World History Story Briefs

What was life like at the time of the real Dracula, a man known as Vlad Dracula (or, Vlad Tepes)? He lived during the time of great Ottoman conquests,...

Did ancient people view volcanic eruptions differently than we do?

Meningitis occurs when the meninges (the membrane linings of the brain and spinal cord) become inflamed.

The prototype for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 first flew in 1947.

This image depicts a MiG-17, a Soviet-era fighter jet. It was the first Soviet-era fighter with an after-burning engine.

This plane was the Soviet Union's first supersonic fighter. It was the USSR's primary fighter jet during the last half of the 1950s.

The MiG-21 was a Soviet-era fighter-interceptor which was heavily used by North Vietnam against American planes during the Vietnam War.

Minoru Genda was the Japanese officer who planned the Pearl Harbor attack. He was later given America's highest honor awarded to foreigners.

CommanderMinoru Genda plannedthe devastating air strike on Pearl Harbor. His revolutionary thinking was to make airplanes (which could drop torpedoes...

Montezuma II placates the Spaniards, which ultimately means the demise of his empire.

A white-marble building, in Rome, honors the work of Victor Emmanuel II and his efforts to unify the Italian states.

A moralisée, popular in the medieval era, is a pictorial Bible in which Biblical events and their “moralizations” are presented in ...