World History
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Contextualizing the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
10 Things Done Completely Out of Spite
Exploring the Impact of the Industrial Revolution Factory System
Heaviest Person Ever: The Legacy of Jon Brower Minnoch
Jayne Mansfield: Death, Life and Legacy
How Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane in 1946?
Who Is the Controversial Green Man on the Royal Coronation Invitation?
666 Meaning: Angel Number or the Devil's Digits?
Operation Midnight Climax: A CIA Sex, Drugs and Surveillance Program
Exploring the Balkan States: 10 Countries on 1 Peninsula
Norland College: Where the Royals Find Their Nannies
How the CPR Doll Developed From a Famous Parisian Death Mask
The Longest Road in the U.S. Passes Through a National Park
The Longest Government Shutdown in American History
The Youngest President of the United States
How the Ritchie Boys, Secret Refugee Infiltrators, Took on the Nazis
The French Resistance Took Many Forms During WWII
Inside Unit 731, Japan's Gruesome WWII Human Experiment Program
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The Code of Hammurabi is a 7-foot-tall piece of basalt with more than 300 laws engraved on it. According to the code, if you strike your father, then your hands will be cut off. Why would our modern society care about studying such inhumane mandates?
By Jane McGrath
Like the members of an ill-fated rock group, the seven continents struck out on their own hundreds of millions of years ago. But what caused the breakup? And is a reunion tour in the works?
The East India Company didn't just cause the Boston Tea Party -- it forged new nations and established drug trade. So why is it the basis for modern corporations?
By Josh Clark