The benefit of fragmentation is the central idea of Scheidel’s Escape from Rome, published in 2019. The idea was not new. But ...

When students learn “Western Civilization” in schools and universities, the implicit message is that Europe has always been the world’s most advanced cultural and political region. The idea is that ...

“History has flung down a challenge to us—perhaps she will do so only once.” So spoke Konrad Adenauer, himself a maker of history, as one day last week he challenged the German Bundestag to ratify the ...

Ireland was once called the "El Dorado of western Europe" due to the high quality of gold work found on the island, a Belfast archaeologist has said. Greer Ramsey, curator of archaeology at National ...

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

LUXEMBOURG– United States Army Garrison Poland’s inaugural Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers trip saw more than 50 Soldiers trek through the history of Western Europe and even earn a foreign ...

Looking at DNA gleaned from ancient remains, researchers identified at least eight previously unknown populations of early Europeans. Two 14,000-year-old skulls, one male and one female, found in ...

In 2009, developer BioWare released the medieval fantasy game Dragon Age: Origins. At the time of its release, the game was praised by critics and currently holds a 91 PC score on Metacritic. As the ...