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The Vedas are the religious texts which inform the religion of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharma meaning “Eternal Order” or “Eternal Path”). The term veda means “knowledge” in that they are thought to contain the fundamental knowledge...

The outbreak of plague in Europe between 1347-1352 – known as the Black Death – completely changed the world of medieval Europe. Severe depopulation upset the socio-economic feudal system of the time but the experience of the plague itself...

The Native American concept of land ownership differs significantly from that of the European settlers who colonized the Americas or their descendants in that land could not be owned, only stewarded and lived with. The Earth is understood...

War Speech by British painter Augustus Earle (1793-1838 CE) depicting an event of 1827-1828 CE in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand and showing the waka (traditional Maori warcraft canoe).

The Ghost Dance was a spiritual movement amongst Native Americans that lived in the American west. It began at the end of the 19th century and had a massive influence for the Natives living in the area. It emerged at the time of the last...

The Pont du Gard is an aqueduct in the South of France constructed by the Roman Empire, and located in Vers-Pont-du-Gard near Remoulins, in the Gard département. It has long been thought that the Pont du Gard was built by Augustus' son-in-law...

An illustration of Luddites smashing textile machines. The Luddite movement (from 1812) included skilled textile workers who had lost their jobs in the increasingly mechanized textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.

A photograph of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement, taken in 1931.

The July 25, 1893 edition of Te Paki o Matariki, newspaper of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement). The masthead depicts Matariki (Pleiades or Seven Stars) and is an adaptation of the coat of arms of the Kīngitanga, designed by Tīwai Parāone...

Martin Luther's speech at the Diet of Worms (also known as the Here I Stand Speech) is considered one of the greatest pieces of oratory in world history. It was given in response to the council's questions on whether Luther would stand by...