Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) was a French scholar, linguist, and Egyptologist who is renowned for his decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. He is considered the founding father of Egyptology and is...
One of the most defining periods in France’s history was the 12-year period of bloody conflicts she found herself waging in the early 19th century. Now known as the Napoleonic...
The United States’ share in the Trans-Atlantic trade began to fall when Britain entered the Napoleonic Wars that had erupted in 1803. Both Britain and France tried to control the...