Knowledge is power—and no knowledge was more assiduously coveted by European nations in the early 16th century than the information recorded on nautical maps. Coastlines, harbors, rivers ...

The 16th century was the age of the European Reformation ... England was Protestant, France was Catholic. In their bitter power struggle over Scotland the issue of Scotland's faith became not ...

An engaging account by Roger Crowley of the early trade wars between Spain and Portugal serves as a reminder of how money, greed and exploitation continues to shape the world ...

The conflict resulted in the Taira rising to power to form the first ... handguns reached Japan by the early 16th century, the later introduction of the European arquebus and its armor-piercing ...

From around 3500-2500 BC, there was a lively trade in amber from the Baltic coast in northern Europe to ... to harness wind power for electricity were invented in the 19th Century, developed ...

The show is situated in the museum’s enchanting terra-cotta arcade, which gives the displayed objects—red velvet pillows, ...

The chessboard of Catherine’s nativity was, of course, Europe in the 16th century, before the map of ... Catherine sat at the ...

Shogun on Disney+ review: this bloody tale of power games in 16th century Japan is prestige drama writ large - 4/5 Lush ...

The Persian Empire: Asia & Egypt: Originally founded by Cyrus the Great in 559 BC, the Persian Empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire in becoming the dominant power ... Europe until the 16th century.

Until two centuries ago, said Harvard historian Nancy Cott, "monogamous households were a tiny, tiny portion" of the world population, found in "just Western Europe ... in the 16th century that ...

From its origins in gambling, to a canvas for artists and political expression, tarot went through one last transformation in ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts recently acquired a 16th century automation clock, which is the first timepiece made before the ...