In the late 15th century, Venice faced a genuine rival in the Mediterranean in the

A major contributor to the Little Ice Age was

Most slaves in New France were

The Council of Trent, which yielded a new charter for the Roman Catholic Church,

In the conflict between the Ottomans and the Safavids, cities such as Baghdad were the key battlegrounds because

One defense strategy adopted by the Choson state against the Jurchen in the north was

Violent slave rebellions along the Atlantic seaboard were rare in comparison with the Caribbean or even Brazil because

In 1527, Mughal Babur’s army defeated a Hindu Rajput force that hugely outnumbered them with the help of

In North America, racial codes and covenants were most rigidly enforced in regions

The geisha, private entertainers for Japan’s wealthiest men, were