After Columbus discovered the New World, Spain grew in power to surpass Portugal as the largest global empire, giving rise the saying, the sun never set on the Spanish...
In 220 AD, the Later Eastern Han Dynasty extended sections of the Great Wall of China along the Mongolian border.This made it harder for the Huns to attack into China, so they turned...
First Liberty Institute filed a request for a preliminary injunction against the town of Weare, New Hampshire, claiming it violated the law by mandating a site review plan before a pastor could use his home for a religious gathering.
In a first-of-its-kind program in the United States, the state of Massachusetts has planned to spend $10.5 million on contracts with resettlement agencies to move illegal immigrant families.
After the French and Indian war, King George the Third to decided to keep troops in the American colonies in case of future attacks by the French or their Indian allies.
To fund...
Ancient peoples, for millennia, had used calendars based on the moon, whose lunar cycles incrementally shifted through the seasons. These shifting seasons served as...