Following the death of Muhammad in 632, a caliphate called the Rashidun Caliphate emerged. Lasting from 632 to 661, the Rashidun Caliphate was the first of four caliphates of the...
It is a well known fact that the Islamic Empire began around the 6th century CE and ended in the early parts of the 20th century when the Ottoman Empire...
In the late 19th century, Gaston Maspero, a French archaeologist and Egyptologist, made a startling discovery that changed the way we viewed ancient Egyptian funerary and religious rites. Maspero, who...
Born in 1901 in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes was one of the first African-American poets and writers to make a living doing what he was most passionate about: writing. He...
Ida B. Wells was one of the foremost civil rights activists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is most known for her anti-lynching crusade. Her strong passion...