Learn more about the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, with this biography from About.com Guide Martin Kelly.

For National Herbs and Spices Day, here are three herbs and spices that trace their origins back to ancient times.

Learn what happened today - November 18th - in American History.

HMS Beagle carried Charles Darwin around the world for five years and influenced his later thinking about how life evolved.

Discovery of America is an issue that dominated pre- historic and scientific studies during the late twentieth century. Initially, it was generally agreed that European voyages led by Christopher Colu

On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines land near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam.

The life and achievements of the second president of the United States, one of the Founding Fathers of the nation.

There is not one single version of the labors of Hercules. Here is the list of labors according to Apollodorus.

The Latin of Ovid's Amores 2.14.

Check out these quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower, the thirty-fourth president of the UnitedStates.

Beginning on April 6, 1994, Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsis in the African country of Rwanda. As the brutal killings continued, the world stood idly by and just watched the slaughter. Lasting 100 days, the Rwanda genocide left approximately 800,000 Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers dead.

Be inspired to paint abstract art.abstract art background image by Jaroslav Machacek from Fotolia.comMany beginning and experienced artists enjoy creating abstract art. This kind of art conveys feelings and sensations with colors and shapes rather than defined pictures and objects. While...

USS Maryland (BB-46) was a Colorado-class battleship that entered service in 1921. Present at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, USS Maryland sustained damage but returned to take part in campaigns across the Pacific during World War II.

Glossary entry on Hippodamia, the daughter of Oenomaus.

The Battle of the Somme was fought during World War I and lasted from July to November 1916. Attempting to draw German forces away from the Battle of Verdun, British forces battled to break through along a 12-mile front. When the fighting at the Somme ended, over 1.5 million casualties had been suff

A timeline of the second Punic War between Carthage, led by Hannibal, and Rome, led by Scipio.

Graphic design courses in the Philippines have seen increasing demand over the years. With the number of individuals realizing the potential of having a lucrative career in designing, more and more pe

Learn to translate a sentence of Latin - Haec avis est implumis.

The importance of the Campus Marius (Field of Mars) especially in Republican Rome.

English translations of the Greek tragedies by Euripides