#  @whencyclopedia World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia posts on X about history, rome, athens, egypt the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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[history](/topic/history), [rome](/topic/rome) #520, [athens](/topic/athens), [egypt](/topic/egypt), [greece](/topic/greece), [italy](/topic/italy), [london](/topic/london), [china](/topic/china), [france](/topic/france), [british museum](/topic/british-museum) #52
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"The Julio-Claudians were the first dynasty to rule the Roman Empire. After the death of the dictator-for-life Julius Caesar in [--] BCE his adopted son Octavian - later to become known as Augustus (r. [--] BCE - [--] CE) - fought a https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1779713265591001237) 2024-04-15T03:28Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Julio-Claudians were the first dynasty to rule the Roman Empire. After the death of the dictator-for-life Julius Caesar in [--] BCE his adopted son Octavian - later to become known as Augustus (r. [--] BCE - [--] CE) - fought a https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1801713229418402043) 2024-06-14T20:28Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🦢 The Dunstable Swan Jewel a white swan with a coronet which was the badge of the Bohun family and adopted by Henry Lancaster son of John of Gaunt and grandson of Edward III of England. Gold and enamel c. [----]. Height: [---] cm. British Museum London. 📷 Photo by The British Museum. #Swan #Jewels #England #EdwardIIIOfEngland #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010811794231558223 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010811794231558223"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2010811794231558223) 2026-01-12T20:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"💤The Sleeping Lady. Temple Period [----] - [----] BCE. This clay figure of a reclining lady was found in one of the pits of the Hypogeum in Hal Saflieni in Malta. It has traces of red ochre paint and is thought to represent a "mother goddess" even though she may equally be a representation of death or eternal sleep. National Museum of Valetta Malta. 📷 Photo by Jan van der Crabben. #Malta #History #AncientHistory #Archaeology https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013356327960035577 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013356327960035577"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2013356327960035577) 2026-01-19T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1901: Queen Victoria dies shortly after a stroke at her holiday retreat Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901) was one of the most loved of all Britain's monarchs. Her longevity devotion to her role as figurehead of an empire and recovery from the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert won her a unique status as the ever-present symbol of 19th-century Britain an era of tremendous political industrial and social changes. The last of the British Hanoverian monarchs Victoria reigned for [--] years. She weathered the storms of life"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2014338883081719923) 2026-01-22T14:06Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 A map of the cradles of early civilization. The pathways toward early civilization between c. [-----] and [----] BCE were neither uniform nor linear. In the wake of the last Ice Age climatic change encouraged communities in different parts of the world to experiment independently with cultivation domestication and increasingly settled ways of life. Over long timescales these experiments produced diverse forms of social complexity shaped by local environments and resources rather than a single universal model of development. Across regions such as the Fertile Crescent the Nile Valley the Indus"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2015417140979826696) 2026-01-25T13:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"✊🏽 It began with a bet in [----] and would end in a burning in [----] but for the [---] African men women and children who had been illegally smuggled into the United States aboard the Clotilda the flames that engulfed it were only the beginning of their new lives as slaves. The story of the schooner Clotilda the last ship to transport slaves from Africa to North America is a microcosm of the epic tragedy of slavery in the United States illustrating how fiercely Southern slaveowners struggled to keep the institution alive before finally plunging the nation into civil war. The United States had"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2016135125726023894) 2026-01-27T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"However as journalist and scholar Ben Raines notes "the heroes of this story are the enslaved Africans who survived slaughter and bondage to build the first autonomous African American community in America" (xiv). The survivors of the Clotilda established Africatown Alabama shortly after the American Civil War and their descendants still proudly live there today. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016135132227174462 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016135132227174462"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2016135132227174462) 2026-01-27T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🎭 A section of the seating in the Roman amphitheatre of ancient Tarraco (Tarragona Spain). 2nd century CE. 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Amphitheatre #Tarraco #Tarragona #Spain #HistoricalSite #History #Architecture"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2016255497599426975) 2026-01-27T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"According to ancient Mesopotamian belief humans were created as co-laborers with their gods to hold off the forces of chaos and to keep the world running smoothly. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamian_Religion/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamian_Religion/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2016929959936151899) 2026-01-29T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🌊 The [----] mutiny on the Bounty is an infamous tale of sailors being lured by the easy charms of the South Seas into casting adrift their commander and living out their days as fugitives from the Royal Navy. 'Captain' Bligh victim of the mutiny led by master's mate Fletcher Christian is traditionally cast as a harsh disciplinarian who only got what was coming to him. As so often with tales which have captured the imagination through countless books and films the true events are rather more complex. The only clear facts are that Bligh was exonerated for the mutiny some of the mutineers were"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2007807151310258675) 2026-01-04T13:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚡ A detail of the Artemesium bronze believed to represent Zeus (or Poseidon) [---] BCE. (National Archaeological Museum Athens). 📷 Photo by Robert H.Consoli. #Zeus #Poseidon #Mythology #GreekMythology #Sculpture #ArtemesiumBronze #History #AncientHistory"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2016980292511113544) 2026-01-29T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔉 WHE's Jan van der Crabben sits down with Eric Stano from Magic EdTech @magicedtech to discuss AI history and the fight for source truth. Jan shares how the encyclopedia was built around a simple idea: history is a web of connections not isolated timelines. He explains why history education is uniquely powerful for teaching source evaluation and why AI in education needs guardrails citations and context-aware design. ➡ Listen to the podcast episode here: #Podcast #AI #History #DigitalLearning #Education #Teaching #Educational #Technology #MagicEdTech"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2018294108939268400) 2026-02-02T12:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏛 The so-called Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek (modern-day Lebanon). Recently redated to the 3rd century CE it may have been used for the imperial cult in addition to the veneration of other gods such as Bacchus and Venus. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. #Baalbek #TempleOfBacchus #Lebanon #History #Temple #Architecture #HistoricalSite https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018376909248237765 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018376909248237765"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2018376909248237765) 2026-02-02T17:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔵 On this day in 1789: George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. George Washington (1732-1799) was an American military officer and statesman who led the Continental Army to victory during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and served as the first president of the United States (1789-1797). Often regarded as the 'Father of His Country' Washington remains one of the most revered and iconic figures in US history. 🖼 Portrait by Charles Willson Peale. #GeorgeWashington #America #AmericanHistory #USA #President"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2019094671062921711) 2026-02-04T17:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about George Washington here: https://www.worldhistory.org/George_Washington/ https://www.worldhistory.org/George_Washington/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2019094673482985666) 2026-02-04T17:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ See more here: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21542/the-seven-sacks-of-rome/ https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21542/the-seven-sacks-of-rome/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2019154599018483951) 2026-02-04T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏹 The ancient Olympic Games were a sporting event held every four years at the sacred site of Olympia in the western Peloponnese in honour of Zeus the supreme god of the Greek religion. The games held from [---] BCE to [---] CE involved participants and spectators from all over Greece and even beyond. The Olympic Games were the most important cultural event in ancient Greece and they ran for [---] consecutive Olympiads. So important were the Games in the ancient world that they were even used as a basis for the calendar. 📝 Article and photos by Mark Cartwright. #Olympics #OlympicGames"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2019396735236202609) 2026-02-05T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📚This #statue by Arnolfo di Cambio depicts Pope Boniface VIII (served 1294-1303 CE). Pope Boniface VIII issued The Unam Sanctam (1302) a papal bull requiring the complete submission of all people including #kings to the authority and dictates of the pope. As the #Church was understood as holding the keys to #heaven and hell and the pope was head of the Church failure to comply threatened salvation. Interested in the church in the 14th century Read more in our new #book - available now in print or as an ebook: Image by Sailko https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2020498399011737739) 2026-02-08T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"A sculpture of Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga is a character from Slavic folklore who was said to be an evil spirit taking the form of an old woman. She was often portrayed as a caricaturally ugly person with a hooked nose and wrinkled face. The sculpture was made in [----]. http://worldhistory.org/image/14527/a-sculpture-of-baba-yaga/ http://worldhistory.org/image/14527/a-sculpture-of-baba-yaga/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1851631186646569433) 2024-10-30T14:24Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February [----] was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Yalta_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25266-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Yalta_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25266-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1981107619633799384) 2025-10-22T21:17Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📖 Thank you to our Ink of Ages judges 🌟 While we're working on the final round of Ink of Ages [----] we want to share our appreciation for the judges who've generously shared their time energy and expertise with us sometimes during their Christmas holidays and many for three years in a row #InkOfAges #Books #Writing #Authors #HistoryBooks #HistoricalFiction #History #GoodReads https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019019120847544554 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019019120847544554"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2019019120847544554) 2026-02-04T12:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ An infographic of the seven times the city of Rome was sacked. Across more than [----] years (390 BCE1527 CE) the sacks of Rome reveal not a single moment of collapse but a recurring pattern of vulnerability shaped by shifting political systems military power and imperial overstretch. From the Republican era through the Western and Eastern Roman Empires and into the early modern period Romes fortunes rose and fell with the structures meant to protect it. Early sacks occurred when Rome was still a dominant Mediterranean power; later ones reflected fragmentation civil war demographic decline"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2019154596757745973) 2026-02-04T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ This illustration depicts the main types of gladiators in ancient Rome professional fighters who became central to the bloody spectacles of the amphitheater. Drawn from diverse backgrounds: slaves prisoners of war criminals and even freeborn volunteers seeking fame or fortune gladiators trained in specialized schools to master weapons tactics and endurance. They were classified into distinctive types such as the Thraex Murmillo Samnite Retiarius among others each with equipment and fighting styles inspired by Romes conquered peoples and adapted to create dramatic contrasts in the arena. The"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1997018936630550912) 2025-12-05T19:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ See more here: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21556/timeline-of-the-hellenic-world-c-3000-30-bce/ https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21556/timeline-of-the-hellenic-world-c-3000-30-bce/"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022416108016337034) 2026-02-13T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"❤ Happy Valentine's Day 💖 A detail from the throne of Tutankhamun which shows the pharaoh with his wife Ankhsenamun on the right. c. [----] BCE. National Museum Cairo. Photo by Pataki Mrta. 💞 Painted limestone statue of an unnamed man and his wife. Both sit on a high-backed chair and wear elaborate layered wigs. There are no hieroglyphic inscriptions on the statue. It was found inside a tomb chapel at Thebes Egypt. 18th Dynasty [--------] BCE (The British Museum London). Photo by Osama S.M. Amin. ❤ On this Sumerian relief the marriage of the goddess Inanna and the Sumerian King Dumuzi is"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022650953166385619) 2026-02-14T12:35Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💞 A marble statue of Cupid (Eros) and Psyche. From the Aventine Rome. Copy of a 2nd-century BCE Greek original. (Capitoline Museums Rome). Photo by Mark Cartwright. 💖 Amorous couple from central India Chandella Dynasty 11th century CE. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg Zurich Switzerland. Photo by Jan van der Crabben. 💞 This sculpture of a joined male and female couple dates from [---] BCE-250 CE. It is a polychrome ceramic and comes from Nayarit Mexico. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University Stanford California). Photo by James Blake Wiener. ❤ The painted"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022650979569561960) 2026-02-14T12:35Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🥏The Diskobolos or Discus Thrower 2nd century CE. Roman copy of a 450-440 BCE Greek bronze by Myron recovered from Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli Italy. (British Museum London). 📷 Photo by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Portland Art Museum). #Sculpture #Diskobolos #Roman #DiscusThrower #Olympics #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020181640740213194 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020181640740213194"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2020181640740213194) 2026-02-07T17:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"📚 One of the most important #gods in #Mesoamerica Quetzalcatl was the god of winds and rain and the creator of the world and #humanity. He was considered the patron god of priests and merchants as well as the god of learning #science agriculture crafts and the arts. Want to know more Check out our new #book - now available as an ebook too https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021585544325611759) 2026-02-11T14:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📕 A Byzantine book cover with an ivory icon of the crucifixion. Gilded silver with crystal glass and sapphire cabochons. Constantinople 11th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. 📷 Photo by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. #Byzantine #Book #Byzantium #History #Art https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014435689425682541 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014435689425682541"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2014435689425682541) 2026-01-22T20:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 Bronze head from an over-life-sized statue of Augustus found in the ancient Nubian site of Mero in Sudan [--] - [--] BCE. On display in the British Museum London. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. #Augustus #Statue #History #Rome #AncientHistory #Sudan"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2015885248089792985) 2026-01-26T20:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Valentine's Day: The Shocking Truth Behind the Romance Before Cupid chocolates and red roses there were animal sacrifices wolves and couples chosen by lot. It has also been claimed that the Roman festival of the Lupercalia was the origin for modern-day Valentine's Day. Lupercalia was thrown in honor of both the fertility god Luperca and the she-wolf Lupus who nurtured the founders of Rome Romulus and Remus. The Luperci who were Roman priests would sacrifice a dog for purification and a goat for fertility at the beginning of the festival at the sacred cave where it was believed that Romulus"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021676322871738712) 2026-02-11T20:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"❄ A Roman marble reclining figure representing Winter. The five cupids are hunting and fishing. 2nd century CE although the head is a later replacement. (Vatican Museums Rome). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Winter #WinterSolstice #Rome #Roman #History #Sculpture"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2002786870967599135) 2025-12-21T17:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🌙 A 3rd-century CE mosaic from Tusculum a major ancient Roman city in the Latium region of Italy. Athena (Minerva) goddess of war can be seen (middle) with the phases of the moon surrounding her. This mosaic is held in the Greek Cross Room Vatican Museums Rome Italy. 📷 Photo by Mze Biletleri. #Athena #Minerva #Mosaic #Art #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009975230517702819 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009975230517702819"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2009975230517702819) 2026-01-10T13:06Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏈🥣 In honour of the Super Bowl here are some 'super bowls' from history. 😉 🥣 Over [---] bronze bowls were found in a palace at the city of Nimrud. These bowls were made in Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanese and Syrian coasts) and were brought to Nimrud as tribute or booty by one of the kings who campaigned in the west. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud Northern Mesopotamia modern-day Iraq. (British Museum London). Photo by Osama S.M. Amin. 🥣 A Roman glass bowl or cup with moulded ribs. From the western cemetery of Aosta northern Italy. Mid-1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum Aosta)."
