Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the ...

The difference in ancient paradises reveals a shared human desire for a perfect afterlife, though the details vary ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

When reflecting on the ancient world, historians often break societies down into groups of people such as citizens, slaves, nobility or soldiers ... to sabotage the mooring ropes and anchors of ...