History in 28-minutes

Late Antiquity would witness a conflict between one African Kingdom and Persia that would give the Persians both headaches and competition for control of economic trade and profit in the Arabian Peninsula. Here, Husain Roussel looks at the battle between Persia and the Kingdom of Aksum.

If you thought like most of us that the Battle of Gettysburg was the end of the significant fighting in the American Civil War — you’d be gravely mistaken. If you thought that the only sitting US President who took enemy fire in a Battle was George Washington or Teddy Roosevelt, unfortunately that it not correct either.

Michael Thomas Leibrandt explains.

Like today, a Roman bakery started very early and provided essential delicious food to the populace. Here, William McGrath describes how a Roman bakery operated in the early hours of the morning

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The reign of King John entered its most dangerous phase not simply because he was unpopular, but because military failure began to undermine the very foundations of his authority. When John became king in 1199, he inherited one of the most extensive collections of territories ever assembled by an English monarch. The Angevin Empire stretched across large parts of modern-d...

Historians worthy of their craft must portray the past and present honestly, as accurately as possible, and ideally be unbiased. They should verify the truth of each subject to eliminate inaccuracies and establish the correct facts, or, at worst, as close to them as possible if no further research material is available. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, as there...