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2020611731152670977) 2026-02-08T21:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🥣 Bowl with Bean and Architectural Motifs [---] BCE / [---] CE. Nazca; south coast Peru. The Art Institute of Chicago Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. Photo by The Art Institute of Chicago. 🥣 Gold bowl depicting Dionysus from Gandhara c. 2nd century BCE. Islamabad Museum Pakistan. Photo by Malyka. 🥣 Bold designs on early Nazca vessels naturalistic and representational featuring motifs from land sea and air. Plants and animals are abundantly illustrated most often on bottles and bowls. Figures are painted with simple outlines containing large areas of color. From Nazca Peru circa [---] CE. (National"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2020611752661078104) 2026-02-08T21:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ The bronze Greek sculptures known as the Riace Bronzes or the Riace Warriors c. 460-450 BCE. The statues were rescued from the Ionian Sea near Riace Marina Italy in [----] CE. The bronze figures are around [--] metres tall. (National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria Italy). 📷 Photo by Alexander van Loon. #RiaceBronzes #Sculpture #History #AncientHistory #MaritimeArchaeology https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020966548035305963 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020966548035305963"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2020966548035305963) 2026-02-09T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📜 Aerial view of the pyramids at Meroe Republic of Sudan. Taken in [----]. Meroe is the most extensive archaeological site in the Republic of Sudan and the ruins of the pyramids palaces and official buildings stand silent where the populous city once thrived. 📷 Photo by B N Chagny. #Meroe #Sudan #Pyramids #BlackHistoryMonth #NorthAfrica #History #HistoricalSite https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022053751314407876 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022053751314407876"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022053751314407876) 2026-02-12T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Second Battle of the Marne was in many respects the long-awaited turning point of the First World War. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2899/second-battle-of-the-marne/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2899/second-battle-of-the-marne/"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022302086508003395) 2026-02-13T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏺 The Hellenic world (c. 3000-30 BCE) refers to the long and uneven development of Greek-speaking societies from early Bronze Age communities to a vast cultural sphere spanning the eastern Mediterranean and Near East. Rather than a single state or continuous empire the Hellenic world emerged through shared language religious practices artistic forms and political ideas that evolved over nearly three millennia. Early maritime networks palace-centered economies and regional cultures laid the foundations for later social complexity while periods of collapse and recovery reshaped settlement"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022416106141417768) 2026-02-13T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💖 Greek grave stele depicting a couple greeting each other affectionately taking one hand in the other. This grave stele came from the Kerameikos in Athens and is dated to the 5th Century BCE. It is now housed in the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Photo by the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 💞 Wooden figurine depicting an Egyptian couple (c. 1350-1300 BCE): Sementaoy servant of the king and his wife Rouiay singer of Amon. Louvre Museum Paris. Photo by Jan van der Crabben. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022650990785167701 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022650990785167701"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022650990785167701) 2026-02-14T12:35Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The #Pantheon (Latin: pantheum) is the best-preserved building from #ancient #Rome and was completed in c. [---] CE in the reign of Hadrian. https://www.ancient.eu/Pantheon/ https://www.ancient.eu/Pantheon/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1006355405360906242) 2018-06-12T02:00Z 430.1K followers, [---] engagements
"An #acropolis is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. The name derives from the Greek Akro high or extreme/extremity or edge and Polis city translated as 'High City 'City on the Edge or 'City in the Air. #History https://www.ancient.eu/Acropolis/ https://www.ancient.eu/Acropolis/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1046097274240098304) 2018-09-29T18:00Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Homer's Odyssey is an epic poem written in the 8th century BCE which describes the long voyage home of the Greek hero Odysseus. http://ancient.eu/Odyssey/ http://ancient.eu/Odyssey/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1334308873486798848) 2020-12-03T01:30Z 430.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Today in #history: Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint Emperors of Rome after the death of Antoninus Pius. (161 CE) #OnThisDay"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1368553863851110400) 2021-03-07T13:27Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Ereshkigal (also known as Irkalla and Allatu) is the Mesopotamian Queen of the Dead who rules the underworld. Her name translates as 'Queen of the Great Below' or 'Lady of the Great Place.' http://worldhistory.org/Ereshkigal/ http://worldhistory.org/Ereshkigal/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1389399379404935173) 2021-05-04T02:00Z 430K followers, [---] engagements
"Spartan women had more rights and enjoyed greater autonomy than women in any other Greek city-state of the Classical Period (5th-4th centuries BCE). http://worldhistory.org/article/123/spartan-women/ http://worldhistory.org/article/123/spartan-women/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1412592202010685440) 2021-07-07T02:00Z 419.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Artemis Goddess of the Hunt known as the "Diana of Versailles" as exhibited in the Louvre Museum Paris France. 2nd century CE copied from a Greek original dating to [---] BCE. http://worldhistory.org/image/10157/artemis-goddess-of-the-hunt/ http://worldhistory.org/image/10157/artemis-goddess-of-the-hunt/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1420089100963622913) 2021-07-27T18:30Z 424K followers, [---] engagements
"Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated later with Isis and earlier with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. http://worldhistory.org/Hathor/ http://worldhistory.org/Hathor/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1431896906838515713) 2021-08-29T08:30Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"It is a breathtaking flight with dramatic sweeps over fertile valleys and blue pine forests. #History #Bhutan #Gho #Himalayas https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1348/bhutan-land-of-the-thunder-dragon/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1348/bhutan-land-of-the-thunder-dragon/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1682015273258307586) 2023-07-20T13:11Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Silk is a fabric first produced in Neolithic China from the filaments of the cocoon of the silk worm. #History #SilkRoad #Silk https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1689156407256371200) 2023-08-09T06:07Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"Viking warfare along with its key component of raiding is inextricably connected with the expansion of Scandinavian influence along the North Atlantic and into the Mediterranean in the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) where the https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/1-17050-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/1-17050-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1783488145067253885) 2024-04-25T13:28Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The English Civil Wars (1642-1651) were caused by a monumental clash of ideas between King Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) and his parliament. #History #OliverCromwell #EnglishCivilWars https://whe.to/ci/2-1939-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-1939-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1822226897175998586) 2024-08-10T11:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Amaterasu Omikami ('the Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven') is the sun goddess and most important deity of the Shinto religion. Amaterasu is the ruler of Takama no Hara (the High Celestial Plain) the domain of the kami or https://whe.to/ci/1-11635-en/ https://whe.to/ci/1-11635-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1842814065598677377) 2024-10-06T06:28Z 430.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies. (1791 CE). #OnThisDay 🎶 Regarded as one of or perhaps the greatest natural musical talent ever Mozart died penniless aged [--] and was buried in an unmarked grave. ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart/ http://worldhistory.org/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1864697724270203258) 2024-12-05T15:45Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Geronimo (Goyahkla l. c. 1829-1909) was a medicine man and war chief of the Bedonkohe tribe of the Chiricahua Apache nation best known for his resistance against the encroachment of Mexican and Euro-American. #History #Geronimo #Apache #ApacheWars https://whe.to/ci/1-23956-en/ https://whe.to/ci/1-23956-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1883980551708672387) 2025-01-27T20:49Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This map illustrates the Silk Road in the late 8th century a vital network of. #SilkRoad #Silk #Chang'an #AbbasidDynasty #Abbasid #Baghdad #Changan #EconomicHistory #Eurasia #Spice #Tang #TibetanEmpire #Trade #TradeNetwork #Uyghur #History"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1887396353648583109) 2025-02-06T07:02Z 428K followers, 14.6K engagements
"The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral. #History #Thoth #Set(EgyptianGod) #Qebhet #Osiris #Nephthys #Neith #Ma'at #Isis #Horus #Heka #Hathor #EgyptianReligion #EgyptianMythology #Egypt #Bes #Bastet #Apophis #Apis #Anubis #Amun https://whe.to/ci/2-885-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-885-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1889283751751905521) 2025-02-11T12:02Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
"According to Christian tradition the Twelve Apostles. #RomanEmpire #Religion #NewTestament #JudasIscariot #JesusChrist #Christianity #Bible #Apostle #Didymes #Evangelist #John #Matthew #Peter #SaintAndrew #SimonTheZealot #TwelveApostles #History"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1889576624443605258) 2025-02-12T07:25Z 431.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. (1689). #OnThisDay ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Mary_II_of_England/ http://worldhistory.org/William_III_of_England/ http://worldhistory.org/Mary_II_of_England/ http://worldhistory.org/William_III_of_England/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1890098612866281756) 2025-02-13T18:00Z 431.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Happy #ValentinesDay ❤ Limestone statue of Pashedu and his wife Ruiu: the two figures are seated on a high-backed chair each with one arm resting on the far shoulder of the other. The monument is in an excellent state of preservation. Much of the original paint is still visible: black on the wigs and red on the bodies fringes of garments and border lines of the front inscription. 18th Dynasty Egypt. British Museum London. http://worldhistory.org/image/6451/egyptian-couple/ http://worldhistory.org/image/6451/egyptian-couple/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1890374262290362655) 2025-02-14T12:15Z 431.5K followers, 12.4K engagements
"In [----] CE Europeans had a limited but expanding awareness of the wider world shaped by trade exploration and religious contacts. #Vinland #Vikings #SilkRoad #Cleisthenes #Discoveries #Exploration #Trade #WorldMap #History"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1891385656946864399) 2025-02-17T07:14Z 431.5K followers, 17.9K engagements
"Chart the course of history through the ages with this collection of oversize foldout charts and timelines. Timeline of World History is a unique work of visual reference from the founders of the Useful Charts website that puts the world's kingdoms empires and civilizations in context with one another. A giant wall chart shows the timelines and key events for each region of the world and four additional foldout charts display the history of the Americas Europe Asia and the Pacific and Africa and the Middle East. #Books #History http://www.worldhistory.org/books/1645174174/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1891454821204647984) 2025-02-17T11:49Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: Michelangelo dies in Rome. (1564 CE). #OnThisDay 🎨 He is considered one of the greatest and most influential of all Renaissance figures. His most celebrated works from a breathtaking portfolio of masterpieces include the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and the giant marble statue of David which resides in the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence. ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Michelangelo/ http://worldhistory.org/Michelangelo/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1891935718366195896) 2025-02-18T19:40Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Japanese shgun dies. (1709 CE). #OnThisDay ⚔ He has often been ridiculed as the 'dog shogun' because of the laws he enacted to protect the lives of animals. Economically however the period of his rule was one of prosperity and culturally it was one of the most brilliant in Japanese history. ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Tokugawa_Tsunayoshi/ http://worldhistory.org/Tokugawa_Tsunayoshi/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1892233152397193281) 2025-02-19T15:21Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
