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 ...

The three-quarter History of Western Civilization common core sequence, a nearly 60-year-old legacy in the College, will undergo significant changes this fall. In response to declining enrollment in ...

The best book to read if you are interested in the history of economic ideas. First published in 1953, it covers some of the most consequential early economists, from Adam Smith to Thomas Malthus to ...

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 ...

Flowing from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea, the Rhine River connects six countries and fuels one of the world’s most ...

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 ...