by Aseem Gupta | Jan 21, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
In 241 BCE, a Roman fleet appeared off the western coast of Sicily. By then, Rome had been fighting Carthage for more than two decades. It had lost entire armies, squandered fortunes and watched hundreds of ships disappear beneath the Mediterranean. Storms had...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 20, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
On June 15, 1859, Lyman Cutlar discovered a large black pig rooting through his potato patch on San Juan Island. It was not the first time the animal had invaded his garden. Frustrated, Cutlar grabbed his rifle and shot it. The pig belonged to the Hudson’s Bay...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 19, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
In June 1812, the largest army Europe had ever seen crossed the Niemen River into the Russian Empire. Napoleon Bonaparte had assembled soldiers from across France and its allies, satellites, and conquered territories. Poles, Italians, Germans, Dutchmen, Swiss, Croats,...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 18, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
On January 17, 1920, the United States began enforcing one of the most ambitious social experiments in its history. Less than an hour after the national ban on the alcohol trade took effect, armed men reportedly robbed a Chicago freight train and escaped with...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 17, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
The Russian Revolution was not one event. It was not just angry workers storming a palace. It was not simply Lenin returning from exile and taking power. It was not caused by Rasputin, or one bad Tsar, or one disastrous war. It was a long collapse. For decades, the...