""Jamaican Art: Then and Now" co-authored by Petrine Archer-Straw and Kim Robinson is a compressive exploration of Jamaicas rich artistic heritage. #History #ArtHistory #Caribbean #Jamaica #JamaicanArt https://whe.to/ci/8-504-en/ https://whe.to/ci/8-504-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1894068020835655763) 2025-02-24T16:53Z 431.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) leader of Nazi Germany attacked the USSR on [--] June [----] with the largest army ever assembled. #History #AdolfHitler #EasternFront #JosephStalin #SecondWorldWar #WWII https://whe.to/ci/1-24188-en/ https://whe.to/ci/1-24188-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1900591000600322502) 2025-03-14T16:53Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Built on the ruins of a #Phoenician village called Straton's Tower the city of Caesarea Maritima and its harbor worked jointly to further #Rome's economic and military presence in the region. What is remarkable about the city is its intelligent infrastructure and what it tells us about the aims of Romans. The city temple honouring #JuliusCaesar and the god #Juno was angled specifically to face the harbor and incoming ships thus declaring that the activities of the port were blessed by the gods. The ancient historian #Josephus describes subterranean vaults located near street intersections for"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1921189046207836432) 2025-05-10T13:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The time of Caesarea's construction represents the zenith and full extent of Rome's military and commercial presence to that point. With #Europe #Anatolia and Northwest #Africa subdued then with the conquest of #Syria and #Phoenicia and finally #Egypt the Mediterranean Sea indeed became Mare Nostrum ("our lake") to the Romans. Caesarea Maritima represented the height of both #AncientRoman engineering and ambition. (3/3) 📷Image credits: Ron Gafni Carole Raddato and DerHexer"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1921189060200047015) 2025-05-10T13:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This infographic illustrates the five #classical orders of #architectureDoric Ionic Corinthian Tuscan and Compositeas developed in ancient #Greece and #Rome. These column styles each with distinct proportions and decorative features became foundational design systems that continue to shape architectural aesthetics from #antiquity through the #Renaissance and into modern #Neoclassicism. The Doric order is the oldest and most robust marked by sturdy proportions and minimal ornamentation. The Ionic order introduces elegance and scroll-like volutes while the Corinthian showcases elaborate"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1925583093672395032) 2025-05-22T16:02Z 419.8K followers, 13.5K engagements
"#OnThisDay in [----] the Allied attack on German-occupied #WesternEurope otherwise known as D-Day began. By the end of #DDay [------] men had been landed with relatively few casualties sustained some [----] men. A group of primarily US British and Canadian troops (along with naval and air support) stormed #Normandy an event that has since gone down as a turning point in world history.🧵 📝Read the article by Mark Cartwright here: https://www.worldhistory.org/D-Day/ https://www.worldhistory.org/D-Day/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1931059868334522836) 2025-06-06T18:45Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The #Barcid #Dynasty a powerful Carthaginian family that shaped Carthages military and political strategy during the third century BCE. Active from circa [---] to [---] BCE the Barcids played a central role in Carthages expansion into Iberia and its confrontation with #Rome during the First and Second #PunicWars. The dynastys founder Hamilcar Barca (circa [---] - [---] BCE) distinguished himself during the later stages of the First Punic War and laid the foundation for #Carthaginian power in Hispania. His sons Hannibal (circa [---] - [---] BCE) Hasdrubal Barca (circa [---] - [---] BCE) and Mago Barca (circa"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1934653581128327386) 2025-06-16T16:45Z 419.8K followers, 11.4K engagements
"This #map illustrates the journey home of the Achaean warrior-king #Odysseus after the #Trojan #war. His #travel from #Troy to Ithaca (and his wife Penelope) took innumerable twists and turns and lasted ten years. Ever since Homer's Odyssey was written about [---] BCE (and undoubtedly long before that) people have been trying to plot the #hero's trek on the #Mediterranean map. And for as long other people have considered this an utterly futile exercise. As far as we know - in [----] Abraham Ortelius became the first cartographer to set Odysseus' travels on a map. Many trials later (including the"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1946239384296059309) 2025-07-18T16:03Z 429.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🧔🏽♂ Today is World Beard Day 🧔🏽 Bust of Septimius Severus (reign [------] CE). White fine-grained marble modern restorations (nose parts of the beard draped bust). Glyptothek Munich. Photo by Bibi Saint-Pol. 🧔🏽♂ This alabaster bas-relief shows a head of a bearded man. The fragment was part of a larger relief which depicts a procession of tribute bearers. The man's turban and his hair style and beard suggest that the man came from the western part of the Assyrian empire probably from modern-day Syrian coast or Turkey. From the palace of King Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (modern-day Khorsabad"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1964320604263264424) 2025-09-06T13:31Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🧔🏽♂ Bronze head of an Akkadian ruler probably Sargon the Great c. 23rd - 22nd century BCE. Photo by Sumerophile. 🧔🏽 A marble bust of Roman emperor Macrinus r. 217-218 CE. (The Vatican Museums Rome). Photo by Mark Cartwright. 🧔🏽♂ Sargon II (r. 722-705 BCE) one of the most important kings of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and founder of the Sargonid Dynasty with a dignitary on a low-relief from the left wall of the palace of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria now Khorsabad in Iraq c. 716-713 BCE. Photo by Jastrow"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1964320616275665044) 2025-09-06T13:31Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🧔🏽♂ A marble bust of Roman emperor Commodus r. 180-192 CE. (The Vatican Museums Rome). Photo by Mark Cartwright. 🧔🏽 Marble bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius in a fringed cloak. One of a series of imperial busts from the residence of Jason Magnus a prominent citizen of Cyrene. Roman about 160-170 CE. From Cyrene North Africa. (The British Museum London). Photo by Osama S.M. Amin"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1964320626463674511) 2025-09-06T13:31Z 430.1K followers, [----] engagements
"🏴☠ Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay #Pirates #History #Historical #Piracy"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1969046653727346718) 2025-09-19T14:31Z 428.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 Pisistratus (circa 600-527 BCE) or Peisistratus was an ancient Greek tyrant who ruled the city-state of Athens. Initially a student of the lawgiver and political philosopher Solon Pisistratus presented himself as the champion of the poor disenfranchised masses of Athens and used their support to seize power in [---] BCE. Though he was ousted from the city five years later he was twice reinstated and came to power for the third and final time in [---] BCE. He ruled as a tyrant which in the ancient Greek context did not necessarily carry the negative connotation it has today but merely referred"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1971546153616392281) 2025-09-26T12:03Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"👨🏽⚖ Eustathios Rhomaios was a prominent Byzantine judge and jurist during the late-10th and early-to mid-11th century. He studied Roman Law and began his career under Basil II (reign [---] to 1025) and became the chief judge during the mid-1020s. His legal decisions collected and compiled into a document called the Peira ('Experience') by a younger colleague of his were not only celebrated during his own lifetime but also hailed in later ages as 'the most elegant and valued.' Rhomaios was not the subject of any historical writings but he did leave an impressive career record and a unique"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1976256965396279629) 2025-10-09T12:02Z 422.1K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ The RomanParthian conflict (53 BCE217 CE) was a centuries-long struggle for dominance in Western Asia between the Roman Republic later Empire and the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. It began with Romes eastward expansion and Parthias determination to defend its independence producing repeated wars without decisive supremacy. The conflict opened with Crassus crushing defeat at Carrhae in [--] BCE which proved Parthias military strength. Rome responded at Cyrrhestica in [--] BCE and achieved a symbolic propaganda victory in [--] BCE when Augustus recovered the legionary standards lost at Carrhae. Yet"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1977359213195059494) 2025-10-12T13:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The United States remained neutral in the first three years of the First World War (1914-18) but did finally join the conflict at the end of [----] following the threat of unrestricted submarine warfare on US merchant shipping and a secret telegram which. http. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2823/us-involvement-in-wwi/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2823/us-involvement-in-wwi/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1978501715792933259) 2025-10-15T16:42Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The Battle of San Jacinto (21 April 1836) was the decisive engagement of the Texas Revolution in which General Sam Houston (1793-1863) defeated the Mexican Army under President and General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna (1794-1876) in [--] minutes. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_San_Jacinto/ https://whe.to/c https://whe.to/c https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_San_Jacinto/ https://whe.to/c https://whe.to/c"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1979162810341863893) 2025-10-17T12:29Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was an #American lawyer and #statesman one of the key #political figures of the #Antebellum Era. Initially a nationalist Calhoun spent his early career trying to strengthen and modernise the federal #government but by the 1830s he had become a strong advocate for states' rights and slavery leading South Carolina into the Nullification #Crisis (1832-33). Calhoun served as vice #president under two different presidents and spent decades in #Congress where he became recognised as part of the 'Great Triumvirate' of influential US congressmen alongside Henry Clay"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1979488134271291642) 2025-10-18T10:02Z 430.1K followers, [----] engagements
"🌸 #Aztec stories tell of their long journey over generations to the site of Tenochtitlan led by their tutelary and supreme god Huitzilopochtli ("Wee-tzeel-o-POCH-tlee") whose name means something like "#hummingbird of the south" "hummingbird on the left" or "left-footed like a hummingbird" in Nahuatl. In the minds of the #Aztecs left-handedness was #special and admirable and taken with the ferocity and grace of a hummingbird Huitzilopochtli's name spoke to the formidable #nature of the god. One of the #legendary leaders of the Aztec #civilization before their arrival at Tenochtitlan was"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1980212936787320868) 2025-10-20T10:02Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) in the Balkans in the summer of [----] set off a chain of events that led to the First World War (1914-18). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2814/assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2814-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2814/assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2814-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1980249974488072417) 2025-10-20T12:29Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"Sat faced towards the #Nile these ancient #Egyptian structures hold a special link to the myths of the #TrojanWar and the story of #Achilles famously depicted in #Homer's #Iliad. The #ColossiofMemnon are two monumental 60ft statues representing Amenhotep III of the 18th dynasty of #AncientEgypt showing him as a seated king on a throne ornamented with imagery of his mother his wife the god Hapy and other symbolic engravings. Constructed as guardians for the pharaoh's mortuary complex they are some of the only remaining elements of the original structure. Their name comes from Memnon the king"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1980289118094405864) 2025-10-20T15:04Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 This map illustrates the early global migrations of Homo sapiensour species remarkable journey from Africa to every inhabitable continent. Tracing movements that began over hundreds of thousands of years ago it highlights how small bands of early humans ventured out of eastern Africa and gradually spread across the globe. These migrations unfolded in waves shaped by shifting climates coastlines and ecosystems. As Homo sapiens encountered new environments they adapted with ingenuitydeveloping tools social structures and symbolic expression. Along the way they also coexisted and occasionally"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1981352754053275898) 2025-10-23T13:31Z 429.5K followers, 30.9K engagements
