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How the Crusades shaped centuries of conflict

The Crusades are often remembered as heroic campaigns fought by noble knights. The reality was far darker. Between the 11th ...
These astrologers and seers have foretold plenty for 2026 — and we check out how last year's predictions worked out too ...
Perhaps most famous for having inspired the hit Dan Brown novel, The Da Vinci Code, this picturesque Gothic chapel in a ...
President Donald Trump alleged that he invented a word that has been officially recognized for centuries. The word has been around since the 1590s. On Monday, December 15, 2025, Trump hosted a Mexican ...
As a general rule, babies born in the United States of America are citizens of the United States of America. There isn’t any question about that. It’s in the Constitution, 14th Amendment: “All persons ...
New interdisciplinary evidence shows how a mid-14th-century volcanic cooling reshaped Mediterranean food security, redirected grain ships from the Black Sea, and inadvertently opened the door to one ...
GODALMING, England, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- What in the world was happening in the 14th century? Violence, uprisings, power struggles, wars, climate change, an epidemic, extensive trade networks ...
Part of this month’s Important Judaica sale, the medieval work is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2.5 million. A rare, 14th-century handwritten Hebrew Bible from Spain will hit the auction block ...
It is a phenomenon that has swept the nation, seemingly coming out of nowhere in our country’s middle schools. The bewildering phrase "6-7" has been amusing kids and annoying parents for months now, ...
Very few outside of Japan might be familiar with the Toyota Century, a full-size saloon that has functioned as the automaker's signature vehicle in its home country, with the emperor, prime minister, ...
The Toyota Century has long stood as Japan’s quiet symbol of prestige, but its name is about to carry even greater weight. Toyota is preparing to give its most revered nameplate an entirely new ...
If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...