The feeling will be familiar to many who have visited the great cities of history: I had come to Athens for the first time and made a pilgrimage to its democratic Assembly, Plato's Academy, and ...
Something terrible happened to the world of The Legend of Korra some time after the fall of villains like Zaheer and Kuvira. The fallout will be examined in the upcoming Avatar: Seven Havens project, ...
New research is warning that the most likely outcome is that human civilization is poised for collapse. As The Guardian reports, a sweeping new historical survey that analyzes 5,000 years and the ...
1. In the 10th century, the world’s most advanced civilization was the Baghdad-based Abbasid Caliphate, uniting the Islamic world from North Africa to Central Asia. We don’t have to go further than ...
A time of warming -- "The mantle of the poor" -- The flail of God -- The golden trade of the Moors -- Inuit and Qadlunaat -- The megadrought epoch -- Acorns and pueblos -- Lords of the water mountains ...
NMAI copy 39088007823347 has bookplate: In honor of Suzanne Ripley. AIMMRC copy 39088014427520 is a gift of Jane Safer. I. Prologue: Some problems posed ; Geography and environment ; Language and ...