"The Battle of Bentonville (19-21 March 1865) was among the last major battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2819/battle-of-bentonville/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2819-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2819/battle-of-bentonville/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2819-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1981470008560496729) 2025-10-23T21:17Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"From [---] until sometime in the 1400s Greenland was the farthest most isolated outpost of medieval Scandinavian society. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2825-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2825-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1981699526818685255) 2025-10-24T12:29Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Sherman's March to the Sea (15 November to [--] December 1864) was a significant military campaign in the American Civil War (1861-1865). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25327-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25327-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1981763207011127359) 2025-10-24T16:42Z 429.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Legend of Ticonderoga is among the most famous ghost stories of the last [---] years and remains a favorite among folklorists and especially around Halloween storytellers at seasonal events. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2815/the-legend-of-ticonderoga/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2815-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2815/the-legend-of-ticonderoga/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2815-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1981832396115738870) 2025-10-24T21:17Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Owain Gwynedd (c. 1100-1170) also known as Owain ap Gruffudd was a Welsh leader and ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd best known for his resistance against Henry II of England (reign 1154-1189). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Owain_Gwynedd/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25386-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Owain_Gwynedd/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25386-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982125580620316957) 2025-10-25T16:42Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Set on the North African coast Tunisia is home to some of the finest Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2811/treasures-of-roman-tunisia/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2811-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2811/treasures-of-roman-tunisia/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2811-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982786694274228344) 2025-10-27T12:29Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🟢 From [---] until sometime in the 1400s Greenland was the farthest most isolated outpost of medieval Scandinavian society. For nearly [---] years the Norse Greenlanders built churches kept livestock and wore the same clothes as their contemporaries in faraway Europe. Then for reasons that are still debated today they vanished. The disappearance of the Norse Greenlanders apparently without anyone noticing remains one of history's most tantalizing mysteries. 📝 Article by Brandon M. Bender. 📷 Photos by Brandon M. Bender Number [--] claire rowland and Algkalv. #Greenland #Vikings #VikingAge"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982790226352222716) 2025-10-27T12:43Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"Scandinavian explorers led by Erik the Red settled Greenland in the late 10th century and their descendants flourished there for hundreds of years as farmers and hunters. The largest community of Viking Age Greenland known as the Eastern Settlement was in the extreme southwest and consisted of about [---] farms. At its peak it even boasted its own bishop and cathedral. Hundreds of kilometers north was the smaller more marginal Western Settlement near present-day Nuuk. The Western Settlement consisted of about [--] scattered farmsteads but was closer to Disko Bay where the Norse obtained walrus"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982790236426912238) 2025-10-27T12:43Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about the Disappearance of Norse Greenland here: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982790238230523906) 2025-10-27T12:43Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"📢 WHE is proud to announce our new partnership with Pangram Labs @pangramlabs In [----] we updated our Editorial Policy to address the use of AI: In accordance with our AI Policy all article submissions must be written by humans; we do not accept AI-generated or AI-assisted writing. As AI-based tools are developed and improved over time identifying content written by or with AI has become increasingly difficult. This is why we are happy to announce that we are partnering with Pangram Labs the leading AI detector tool to use their technology to assess the content we receive. Pangrams AI text"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982915740186349906) 2025-10-27T21:02Z 429.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👻 Lamia is a female or a hermaphroditic demon found in Greek mythology who devoured children and seduced men. She appears in literature as early as the 6th century BCE and is said to be fearsome to look upon with an ugly face the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a serpent. Her name derives from the Greek laimos ("gullet") and lamyros ("gluttonous") which perfectly describes her thirst for blood and hunger for human flesh. In later classical times she became an early prototype of the vampire seducing men with her beautiful looks and then drinking their blood. Over the years she"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982945965184008413) 2025-10-27T23:02Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"Lamia's beauty unsurprisingly caught the attention of Zeus who seduced her and they had several children together. However Hera was angered by her husband's infidelity and killed all of their children except for one Scylla. In other sources Hera cruelly made Lamia kill her own children. Driven mad by her grief Lamia set out to kill other children in a twisted form of revenge. Her outer beauty soon reflected her hatred and anger and she transformed from a beautiful woman into a demonic-looking creature. In a desperate attempt to appease her Zeus gave her the gift of prophecy and the bizarre"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1982945971286790311) 2025-10-27T23:02Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"King Williams War (1688-1697) was the first of four major colonial conflicts fought between England France and their respective Native American allies in the 17th and 18th centuries. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/King_William's_War/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25412-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/King_William's_War/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25412-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1983281952699379928) 2025-10-28T21:17Z 429.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👺 A terracotta mask from Tharros 6th-5th century BCE. These masks were used to ward off evil spirits in Carthaginian culture and are commonly found in Punic tombs. Photo by Carole Raddato. 👹 A bronze figurine of Pazuzu the Assyrian/Babylonian demonic god. 1800-800 BCE. Photo by Museopedia. 👻 Ivory figure of a griffin-headed demon from Altntepe an Urartian fortress and temple located in eastern Anatolia 8-7th BCE. Museum of Anatolian Civilisation Ankara. Photo by Carole Raddato. 👺 A figurine representing a Japanese tengu a form of forest demon Edo Period (17th-18th century) Private"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1983508000015852001) 2025-10-29T12:15Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"'Relics of War' authored by Jennifer Raab is a fascinating and at the same time poignant book studying the American Civil War through the lens of one photograph. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/535/relics-of-war-the-history-of-a-photograph/ https://whe.to/ci/8-535-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/535/relics-of-war-the-history-of-a-photograph/ https://whe.to/ci/8-535-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1983511468617175272) 2025-10-29T12:29Z 429.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🎃 Samhain (pronounced SOW-in or SAH-win) was a festival celebrated by the ancient Celts halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. It began at dusk around October 31st and likely lasted three days. Samhain marked the transition between the year's lighter and darker halves and was celebrated throughout the ancient Celtic communities of Europe including Ireland Wales and Scotland. Believed by the ancient Celts to be a liminal time when the veil between the human and spirit realms is lifted Samhain is considered by many to be the precursor to contemporary Halloween"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1983885189160865917) 2025-10-30T13:14Z 429.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The modern day concept of a ghost is familiar to many thanks to many folktales and popular horror movies. But in the Early #MiddleAges (c.476CE-1000CE) there was no consensus on the meaning of ghostly appearances since following the biblical injunction to "test all spirits" it was usually thought that such an apparition was a demon. As the Church began to emphasize the reality of purgatory however the concept of the ghost-as-soul-in-purgatory gained more ground. In the Early Middle Ages the #Church distanced itself from the concept of ghosts as understood by pagan Rome as the disembodied"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1984033269915001107) 2025-10-30T23:02Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"👻 The Alamo in #Texas is said to be #haunted by the spirits of the men who fell at the Battle of the Alamo on [--] March [----]. The nearby hotels are also reported to be bristling with all kinds of #paranormal activity. The stories of the Alamo #Ghosts have become part of the site's lore as well as a draw for some who visit primarily in hopes of seeing a #ghost. Learn more about the ghost stories of the Alamo here: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2824/ghosts-of-the-alamo/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2824/ghosts-of-the-alamo/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1984607116468818250) 2025-11-01T13:03Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"💀 The Day of the Dead known in Spanish as Da de los Muertos is a holiday that celebrates life and honors the dead through traditions food decorations and activities intended to sustain the connections between the living and the dead. The Day of the Dead originated in Mexico and is celebrated around the world beginning on the last days of October and concluding in early November contrary to the singular "day" implied by its name. While some recognize this celebration as a time of playful skeletons colorful papel picados ("perforated paper") and candlelit graveyards it has been observed in"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1984988043258863984) 2025-11-02T14:16Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"An infographic showing the #Military #Crusader Orders which emerged as unique institutions blending monastic devotion with martial duty. Founded in the wake of the First Crusade (10961099) their primary purpose was to protect pilgrims and defend the Crusader States in the Holy Land. The most prominent among them the Knights Templar (from c. 1119) the #Knights Hospitaller (military from. c. 1099) and the Teutonic Order (from c. 1190) combined vows of poverty chastity and obedience with a permanent commitment to holy #warfare. Their formation reflected the changing nature of #crusading in which"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1985377154993938587) 2025-11-03T16:02Z 428K followers, 23.6K engagements
"🖼 The punishment of the [--] daughters of Danaus who for killing their husbands on their wedding night must fill a bowl with water down in Hades - a task which never ends as the bowl leaks. 🎨 Painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917 CE). #JohnWilliamWaterhouse #Art #ArtHistory #GreekMythology #Mythology #History"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1985724598218871127) 2025-11-04T15:03Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"💥 On this day in 1605: Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. The plot was discovered when one of the conspirators sent an anonymous letter warning a relative who would have been present in the parliament. At midnight on [--] November Guy Fawkes was apprehended beneath Westminster Palace before he had a chance to light the [--] barrels of gunpowder stored in the palaces cellars. 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright. 🖼 Images by Frerk Meyer and David Bjorgen."
