The American Civil War (1861-1865) was the pivotal event in United States history and the largest armed conflict in the Western world following the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) and prior to the beginning of the First World War (1914). https://whe.to/ci/1-...  #history

🦢 The Dunstable Swan Jewel, a white swan with a coronet, which was the badge of the Bohun family and adopted by Henry Lancaster, son of John of Gaunt and grandson of Edward III of England. Gold and enamel, c. 1400. Height: 3.4 cm. 📷 Photo by The British Museum.  #England #History #Jewels #Swan

The First World War (1914-18) was the first global conflict, the first mechanised conflict, and the first to involve civilians far from the fighting front. https://whe.to/ci/9-316-en/  #history

"The Colony and the Company" by Ghachem is an excellently written historical exploration of an often-overlooked contributing factor of the Haitian Revolution. https://whe.to/ci/8-538-en/  #history

⚔️ Ludovisi Gaul/The Galatian Suicide. A 2nd-century CE Roman copy of a 3rd-century BCE Greek bronze original. It depicts a Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife to avoid being taken as prisoners.  Palazzo Altemps in Rome, Italy.  📷 Photo by Mina Bulic.  #Gaul #Sculpture #History

🔴 Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) was the founder of fascism and dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943. 📝 Article by Fabio Sappino. 📷 Photos by Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-09844, Police of the Canton of Berne, William van de Poll, and Istituto Luce.  #BenitoMussolini #Italy #Fascism #History #WWII

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🌙 A 3rd-century CE mosaic from Tusculum, a major ancient Roman city in the Latium region of Italy. Athena (Minerva), goddess of war, can be seen (middle) with the phases of the moon surrounding her. This mosaic is held in the Greek Cross Room, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy. 📷 Photo by Müze Biletleri

✨ Two Viking Age oval brooches which were used in a practical way by women to pin up the straps of their overdresses. They came in pairs - one for each dress strap - and are often found in female graves dating from the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE).  📷 Photo by mararie. #Vikings #VikingAge #History

Rudi Batzell offers a material account of how racial hierarchies formed in the United States, framing the history of racism in the labor movement as a question not of biases and prejudice but of access to property and land. https://whe.to/ci/8-545-en/  #history

🌎 Events that changed #history: First Agricultural Revolution The First Agricultural #Revolution began c. 12-20,000 years ago. The event refers to the emergence of different agricultural systems in different parts of the world. Read more: https://www.worldhistory.org/First_Agricultural_Revolution/

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👑 On this day in 1536: Catherine of Aragon dies at the age of 50 from cancer.  📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.  #CatherineOfAragon #HistoricalWomen #Royalty #History #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory #Tudors #HenryVIII

💥  The remains of the amphitheatre of Salona (Solin, Croatia), erected in the latter half of the 2nd century (c. 170 CE). The fights in the arena could be watched by some 17,000 spectators. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato.  #Croatia #Solin #Amphitheatre #Architecture #History #HistoricalSite #Dalmatia

This is a stunning and daring work. https://whe.to/ci/8-544-en/  #history

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was a planter, soldier, and politician from Mississippi, who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War (1861-1865). https://whe.to/ci/1-23146-en/  #history

🦅 Alabaster bas-relief showing a vulture attacking a dead enemy soldier, who was killed by the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 3 (bottom), Room B, the North Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London). 📷 Photo ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin. #AncientHistory

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The First World War (1914-18) stimulated a great wave of literary output, not least in the field of poetry. https://whe.to/ci/2-2874-en/  #history

This concise biography by Andreas W. Daum offers an accessible and well-structured introduction to Alexander von Humboldt, situating his life within the political, scientific, and cultural transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. https://whe....  #history

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), nicknamed 'Old Rough and Ready', served as the twelfth #president of the United States.  Read more about President Zachary Taylor: https://www.worldhistory.org/Zachary_Taylor/

🌊  The 1789 mutiny on the Bounty is an infamous tale of sailors being lured by the easy charms of the South Seas into casting adrift their commander and living out their days as fugitives.  📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.  #History #MaritimeHistory #Maritime #Historical #RoaylNavy

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📜 This clay tablet dates back to the reign of the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great, (r. 550-530 BCE). The cylinder describes the king's peaceful capture of the city of Babylon in the year 539 BCE.   Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq. Mid-6th century BCE. (The British Museum). 📷 Photo ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin.

