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The consequences of the Second World War (1939-45) were many and varied. Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and military-dominated Japan were all defeated. Many occupied countries were liberated and regained their freedom...

It has been said that the greatest enemy of Rome was Rome itself, and this is certainly true of the period known as the Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the Imperial...

For over two centuries, ancient Judea was a restless province of the Roman Empire, marked by rebellions, shifting loyalties, and the tensions between imperial might and local identity...

Today we sit down with Gordon Doherty to discuss his new book Empires of Bronze: Son of Ishtar. Based in the dark and cold north (i.e. Scotland), Gordon has written extensively on ancient Greece and...

The Columbian Exchange (from 1492 CE) refers to the large-scale transfer of plants, animals, diseases, peoples, and technologies between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia following the transatlantic...

The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2050–1650 BCE) was a period of political reunification, renewed royal authority, and cultural achievement following the fragmentation...

The Russian Empire under Peter I (reign 1682–1725) emerged from an intensified process of military and state-building reform rather than a sudden break with...

The Roman Empire at the close of the Flavian dynasty (69–96 CE) reflected a period of political recovery and administrative consolidation following the...

The Holy Roman Empire emerged from the fragmentation of the Carolingian world during the 9th and 10th centuries, as the eastern Frankish kingdom developed...

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning "between two rivers") was an ancient region located in the Near East (Middle East) bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau...