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The Sengoku Period (Sengoku Jidai, 1467-1568 CE), also known as the Warring States Period, was a turbulent and violent period of Japanese history when rival warlords or daimyo fought bitterly for control of Japan.

Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) was a British military officer and politician, most famous for his role in the southern campaigns of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). In command of an elite unit of Loyalists called the British Legion...

A map illustrating the complexity, viciousness, and chaos of the English Civil Wars, also known as the War of the Three Kingdoms (England, Scotland, and Ireland) between 1642 and 1651. The roots of the conflicts stemmed from the contrasting...

The Battles of Saratoga (19 September and 7 October 1777) marked the climactic end of the Saratoga Campaign during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). The battles, which resulted in the surrender of an entire British army, convinced...

Racialized chattel slavery developed in the English colonies of North America between 1640-1660 and was fully institutionalized by 1700. Although slavery was practiced in the New England and Middle colonies, and Massachusetts Bay Colony passed...

The trickster figure of Native American literature was first popularized by the American anthropologist Paul Radin (l. 1883-1959), who highlighted the cultural/mythological character developed by many Native American nations as a supernatural...

The Great Plains of North America were once home to over 30 distinct Native American nations now referred to as the Plains Indians, Native Americans of the Plains and Prairie, and Indigenous Peoples of the Great Plains. Their descendants...

In the Fall of 2022, Tanka Fund worked with @TheNatureConservancy to release 88 buffalo (aka Tatanka, American Buffalo, and American Bison) back to Native lands and in the care of Native American buffalo caretakers - across 10 different native...

The civil basilica (court of law and seat of the magistrates) lies on the eastern side of the forum of Volubilis (Morocco) and was built during the Severan dynasty between 193 and 235 CE. This imposing building is 42.2m long and 22.3m wide...

The Sugar Act of 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act, was legislation passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764 to crack down on molasses smuggling in the American colonies and to raise revenue to pay for the colonies'...