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For Queen Victoria, gifts were given not only on #Christmas Day, but also on New Year's Day in a #tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. Read more about Queen Victoria's festive traditions: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2856/how-queen-victoria-celebrated-christmas/

👑 On this day in 192 CE: Emperor Commodus is murdered by his coach and professional wrestler, Narcissus, after a previous assassination attempt had failed.  📷 Photos by Mark Cartwright. #Commodus #History #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory #MarcusAurelius #Rome

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The Texas Revolution (1835-1836) is one of the most important events in American history as it established the Texas Republic, leading to the annexation of Texas as the 28th state in 1846, which ignited the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). https://whe.to/ci/9...  #history

A #map of #Europe displaying important cities that shaped its #history, from antiquity to the present. Cities on the map represent key centers throughout history.

🎄 The Christmas tradition of preparing the Yule log at Hever Castle, to be burnt over the twelve days of Christmas (25th of December - 6th of January). 🖼️ Painting by Robert Alexander Hillingford, 19th century. #YuleLog #Christmas #12DaysOfChristmas #History #Painting #AlexanderHillingford #Art

🧬 Genetics is the study of how genes are transmitted across generations, which includes the genetic information that produces an individual's traits, physical characteristics, and diseases.  #Genetics #DNA #Biology #History #HistoryOfGenetics #CharlesDarwin #Science #HistoryOfScience

The Siege of Petersburg (June 1864 to April 1865), or the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, was among the last military operations of the American Civil War (1861-1865). https://whe.to/ci/2-2865-en/  #history

✨ A 2nd-century CE Attic relief plaque showing a priest and priestess performing a religious ritual. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright.  #Attic #History #Greece #Religion #Ritual

😉😆 🖼️ Cartoon courtesy of Bizarro Comics/King Features.  #HistoryHumour

🎄 A Byzantine wall mosaic from Ravenna showing the three Wise Men or Magi who visited the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. The figures are traditionally named as Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar. Completed c. 526 CE. (Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy) 📷 Photo by Nina Aldin Thune

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🎄 Printed Christmas cards became popular in the Victorian period (1837-1901) thanks to a combination of cheaper printing techniques and even cheaper post. 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.  #Christmas #MerryChristmas #VictorianEngland #VictorianPeriod #History #Holiday

🕌 An interior view of the Nasir al-Mulk (Nasir-ol-Molk) Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, in Shiraz (Iran). The mosque was constructed between 1876 CE and 1888 CE, during the Qajar Dynasty. 📷 Photo by Herbert karim masihi.  #Mosque #Islam #Religion #Architecture #PinkMosque #Iran #History

🎄 Christmas was one of the highlights of the medieval calendar. People stopped work, homes were decorated and a Yule log burned in the hearth. 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.  📷 Images by Ali Edwards, Mary Harrsch, and Robert Alexander Hillingford.  #Christmas #Medieval #MiddleAges #History

✨ Egyptian Priestess Takushit.  Copper alloy with precious metal inlay statue of Egyptian priestess Takushit. 25th Dynasty, c. 670 BCE. Found near Alexandria. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright.  #Egypt #AncientEgypt #History #AncientHistory #HistoricalWomen

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement signed in August 1928 by 63 countries, which all promised, after the horrors of the First World War (1914-18), to regard war as an illegal instrument of national policy. https://whe.to/ci/1-25736-en/  #history

🎄📖 How we celebrate Christmas today is largely shaped by a small group of authors who recorded festive traditions in the 19th century. These authors include Washington Irving (1783-1859) and Charles Dickens (1812-1870). 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright. #Christmas #History #HistoryOfChristmas

🍷 Roman relief depicting Bacchus or Dionysus, the god of wine. Marble. 1st Century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Naples).  📷 Photo by ho visto nina volare.  #Bacchus #Dionysus #History #Wine #Sculpture #Mythology

Daily life in Colonial America was hard, and travel was dangerous. https://whe.to/ci/2-2863-en/  #history

🎶🎄 Christmas carols are a much-loved part of the Christmas season, and while many have a long history, others are surprisingly recent. 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.  🖼️ Images by Hans Bachmann, Mykola Pymonenko, Gryffindor and the British Museum.  #Christmas #ChristmasCarols #History #FestiveSeason

🗺️ This map follows the legendary voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, one of the great epic tales of Greek mythology.  🗺️ Map created by Simeon Netchev.  #JasonAndTheArgonauts #GreekMythology #Mythology #AncientGreece #Epic #Hero #Myth #Maps

❄️ A Roman marble reclining figure representing Winter. The five cupids are hunting and fishing. 2nd century CE, although the head is a later replacement. (Vatican Museums, Rome). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright.  #Winter #WinterSolstice #Rome #Roman #History #Sculpture

📖 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' paints a vivid picture of one of the most world-shaping centuries in our history, featuring accessible research, illustrative maps, and helpful timelines. ➡️ Buy our book here: https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5  #Books #HistoryBooks #WorldHistory #GlobalHistory