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1986094170516209954) 2025-11-05T15:32Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"Under brutal torture in the Tower of London Fawkes revealed the names of his fellow conspirators and their plans to cause such chaos that a coup detat by forces favourable to the Catholic cause would be possible. Rounded up and also tortured the guilty parties including Guy Fawkes were executed by the gruesome method of being hanged drawn and quartered a fate reserved for those guilty of treason against the Crown. Bonfires were lit on the night of [--] November to celebrate the failure of the plot and this tradition continues today in an occasion on that date variously known as Bonfire Night Guy"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1986094179957575955) 2025-11-05T15:32Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The First World War (1914-18) was the first truly global conflict and the first to be fully mechanised. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2832/eyewitness-accounts-of-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2832-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2832/eyewitness-accounts-of-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2832-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1986425684881731872) 2025-11-06T13:29Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Have you heard of The Bell #Witch The legend began when John Bell a farmer tried to shoot a strange #creature the size of a large dog with the head of a rabbit but it disappeared on the shot. Said to have disturbed some #spirit with his ungracious welcome Bell began to hear strange noises around his house and an #invisible entity tormented his daughter slapping her and pulling her hair. John Bell was found dead on [--] December [----] #poisoned by some strange liquid in a vial no one in the family had ever seen before. When the contents of the vial were thrown into the #fire it exploded in an"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1986751101106798699) 2025-11-07T11:02Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"🌊 Full view of the Oseberg Viking ship dating from c. [---] CE discovered in a lavish ship burial setting in Oslo fjord Norway. The ship is housed in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo Norway. 📷 Photo by Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia. #OsebergShip #Ships #Vikings #VikingAge #Norway #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986886973521285189 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986886973521285189"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1986886973521285189) 2025-11-07T20:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This fragment of bone is taken from an oracle bone found in #ShangDynasty #China (1600-1046 BCE). But how did ancient bones like these come to form the #Chinese writing we find across the world today #OracleBones were the shoulder blades of oxen or the plastrons of turtles scraped and cleaned which were inscribed with marks for #divination. People in #AncientChina were very concerned with knowing the future and would go to diviners for guidance on making decisions. The diviner would carve the person's question into the bone and then heat it with a hot poker or place it near a fire. When the"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1987543491476443327) 2025-11-09T15:31Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🍾 Meet Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866) though you may know her better by the name of her world famous champagne: Veuve Clicquot ('Widow Clicquot'). It was her father-in-law who founded the #champagne house in [----] but it was Madame Clicquot who took over the #business after her husband's early death and went on to change the world of champagne. Owing to the rights of widows set out in the #Napoleonic Code she was able to run a business in a way that single or married women could not. She was interested in all areas of production and expanded their number of #vineyards"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1987838130133643623) 2025-11-10T11:01Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Andrew Jackson was the seventh #president of the #UnitedStates serving from [----] to [----]. As a teenager Jackson and his brother Robert aided #Patriot militias in South Carolina where they lived with their mother aunt and uncle. After being captured by #British soldiers in April [----] Jackson refused a humiliating order from the British officer to clean his boots and the officer slashed him with his saber leaving lifelong #scars on the boy's hands and face. Read more about Andrew Jackson here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Andrew_Jackson/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Andrew_Jackson/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1988276280999969036) 2025-11-11T16:03Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"🌾 Bodo was a early 9th-century Frankish farmer. He and his family hailed from a manor owned by the monastery of St.-Germain-des-Prs near Paris and worked as its tenants. He ploughed the farmlands while his wife Ermentrude took care of their household. Their lives give us a lively image of what daily life was like as peasants living in a manor in the Carolingian world of the early Middle Ages. Manors formed the very basic economic and social structure of early medieval Europe. A land estate owned by a feudal lord not only was the manor the heart of agricultural production it was also a centre"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1988963039266082937) 2025-11-13T13:31Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"Along with Bodo were [-----] other names located in [--] different villages detailing their names occupations and most importantly the sort of obligations (rent and labour) owed to the monastery. It was from this fiscal data that we can track and reconstruct the life of Bodo and his wife as well as their three unnamed children. Bodo and his family were attached to the monastery and had a variety of obligations to it. This was what the Polyptych of Irminon recorded. They lived in one of the villages with other peasants of similar status. We know some of Bodo's neighbours names: Frambert Ermoin and"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1988963048501973002) 2025-11-13T13:31Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"☀ Abu Simbel is a temple complex originally cut into a solid rock cliff in southern Egypt at the second cataract of the Nile River. The two temples that comprise the site (The Great Temple and The Small Temple) were created during the reign of Ramesses II (c. [----] to c. [----] BCE) either between [----] and [----] BCE or 1244-1224 BCE. The Great Temple was dedicated to the gods Ra-Horakty Ptah and the deified Ramesses II. The Small Temple was dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Queen Nefertari Ramesses' favourite wife. 📷 Photo by Dennis Jarvis. #Egypt #AncientEgypt #AbuSimbel #History"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1989016693058760911) 2025-11-13T17:05Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Paris Peace Conference held from January [----] to January [----] and attended by the victorious Allied powers debated and agreed the terms of the peace settlement that formally ended the First World War (1914-18). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Paris_Peace_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25118-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Paris_Peace_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25118-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1989324791661134177) 2025-11-14T13:29Z 427.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 The Odyssey traditionally attributed to Homer and composed around the 8th7th century BCE recounts the decade-long journey of Odysseus king of Ithaca as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War. Although set in a recognizable Mediterranean world the epic blends myth memory and geography in ways that resist literal mapping. Since antiquity readers have tried to situate Odysseus wanderings from the land of the Cyclopes to the island of Circe on a real-world map but the poem functions less as a travelogue and more as a narrative of human resilience identity and the testing of heroic"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1990510919974007225) 2025-11-17T20:02Z 419.7K followers, 64.9K engagements
"😷 The Spanish flu (so-named because the Spanish press openly reported on the outbreak while other World War I belligerents suppressed the news) broke out in March [----] at Camp Funston an army camp in Kansas and struck young healthy adults with greater ferocity than any other demographic group. Occurring in three waves (March-September [----] September-December [----] Spring-Summer 1919) and affecting nearly [---] million people worldwide the death toll reached 50-100 million people. The conditions of the First World War poor hygiene overcrowded hospitals poor eating habits and the general lack of"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1990788995639284069) 2025-11-18T14:27Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Upon exposure to the influenza virus symptoms occurred within 2-3 days. The patient suffered from fever chills fatigue muscle aches headaches cough sore throat nausea and vomiting. Unique to the [----] pandemic was the presence of a bluish tint to the skin (turning to purple near death) known as heliotrope cyanosis. This condition led to the lungs filling with fluid causing the patient to suffocate. Death usually occurred within 3-5 days of the onset of the illness. The mortality rate was highest amongst the poor soldiers health workers and people working in occupations characterized by crowded"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1990789004845789629) 2025-11-18T14:27Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Already subjected to constant bombardment by artillery enemy sniper fire and the awful living conditions soldiers fighting in the muddy trenches of the First World War did not imagine their situation could get any worse. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2839/the-terrors-of-poison-gas-in-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2839/the-terrors-of-poison-gas-in-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1991136735007302040) 2025-11-19T13:29Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"✨ Scythian pectoral created by Greek masters from Athens or Panticapaea 4th century BCE. Found on [--] June [----] in a mound of the Scythian period near the city of Ordzhonikidze of the Dnipropetrovsk region Ukraine. 📷 Photo by Terminator. #Scythian #Scythia #Art #History #AncientHistory #AncientCultures"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1991166461570593246) 2025-11-19T15:27Z 422.1K followers, [----] engagements
"James 'Jim' Bowie (1796-1836) was a frontiersman land speculator slave trader and militia officer who became a legendary figure following the Sandbar Fight in [----] an event that also made the Bowie Knife famous and an international hero after his . #history https://www.worldhistory.org/James_Bowie/ https://www.worldhistory.org/James_Bowie/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1991200396723773447) 2025-11-19T17:42Z 423.4K followers, [----] engagements
"💭 Happy World Philosophy Day ➡ Read more about Philosophy here: #Philosophy #WorldPhilosophyDay #History #AncientHistory #Wisdom #Aristotle #Socrates #Confucius #LaoTzu https://www.worldhistory.org/philosophy/ https://www.worldhistory.org/philosophy/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1991510756026724852) 2025-11-20T14:15Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Sandbar Fight of [--] September [----] made James 'Jim' Bowie famous as well as the Bowie knife less than [--] years before the Alamo (where he fell alongside the heroes William Barret Travis and David Crockett) but it was essentially just a brawl o. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2838/sandbar-fight/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2838/sandbar-fight/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1991562809482629319) 2025-11-20T17:42Z 423.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This interactive world history lesson takes a deep dive into the British East India Company and its expansion across the Indian subcontinent. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/lessonplan/77/british-east-india-company/ https://whe.to/ci/10-77-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/lessonplan/77/british-east-india-company/ https://whe.to/ci/10-77-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1992223880417509774) 2025-11-22T13:29Z 423.9K followers, 16.8K engagements
"🤭🤭 🖼 Cartoon courtesy of: Gallman Cartoons. #HistoryHumour #Stonehenge"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1992368005485854800) 2025-11-22T23:02Z 423.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🏺 The ruins of the Great Ziggurat of Ur built by the Sumerian king Ur-Nammu and his son Shulgi of Ur c. 21st century BCE. Photo taken in [----] CE near Ali Air Base in Iraq. 📷 Photo by Hardnfast. #Ziggurat #Ur #Mesopotamia #Iraq #HistoricalSite #History #AncientHistory"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1992643525364645927) 2025-11-23T17:16Z 420.2K followers, 138.7K engagements
"📖 The Florentine Codex is an encyclopedic accounting of life in 16th-century Mexico and an invaluable resource for understanding the exchange between European and Indigenous cultures during the Spanish conquest. Emerging from a time of societal upheaval the codex was written as an attempt to record the culture and beliefs of the Aztec peoples of Mexico in the areas surrounding the once great city of Tenochtitlan. The work covers a broad array of topics including religion everyday life native flora and fauna and Indigenous perspectives on the conquest itself. Written at a time when Spanish"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1992994442643451962) 2025-11-24T16:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"It is the product of many minds in collaboration written in two different languages by numerous scribes and illuminated by a number of artists employing a uniquely syncretic style of illustration all of which comes together to create a multifaceted depiction of the culture language and history of Aztec civilization immediately following the fall of the empire. The Florentine Codex was completed sometime between the fall of [----] and the spring of [----] after nearly [--] years in the making. Composed of [--] illuminated books with a total of [----] pages and [----] illustrations it is widely attributed"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1992994452118364623) 2025-11-24T16:31Z 424.2K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about the Florentine Codex here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Florentine_Codex/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Florentine_Codex/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1992994453817098550) 2025-11-24T16:31Z 423.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Gallipoli Campaign took place in Turkey in 1915-16 during the First World War (1914-18). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Gallipoli_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25607-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Gallipoli_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25607-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1993311066583859292) 2025-11-25T13:29Z 423.6K followers, [----] engagements
"🫒 Happy World Olive Tree Day Olives and olive oil were not only an important component of the ancient Mediterranean diet but also one of the most successful industries in antiquity. Cultivation of the olive spread with Phoenician and Greek colonization from Asia Minor to Iberia and North Africa and fine olive oil became a great trading commodity right through to the Roman period and beyond. The olive also came to have a wider cultural significance most famously as a branch of peace and as the victor's crown in the ancient Olympic Games. 📝 Article and photos by Mark Cartwright."
