Charles River Editors

Among the figures of early Roman history, few stand out quite like Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a man who to his contemporaries stood as the very image of the Roman Vir Bous (the Good Man).

Today, the name Clint Eastwood conjures up many different and unforgettable images....

England in the 17th Century: The History of England from King James I to the Glorious Revolution examines some of the most tumultuous periods in England’s history. You will learn about 17th-century England like never before....

By the early 19th century, several European nations had banned slavery, but while the United States had banned the international slave trade, slavery was still legal in the country itself....

Queen Mary I has been remembered for nearly 500 years as Bloody Mary. The truth, as usual, is more complicated. Mary grew up in a era of religious and political turmoil....

Seventeenth century Europe, particularly its latter years, is often hailed as the beginning of the Enlightenment....

Oliver Cromwell controlled England from 1653-1658 under the title of Lord Protector. In essence, he was a king in all but name....

"Did I not tell you this would happen? I knew they would never allow me to live, I was too great an obstacle to their religion." - Mary, Queen of Scots....

The Great Wall of China is perhaps the wonder of the world that has most captured the human imagination....

Taj Mahal is Arabic for "crown of palaces", and the name could not be more fitting for one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in the world....

England has more often been faced with the claims of competing kings and queens than with a period of no monarch at all. The major exception to that rule came in the 11 years between 1649 and 1660, when England was a republic....

Outnumbered against Napoleon's Franco-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar, England scored one of the most decisive victories in the history of naval warfare....

In many ways, Judy Garland's rise to fame seems almost predestined....

In the summer of 1969, Apollo 11 successfully landed men on the Moon for the first time in history, and Apollo 12 successfully landed astronauts on the Moon just a few months after....

The Illustrated Guide to Understanding Astrophysics and the Universe gives an entertaining and educational overview of our universe, from the smallest matter to massive black holes, and everything in between....

The American occupation of Japan holds a singular and problematic place in the histories both of Japan and of American foreign policy....

Most commonly known as the antagonists of the pantheon of gods led by Zeus, the Titans embody "unrest" and "transience"....

One of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem is a holy and special city to the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam....

It would be hard if not outright impossible to overstate the impact Roman Emperor Constantine I had on the history of Christianity, Ancient Rome, and Europe as a whole....

The early history of Earth covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries, and even millennia become virtually meaningless. Instead, paleontologists and scientists who study geochronology divide time into periods and eras....