ve traveled a lot across Europe, Zurich in Switzerland might not be the most captivating city to explore in terms of ancient art and architecture. ...

Greetings, historians! S-USIH is proud to continue to host 1-2 sessions at the Organization of American Historians’ next annual meeting, to ...

Tornadoes and severe storms are no stranger to the Chicago area. Clean-up work being done in Lemont, Illinois, after a tornado came through the ...

Major civilizations & political structuresEgypt (New Kingdom)At its height, Egypt's (New Kingdom) 1550 -1070 BCE, was a formidable empire stretching ...

The Elegant Simplicity of Biedermeier Stools: History, Design, and Function The Biedermeier period (1815–1848) marked a remarkable shift in European ...

The March issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in print. Included are articles by 2024 Louis Pelzer Award ...