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1993687178329600290) 2025-11-26T14:23Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The olive was first cultivated around [----] BCE or even earlier on the Carmel coast of ancient Israel. Here simple olive presses have been excavated at the Neolithic site of Kfar Samir. The success of the industry is attested by records of olive oil exports to Greece and Egypt throughout the 3rd millennium BCE. Greece started to produce its own olives on Minoan Crete and Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age and thereafter on the mainland. The Greeks like the peoples of the Levant were soon producing a surplus of olives and olive oil so that they built up a lucrative export industry"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1993687186827272606) 2025-11-26T14:24Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) has been known since shortly after his death as the "Father of Texas" as he was not only the first to lead Anglo-American settlers to the region and establish colonies but also endured the hardships of organizing . #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Stephen_F._Austin/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Stephen_F._Austin/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1993737112902836478) 2025-11-26T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🦃 Happy Thanksgiving The United States holiday of Thanksgiving is generally understood to be inspired by the harvest feast celebrated by the citizens of Plymouth Colony (later known as pilgrims) and the Native Americans of the Wampanoag Confederacy in the fall of [----]. Sarah Josepha Hale (l. 1788-1879) the writer and editor of the popular periodical Godey's Lady's Book (published 1830-1878) campaigned for the national observance of Thanksgiving Day beginning in [----]. She wrote to each sitting president advocating the adoption of the holiday but it was only acted upon in [----] by President"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1994070465648685531) 2025-11-27T15:47Z 421.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Juan Nepomuceno Segun (1806-1890) was a Tejano soldier in the Texas Revolution commissioned as a captain of cavalry by Stephen F. Austin later a colonel under General Sam Houston participated in the Siege of Bxar in [----] served as a messenger from. htt. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Juan_Seguin/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Juan_Seguin/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1994099532024402225) 2025-11-27T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 A bust of Egyptian queen Nefertiti ("The Beautiful One Has Come" c. [----] to c. [----] BCE) the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. By the sculptor Thutmose and rediscovered in [----]. Neues Museum Berlin. 📷 Photo by Philip Pikart. #Nefertiti #Egypt #AncientEgypt #EgyptianHistory #History #AncientHistory #HistoricalWomen https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1994406871772369136 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1994406871772369136"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1994406871772369136) 2025-11-28T14:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💫 The Nike of Samothrace c. [---] BCE. The statue was dedicated to the Great Gods at the sanctuary on Samothrace (a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea). (Louvre Museum Paris). 📷 Photo by Tory Brown. #Nike #NikeOfSamothrace #Samothrace #AncientGreece #Sculpture #Art #History #AncientHistory"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1995138505358344316) 2025-11-30T14:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"📚 Books of the Month - http://eepurl.com/jtom1w http://eepurl.com/jtom1w"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1995539145565851851) 2025-12-01T17:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Sam Houston (1793-1863) was an American soldier in the War of [----] a statesman a general in the Texas Revolution the first president of the Republic of Texas and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Sam_Houston/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25625-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Sam_Houston/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25625-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1995549080408232312) 2025-12-01T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. A sacred ceremony held to legitimize Napoleon's reign the coronation signaled the birth of the First French Empire (1804-1814; 1815) and established the imperial Bonaparte Dynasty. 📝 Article by Harrison W. Mark. 🖼 Painting: Napoleon in his coronation robes by Franois Grard c. [----]. #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory #NapoleonBonaparte #France #FrenchHistory #History #Royalty #EmperorNapoleon"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1995902117341491446) 2025-12-02T17:05Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Khaybar Tayma Dadan Qurh and AlUla Old Town are sites situated in the AlUla region of Saudi Arabia an area on the ancient incense trade routes. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2850/dadan-tayma-khaybar-qurh--old-town-alula/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2850-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2850/dadan-tayma-khaybar-qurh--old-town-alula/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2850-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1996210170284724539) 2025-12-03T13:29Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🗡 Gladiator's dagger and pair of bronze greaves (leg guards) from Pompeii decorated with reliefs of Jupiter (left) and Neptune (right) 1st century BCE. Archaeological Museum Naples. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. ❓ Who is planning on watching the new Spartacus spin-off House of Ashur We're looking forward to it #Pompeii #Gladiator #History #AncientHistory #Spartacus"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1996633394587808170) 2025-12-04T17:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I was recently invited to an archaeological symposium at the site of AlUla in Saudi Arabia. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2852/the-alula-world-archaeology-symposium-2024/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2852-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2852/the-alula-world-archaeology-symposium-2024/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2852-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1996636240016244859) 2025-12-04T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
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[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1997327939289952724) 2025-12-06T15:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Genetics is the study of how genes are transmitted across generations which includes the genetic information that produces an individual's traits physical characteristics and diseases. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2855/a-brief-history-of-genetics/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2855-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2855/a-brief-history-of-genetics/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2855-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1998022096312533162) 2025-12-08T13:29Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 The royal House of Hanover formally the House of Brunswick-Lneburg Hanover line ruled Britain for nearly two centuries (17141901) shaping the political and constitutional development of the United Kingdom during a period of imperial expansion and industrial transformation. Their unexpected rise began with George I (reigned 17141727) Elector of Hanover who became king under the provisions of the Act of Settlement (1701). Although he had been far down the line of succession (52nd) he was the nearest Protestant heir in a period defined by the British states insistence on a Protestant"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1998166170508108231) 2025-12-08T23:01Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"💧 Chinampas are human-made islands built in shallow lakebeds that have fed the people of Mesoamerica and shaped local ecosystems for over a thousand years. Sometimes referred to as 'floating gardens' these agricultural feats of engineering survive as a testament to the ingenuity of the Aztec civilization and their lake-dwelling predecessors particularly the ancient peoples of Xochimilco where chinampas are still in use today. The word chinampa derives from the Nahuatl term chinamitl meaning "a fence made of plants" or that which could be enclosed within a fence of plants. The labor-intensive"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1998392897532481631) 2025-12-09T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Along with the posts laborers planted willow trees such as Mexico's native bonpland willows (Salix bonplandiana) in the corners or along the perimeter where the roots of the trees would give structure to the nascent chinampa. The Florentine Codex depicts a willow tree growing out of blue waves; its simple lance-shaped leaves that alternate along the stem are characteristic of the water-loving Salix genus. With the posts in place to establish the structure of the artificial island laborers wove reeds vines and branches between them to create the enclosure from which the chinampa derives its"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1998392912581730367) 2025-12-09T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"📖 From the nomads of the Mongol Empire to the Black Death in Europe the booming trade on the Swahili Coast to the Aztecs and the Mori settlements in New Zealand readers receive a truly diverse introduction to the different cultures that survived thrived and fell amid adversity in the 14th century. Our book 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' is now available to buy on Amazon #History #Books #HistoryBooks #14thCentury #Amazon #Education #GlobalHistory #WorldHistory #GiftIdeas https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5 https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1998498428079255886) 2025-12-09T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"📖 From the nomads of the Mongol Empire to the Black Death in Europe the booming trade on the Swahili Coast to the Aztecs and the Mori settlements in New Zealand readers receive a truly diverse introduction to the different cultures that survived thrived and fell amid adversity in the 14th century. Our book 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' is now available to buy on Amazon #History #Books #HistoryBooks #14thCentury #Amazon #Education #GlobalHistory #WorldHistory #GiftIdeas https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5 https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1998498441471672642) 2025-12-09T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"✨ A fresco from the House of the Ladies in Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) c. 17th century BCE. The several women depicted on the walls of the room wear typical Minoan dress. Above the women is a representation of a starry sky. (Museum of Prehistoric Thera Santorini). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Akotiri #Thera #Santorini #Aegean #Greece #History #AncientHistory"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1998740434944659484) 2025-12-10T13:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 Carthage (c. [------] BCE) emerged as the leading Phoenician power in the western Mediterranean following its foundation by settlers from Tyre around c. [---] BCE. Built on maritime trade naval dominance and a dense network of colonies across North Africa southern Iberia and Sicily Carthage developed into a commercial empire that controlled key sea lanes and resource flows. Its political system combined aristocratic councils with elected magistrates while its economy relied heavily on long-distance trade and mercenary armies. By the 3rd century BCE Carthage had become Romes principal rival for"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1999113472265556436) 2025-12-11T13:46Z 419.8K followers, 10.4K engagements
"The Overland Campaign (4 May to [--] June 1864) was a major Union offensive into Virginia launched during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Overland_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25589-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Overland_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25589-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1999172952982446437) 2025-12-11T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"✊🏽 The Bolshevik Revolution occurred on [--] November [----] (old calendar [--] October) and established a new republic: Soviet Russia. The Bolsheviks were radical socialists led by Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) whose goal was a fairer society where workers and peasants were not exploited by wealthy capitalists. Following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) on [--] March and the inability of the Provisional Government to deal with a series of crises through the summer of [----] the Bolsheviks seized power by force using the Red Guards militia. The Provisional Government was dissolved and"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1999253547464929380) 2025-12-11T23:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Our Lady of Guadalupe also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is a title for a particular image of Mary Mother of Jesus as she appeared in the New World in the years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25613-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25613-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1999471659443540027) 2025-12-12T13:29Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Weve passed $3000. Thank you 🙌 to everyone who has donated so far Our next milestone is $5000 by December [--]. Every donation is also a vote that shapes what our team develops next. If you plan to give now is a great time. Donate here: #DonateToDecide #YearEndGiving https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1999475733094150163) 2025-12-12T13:45Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🪨 One of the terrace gateways of the Inca Sacsayhuaman fortress-temple complex at Cuzco Peru. The structure was begun in the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438 - [----] CE) and completed by his successors. 📷 Photo by Martynas. #Inca #IncaEmpire #Cuzco #Peru #Architecture #History #Cusco"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1999525631671849161) 2025-12-12T17:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"😆😉 🖼 Cartoon courtesy of Dave Blazek/Washington Post Writers Group. #HistoryHumour"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/1999970334305386636) 2025-12-13T22:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know that in [----] #Congressman William Stanberry charged Sam Houston (1793-1863) with fraud in attempting to supply rations to the #Cherokee and when Stanberry refused to answer Houston's repeated denials of wrongdoing #Houston found the congressman and beat him with a cane 📷: Sam Houston"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2000974828396765415) 2025-12-16T17:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🍷 Io Saturnalia 🎉 The Saturnalia was an enduring Roman festival dedicated to the agricultural god Saturn which was held between the 17th and 23rd of December each year during the winter solstice. Originating from archaic agricultural rituals the Roman festivities came to include a general round of gift-giving merrymaking and role-reversals so that it became one of the most popular celebrations in the calendar and certainly the jolliest. The similarities of some of its features and the timing - pushed later into December over time - suggest a strong influence on the Christian celebration of"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2001292432504181219) 2025-12-17T14:04Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 A map of European empires c. [----]. By the 18th century European power had become truly global through a combination of maritime expansion state-backed commerce and military force. The leading Atlantic empires Spain Portugal the Dutch Republic England and France had transformed overseas trade into an instrument of state power. Spain and Portugal pioneers of early expansion in the 15th16th centuries still controlled vast overseas territories particularly in the Americas and the Indian Ocean. Meanwhile the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Provinces) built a commercial empire"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2001654359004680686) 2025-12-18T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ See more here: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21446/map-of-european-expansion--mercantile-empires-c-17/ https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21446/map-of-european-expansion--mercantile-empires-c-17/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2001654361806479556) 2025-12-18T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"How do we do what we do Harrison Mark Historical Researcher and Writer explains how your support fuels our work to create free curriculum-aligned educational resources for everyone. Please donate: #DonateToDecide #YearEndGiving #SupportEducation https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2002027769006289089) 2025-12-19T14:46Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know that in [----] Henry Clay #American lawyer and statesman defended former #US vice #president Aaron #Burr (1756-1836) who had been indicted on charges of treason. Clay skillfully convinced a grand #jury to throw out the indictment though he later became convinced of Burr's guilt"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2002061970850079106) 2025-12-19T17:02Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"♟ A medieval chess game popular across Europe in the Middle Ages illustration from the Codex Manesse produced in Zrich Switzerland 14th century. University Library of Heidelberg Germany. #Chess #Medieval #MiddleAges #MedievalHistory #History #CodexManesse"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2002427249119711641) 2025-12-20T17:13Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🍷 Roman relief depicting Bacchus or Dionysus the god of wine. Marble. 