World History Story Briefs

Although historians may disagree that this author has chosen the top 100 battles in the history of the world, the book conveys an unbiased look at imp...

After trying, for nearly two decades, to abolish the slave trade, William Wilberforce finally convinces Parliament to do the right thing on February 2...

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi leads insurgents called ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) and/or IS (Islamic State). Does his name have a special meaning?

This illustration depicts the daughter ofCaptain Arthur Edward Kennedy, about seven years old at the time, distributing clothing to children and famil...

This image depicts a beautiful painting conveying the sense of “awesomeness” that must have existed, in ancient Greece, when all of the bu...

Featured in "The Imitation Game," where he is portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Turing remains one of the towering geniuses of the 20th Century....

While his father was still alive, Alexander (who was not-yet called "The Great") tamed a beautiful horse, called Bucephalas, whom no one else was able...

An Irish peasant family is treated horrifically when the family members not only lose their home but see it destroyed.

Susa, an important city in the ancient world (when it was the capital of Elam), is located in Iran. It is one of the oldest, continuously inhabited ci...

With the Isthmus of Corinth preventing easy sea travel to Athens, the ancients invent a way to help boats cross the Isthmus on land. They make a road ...

After Rome's legions left Briton, the local people (who had relied on Rome's defensive help for centuries) were left to fend for themselves. They wer...

This image depicts an artist’s rendering of an Anglo-Saxon warrior called a “Thegn.”Who was a thegn?  What role did such men pl...