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Global Empires
This 1524 map of the Aztec capital was a window into an exotic otherworld — and largely a fiction.
The plan — conquer China and push west to attack the Ottomans — was peak imperial hubris, as the Spanish themselves eventually realized.
A comparison of wealth gaps in ancient empires reveals stark differences and lasting consequences.
From medieval myths to Shakespeare's plays and modern cinema, British culture kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.
Are we enslaved by the finer things in life?
The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi's atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.
The global extent of the Revolutionary War surprises many Americans today — but it was crucial to independence.
Japan just opened to tourists for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, echoing the island country’s isolationist policies during the feudal era.
The Bolsheviks may have created Ukraine’s current borders, but that doesn’t mean dismantling them is good for today’s Russia.