Image by Eugène Delacroix - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150159 . Salon Archaeo edited image November 18, 2025 Angi is a freshman student in my Honors World History class and was doing research on the Byzantine Empire. Below is an excerpt from her paper. The rise of the Byzantine Empire is a significant factor in

Welcome to the relaunch of the History in Context blog and to the spookiest night of the year.  A night when the spirits of the ancestors, ghosts, goblins, witches, and horrors abound.   The history of Halloween, or All Hallows Eve as it was once called, has enchanted, and frightened us for more than 2,000 years. The history of Halloween has its roots in Celtic culture and dates to over 2000 years ago.  The Celts were a warrior tribal group which inhabited the areas of Irelan

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