1st Century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Naples). 📷 Photo by ho visto nina volare. #Bacchus #Dionysus #History #Wine #Sculpture #Mythology"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2003209507694956742) 2025-12-22T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🎄📖 How we celebrate Christmas today is largely shaped by a small group of authors who recorded festive traditions in the 19th century. These authors include Washington Irving (1783-1859) Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) and Charles Dickens (1812-1870). 19th-century literature sometimes expressly concentrating on Christmas and at other times merely using the holiday as a jovial setting for a fictional story captured what were in many cases fast-disappearing traditions which future generations would return to and update. Thus such activities as carol singing and masque balls returned to"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2003451560903254152) 2025-12-23T13:04Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Christmas tree gained wide popularity in the 19th century. The husband of Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901) Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha the Prince Consort (l. 1819-1861) introduced to Britain the tradition of the Christmas tree which was popular in his home country. The idea was spread by popular illustrated magazines like the Illustrated London News which revealed the private festivities of the royal family. The young fir tree was decorated with candles and small presents of toys sweets charms and candied fruit all hung from its boughs and destined to be distributed to the Christmas"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2003451586412974301) 2025-12-23T13:04Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"✨ Egyptian Priestess Takushit. Copper alloy with precious metal inlay statue of Egyptian priestess Takushit. 25th Dynasty c. [---] BCE. Found near Alexandria. (National Archaeological Museum Athens). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Egypt #AncientEgypt #History #AncientHistory #HistoricalWomen"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2003571918385946747) 2025-12-23T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"A #map of #Europe displaying important cities that shaped its #history from antiquity to the present. Cities on the map represent key centers throughout history. Each city represents a distinct period from Athens Rome and Constantinople (now Istanbul) in ancient times to Aachen Krakow Prague and Vienna in the medieval era and Florence Genoa and Venice during the #Renaissance. The map includes cities built on colonial riches like London Madrid St. Petersburg and Berlin. It features the capital cities of today and metropolises like Paris Budapest and Helsinki reflecting Europe's changing"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2006048209978703878) 2025-12-30T17:02Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"For #British monarchs gifts are given not only on #Christmas Day but also on New Year's Day in a #tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. On [--] #January Queen Victoria typically distributed gifts to the poor and needy. These presents were usually such practical items as bread meat blankets and sacks of coal although there could be more #festive items too like plum pudding. These acts of generosity were held for example at the large hall in Windsor Castle's Riding School and they benefited around [----] people each year. Read more about Queen Victoria's festive traditions:"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2006697575152222262) 2026-01-01T12:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📜 This clay tablet dates back to the reign of the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great who ruled Iran between 550-530 BCE. The cylinder describes the king's peaceful capture of the city of Babylon in the year [---] BCE and how he built the main temple there. The text claims that Cyrus restored temples in the neighboring cities and returned deported people to their homes. With reference to his just and peaceful rule this cylinder has been referred to as an early charter of human rights. From Babylon Mesopotamia Iraq. Mid-6th century BCE. (The British Museum London). 📷 Photo by Osama S.M. Amin."
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2007441028463186413) 2026-01-03T13:16Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This concise biography by Andreas W. Daum offers an accessible and well-structured introduction to Alexander von Humboldt situating his life within the political scientific and cultural transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. https://whe. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/546/alexander-von-humboldt-a-concise-biography/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/546/alexander-von-humboldt-a-concise-biography/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2008168955504930895) 2026-01-05T13:29Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🦅 Alabaster bas-relief showing a vulture attacking a dead enemy soldier who was killed by the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel [--] (bottom) Room B the North Palace Nimrud modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum London). 📷 Photo by Osama S.M. Amin. #Mespotamia #Assyria #Iraq #History #AncientHistory https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008284842841030674 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008284842841030674"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2008284842841030674) 2026-01-05T21:09Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This is a stunning and daring work. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/544/empress-of-the-nile-the-daredevil-archaeologist-wh/ https://whe.to/ci/8-544-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/544/empress-of-the-nile-the-daredevil-archaeologist-wh/ https://whe.to/ci/8-544-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2008893731747828133) 2026-01-07T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💥 The remains of the amphitheatre of Salona (Solin Croatia) erected in the latter half of the 2nd century (c. [---] CE). The fights in the arena could be watched by some [-----] spectators. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. #Croatia #Solin #Amphitheatre #Architecture #History #HistoricalSite #Dalmatia https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008902270407041349 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008902270407041349"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2008902270407041349) 2026-01-07T14:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1536: Catherine of Aragon dies at the age of [--] from cancer. Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE) was a Spanish princess who famously became the Queen of England and the first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). When the marriage did not produce a male heir Henry VIII became desperate to divorce Catherine and find another wife. Catherine refused to cooperate with the king's wishes and the Pope refused to annul the marriage leading Henry to take the drastic step of splitting the Church in England away from Rome. The marriage perhaps the most fateful in English"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2009007750127173640) 2026-01-07T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about Catherine of Aragon here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Catherine_of_Aragon/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Catherine_of_Aragon/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2009007752098553886) 2026-01-07T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 This #map tracks the decade-long journey of #Odysseus as recounted in Homer's The #Odyssey. There have been many attempts over the past few centuries to map the #journey with little consensus being achieved. This map draws on these insights illustrating not a definitive itinerary but the enduring fascination with situating Homers imaginative world within the wider #Mediterranean. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009249433846779918 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009249433846779918"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2009249433846779918) 2026-01-08T13:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔴 Benito Mussolini (18831945) was the founder of fascism and dictator of Italy from [----] to [----]. He led the country into a highly authoritarian regime and then dragged it into the Second World War (1939-45) on the side of Nazi Germany. Mussolini was captured and shot by Italian partisans in April [----]. Fascism is a complex ideology to define. Fascism's main characteristics include a cult of the leader opposition to parliamentary democracy the exaltation of violence and militarism the supremacy of the state over individuals and totalitarian and imperialistic ambitions. Mussolini was the"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2010332748972544434) 2026-01-11T12:47Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The First World War (1914-18) was the first global conflict the first mechanised conflict and the first to involve civilians far from the fighting front. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/316/the-story-of-wwi-in-50-images/ https://whe.to/ci/9-316-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/316/the-story-of-wwi-in-50-images/ https://whe.to/ci/9-316-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2010769361661788453) 2026-01-12T17:42Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I would highly recommend Anthony Eastmond's [----] "Tamtas World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/540/tamtas-world-the-life-and-encounters-of-a-medieval/ https://whe.to/ci/8-540-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/540/tamtas-world-the-life-and-encounters-of-a-medieval/ https://whe.to/ci/8-540-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2011430451441729741) 2026-01-14T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Monroe Doctrine a significant piece of United States foreign policy was first articulated by President James Monroe in [----] and it essentially warns the powers of Europe from meddling in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere claimed by the US as. htt. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Monroe_Doctrine/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Monroe_Doctrine/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2011494139343388704) 2026-01-14T17:42Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"There was actually only one cause for the American Civil War: slavery. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2880/causes-of-the-american-civil-war/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2880-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2880/causes-of-the-american-civil-war/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2880-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2011563317978955875) 2026-01-14T22:17Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1559: Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey London. Elizabeth's 44-year reign was so long and packed with momentous events that the second half of the 16th century is now known as the Elizabethan era and still regarded as a 'Golden Age' for England. Elizabeth succeeded her elder half-sister Mary I of England (r. 1553-1558). Exasperating ministers and suitors alike with her prevarication the queen was a shrewd and capable ruler who survived plots that threatened her life and the [----] invasion of the Spanish Armada which threatened her"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2011778550420873301) 2026-01-15T12:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📣 Exciting #news 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' is officially launched as an #eBook on Amazon #Kindle and Google Play Books making it easier than ever to explore this dramatic and pivotal period. This #book is for everyone who loves #history and wants to understand the interconnected forces that reshaped the world during the long overshadowed 14th century. Find out more and start reading today: https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2011831659390230937) 2026-01-15T16:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"For over two centuries ancient Judea was a restless province of the Roman Empire marked by rebellions shifting loyalties and the tensions between imperial might and local identity. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2876/interview-with-barry-strauss-jews-vs-rome/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2876-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2876/interview-with-barry-strauss-jews-vs-rome/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2876-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2011856525715816615) 2026-01-15T17:42Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 This is a large kneeling statue of Hatshepsut that was found during excavations of her temple at Deir el-Bahri. In this statue Hatshepsut is depicted wearing the nemes headcloth a false beard on her chin and is kneeling with a nemset jar in each hand. The headcloth and false beard was not representative of Hatshepsut trying to be a male it followed traditional depictions of the pharaoh in Egyptian statuary. Interestingly in this statue Hatshepsut is seen kneeling an uncommon pose for a pharaoh since they were considered to be gods on Earth. Here she is depicted kneeling as she makes an"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2011906803433439452) 2026-01-15T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in [--] BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title 'Augustus' by the Roman Senate marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. The era of Augustus' reign was a golden age in every respect. The peace which Augustus restored and kept (the Pax Romana) caused the economy the arts and agriculture to flourish. An ambitious building program was initiated in which Augustus completed the plans made by Julius Caesar and then continued on with his own grand designs. 📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark. 📷 Photo by Andreas Wahra (original) new version by Till Niermann. #Augustus #Rome"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2012148564596580371) 2026-01-16T13:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Eridu (present-day Abu Shahrein Iraq) was considered the first city in the world by the ancient Sumerians and is among the most ancient of the ruins from Mesopotamia. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/eridu/ https://whe.to/ci/1-129-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/eridu/ https://whe.to/ci/1-129-en/"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2012155227558846550) 2026-01-16T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 How much do you know about the 14th century - a long overshadowed age of events that shaped our world The 14th century saw transformation on a global scale through plague war shifting power structures and intellectual ferment. From Asia to Africa Europe to the Americas new centres of influence emerged and long-distance connections intensified forging an increasingly intertwinedyet fracturedglobal landscape. Want to know more Check out our new book 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' - available now in both hardback and ebook"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2012556077645070697) 2026-01-17T16:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"We've got your perfect #Sunday afternoon #reading sorted 📕 Haven't got your copy of 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' yet Start reading the #ebook today: - Amazon Kindle: - Google Play Books: https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-google-play-books https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-kindle https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-google-play-books https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-kindle"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2012978825097847026) 2026-01-18T20:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔴 John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) was a 19th-century American stage actor who assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln on [--] April [----]. Born to a family of famous actors Booth was a rising star on stages across the United States known for his leading roles in William Shakespeare's plays. He sympathized with the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and denounced Lincoln as a tyrant who sought to subjugate the South. After shooting Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. Booth went on the run and eluded authorities for nearly two weeks. He was finally cornered by Federal"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2013236150043844889) 2026-01-19T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"John Wilkes Booth was born on [--] May [----] in a log house on his parents' 150-acre farm near Bel-Air Maryland. He was the ninth of ten children born to Junius Brutus Booth a famous Shakespearean stage actor and his 'wife' Mary Ann Holmes Booth both of whom had moved to the United States from England shortly after eloping in [----]. Named after the radical English politician John Wilkes a distant relative Booth grew into a handsome and athletic if reckless boy often playing pranks on his friends and neighbors. Though he was popular with his classmates at Bel Air Academy he was not a good student"
