History in 28-minutes

For millennia humans have risked fortunes to make more profit, increase status, and achieve security. Financial markets and tools have changed over time, but the human desire for more still affects money-related decisions. By examining past financial bubbles, historical approaches to risk, and the regulations that followed, we can identify principles that remain useful in...

The defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil War marked the end of one phase of England's greatest constitutional crisis, but it did not bring the peace that exhausted soldiers and civilians alike desperately desired. Instead, victory produced a far more dangerous situation than many of Parliament's supporters had anticipated. The common enemy had been defeated, yet ...

An elusive St. Louis entrepreneur and a revolutionary partnership transformed a crude hand accessory into baseball’s most sentimental tool. Brian D’Ambrosio explains.

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What caused the American Civil War, and why did the Southern states leave the Union? These are two of the most debated questions in American history. The standard view is that slavery was the sole cause. The North, led by an abolitionist president, Abraham Lincoln, sought to end the institution in the South, and the Southern states left to preserve it. Here, Jeb Smith arg...

The Swedish colonial empire is not often discussed in the context of European colonialism; however, the powerful country of Sweden did hold territories across the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Harrison West explains.