[X Link](https://x.com/whencyclopedia/status/2013236159342629175) 2026-01-19T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
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"The Julio-Claudians were the first dynasty to rule the Roman Empire. After the death of the dictator-for-life Julius Caesar in [--] BCE his adopted son Octavian - later to become known as Augustus (r. [--] BCE - [--] CE) - fought a https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/"
X Link 2024-04-15T03:28Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Julio-Claudians were the first dynasty to rule the Roman Empire. After the death of the dictator-for-life Julius Caesar in [--] BCE his adopted son Octavian - later to become known as Augustus (r. [--] BCE - [--] CE) - fought a https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/2-1468-en/"
X Link 2024-06-14T20:28Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🦢 The Dunstable Swan Jewel a white swan with a coronet which was the badge of the Bohun family and adopted by Henry Lancaster son of John of Gaunt and grandson of Edward III of England. Gold and enamel c. [----]. Height: [---] cm. British Museum London. 📷 Photo by The British Museum. #Swan #Jewels #England #EdwardIIIOfEngland #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010811794231558223 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010811794231558223"
X Link 2026-01-12T20:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"💤The Sleeping Lady. Temple Period [----] - [----] BCE. This clay figure of a reclining lady was found in one of the pits of the Hypogeum in Hal Saflieni in Malta. It has traces of red ochre paint and is thought to represent a "mother goddess" even though she may equally be a representation of death or eternal sleep. National Museum of Valetta Malta. 📷 Photo by Jan van der Crabben. #Malta #History #AncientHistory #Archaeology https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013356327960035577 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013356327960035577"
X Link 2026-01-19T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1901: Queen Victoria dies shortly after a stroke at her holiday retreat Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901) was one of the most loved of all Britain's monarchs. Her longevity devotion to her role as figurehead of an empire and recovery from the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert won her a unique status as the ever-present symbol of 19th-century Britain an era of tremendous political industrial and social changes. The last of the British Hanoverian monarchs Victoria reigned for [--] years. She weathered the storms of life"
X Link 2026-01-22T14:06Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 A map of the cradles of early civilization. The pathways toward early civilization between c. [-----] and [----] BCE were neither uniform nor linear. In the wake of the last Ice Age climatic change encouraged communities in different parts of the world to experiment independently with cultivation domestication and increasingly settled ways of life. Over long timescales these experiments produced diverse forms of social complexity shaped by local environments and resources rather than a single universal model of development. Across regions such as the Fertile Crescent the Nile Valley the Indus"
X Link 2026-01-25T13:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"✊🏽 It began with a bet in [----] and would end in a burning in [----] but for the [---] African men women and children who had been illegally smuggled into the United States aboard the Clotilda the flames that engulfed it were only the beginning of their new lives as slaves. The story of the schooner Clotilda the last ship to transport slaves from Africa to North America is a microcosm of the epic tragedy of slavery in the United States illustrating how fiercely Southern slaveowners struggled to keep the institution alive before finally plunging the nation into civil war. The United States had"
X Link 2026-01-27T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"However as journalist and scholar Ben Raines notes "the heroes of this story are the enslaved Africans who survived slaughter and bondage to build the first autonomous African American community in America" (xiv). The survivors of the Clotilda established Africatown Alabama shortly after the American Civil War and their descendants still proudly live there today. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016135132227174462 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016135132227174462"
X Link 2026-01-27T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🎭 A section of the seating in the Roman amphitheatre of ancient Tarraco (Tarragona Spain). 2nd century CE. 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Amphitheatre #Tarraco #Tarragona #Spain #HistoricalSite #History #Architecture"
X Link 2026-01-27T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"According to ancient Mesopotamian belief humans were created as co-laborers with their gods to hold off the forces of chaos and to keep the world running smoothly. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamian_Religion/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamian_Religion/"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🌊 The [----] mutiny on the Bounty is an infamous tale of sailors being lured by the easy charms of the South Seas into casting adrift their commander and living out their days as fugitives from the Royal Navy. 'Captain' Bligh victim of the mutiny led by master's mate Fletcher Christian is traditionally cast as a harsh disciplinarian who only got what was coming to him. As so often with tales which have captured the imagination through countless books and films the true events are rather more complex. The only clear facts are that Bligh was exonerated for the mutiny some of the mutineers were"
X Link 2026-01-04T13:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚡ A detail of the Artemesium bronze believed to represent Zeus (or Poseidon) [---] BCE. (National Archaeological Museum Athens). 📷 Photo by Robert H.Consoli. #Zeus #Poseidon #Mythology #GreekMythology #Sculpture #ArtemesiumBronze #History #AncientHistory"
X Link 2026-01-29T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔉 WHE's Jan van der Crabben sits down with Eric Stano from Magic EdTech @magicedtech to discuss AI history and the fight for source truth. Jan shares how the encyclopedia was built around a simple idea: history is a web of connections not isolated timelines. He explains why history education is uniquely powerful for teaching source evaluation and why AI in education needs guardrails citations and context-aware design. ➡ Listen to the podcast episode here: #Podcast #AI #History #DigitalLearning #Education #Teaching #Educational #Technology #MagicEdTech"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏛 The so-called Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek (modern-day Lebanon). Recently redated to the 3rd century CE it may have been used for the imperial cult in addition to the veneration of other gods such as Bacchus and Venus. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. #Baalbek #TempleOfBacchus #Lebanon #History #Temple #Architecture #HistoricalSite https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018376909248237765 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018376909248237765"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔵 On this day in 1789: George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. George Washington (1732-1799) was an American military officer and statesman who led the Continental Army to victory during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and served as the first president of the United States (1789-1797). Often regarded as the 'Father of His Country' Washington remains one of the most revered and iconic figures in US history. 🖼 Portrait by Charles Willson Peale. #GeorgeWashington #America #AmericanHistory #USA #President"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about George Washington here: https://www.worldhistory.org/George_Washington/ https://www.worldhistory.org/George_Washington/"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ See more here: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21542/the-seven-sacks-of-rome/ https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21542/the-seven-sacks-of-rome/"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏹 The ancient Olympic Games were a sporting event held every four years at the sacred site of Olympia in the western Peloponnese in honour of Zeus the supreme god of the Greek religion. The games held from [---] BCE to [---] CE involved participants and spectators from all over Greece and even beyond. The Olympic Games were the most important cultural event in ancient Greece and they ran for [---] consecutive Olympiads. So important were the Games in the ancient world that they were even used as a basis for the calendar. 📝 Article and photos by Mark Cartwright. #Olympics #OlympicGames"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📚This #statue by Arnolfo di Cambio depicts Pope Boniface VIII (served 1294-1303 CE). Pope Boniface VIII issued The Unam Sanctam (1302) a papal bull requiring the complete submission of all people including #kings to the authority and dictates of the pope. As the #Church was understood as holding the keys to #heaven and hell and the pope was head of the Church failure to comply threatened salvation. Interested in the church in the 14th century Read more in our new #book - available now in print or as an ebook: Image by Sailko https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"A sculpture of Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga is a character from Slavic folklore who was said to be an evil spirit taking the form of an old woman. She was often portrayed as a caricaturally ugly person with a hooked nose and wrinkled face. The sculpture was made in [----]. http://worldhistory.org/image/14527/a-sculpture-of-baba-yaga/ http://worldhistory.org/image/14527/a-sculpture-of-baba-yaga/"
X Link 2024-10-30T14:24Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February [----] was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Yalta_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25266-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Yalta_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25266-en/"
X Link 2025-10-22T21:17Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📖 Thank you to our Ink of Ages judges 🌟 While we're working on the final round of Ink of Ages [----] we want to share our appreciation for the judges who've generously shared their time energy and expertise with us sometimes during their Christmas holidays and many for three years in a row #InkOfAges #Books #Writing #Authors #HistoryBooks #HistoricalFiction #History #GoodReads https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019019120847544554 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019019120847544554"
X Link 2026-02-04T12:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ An infographic of the seven times the city of Rome was sacked. Across more than [----] years (390 BCE1527 CE) the sacks of Rome reveal not a single moment of collapse but a recurring pattern of vulnerability shaped by shifting political systems military power and imperial overstretch. From the Republican era through the Western and Eastern Roman Empires and into the early modern period Romes fortunes rose and fell with the structures meant to protect it. Early sacks occurred when Rome was still a dominant Mediterranean power; later ones reflected fragmentation civil war demographic decline"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ This illustration depicts the main types of gladiators in ancient Rome professional fighters who became central to the bloody spectacles of the amphitheater. Drawn from diverse backgrounds: slaves prisoners of war criminals and even freeborn volunteers seeking fame or fortune gladiators trained in specialized schools to master weapons tactics and endurance. They were classified into distinctive types such as the Thraex Murmillo Samnite Retiarius among others each with equipment and fighting styles inspired by Romes conquered peoples and adapted to create dramatic contrasts in the arena. The"
X Link 2025-12-05T19:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ See more here: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21556/timeline-of-the-hellenic-world-c-3000-30-bce/ https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21556/timeline-of-the-hellenic-world-c-3000-30-bce/"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"❤ Happy Valentine's Day 💖 A detail from the throne of Tutankhamun which shows the pharaoh with his wife Ankhsenamun on the right. c. [----] BCE. National Museum Cairo. Photo by Pataki Mrta. 💞 Painted limestone statue of an unnamed man and his wife. Both sit on a high-backed chair and wear elaborate layered wigs. There are no hieroglyphic inscriptions on the statue. It was found inside a tomb chapel at Thebes Egypt. 18th Dynasty [--------] BCE (The British Museum London). Photo by Osama S.M. Amin. ❤ On this Sumerian relief the marriage of the goddess Inanna and the Sumerian King Dumuzi is"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:35Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💞 A marble statue of Cupid (Eros) and Psyche. From the Aventine Rome. Copy of a 2nd-century BCE Greek original. (Capitoline Museums Rome). Photo by Mark Cartwright. 💖 Amorous couple from central India Chandella Dynasty 11th century CE. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg Zurich Switzerland. Photo by Jan van der Crabben. 💞 This sculpture of a joined male and female couple dates from [---] BCE-250 CE. It is a polychrome ceramic and comes from Nayarit Mexico. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University Stanford California). Photo by James Blake Wiener. ❤ The painted"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:35Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🥏The Diskobolos or Discus Thrower 2nd century CE. Roman copy of a 450-440 BCE Greek bronze by Myron recovered from Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli Italy. (British Museum London). 📷 Photo by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Portland Art Museum). #Sculpture #Diskobolos #Roman #DiscusThrower #Olympics #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020181640740213194 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020181640740213194"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"📚 One of the most important #gods in #Mesoamerica Quetzalcatl was the god of winds and rain and the creator of the world and #humanity. He was considered the patron god of priests and merchants as well as the god of learning #science agriculture crafts and the arts. Want to know more Check out our new #book - now available as an ebook too https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📕 A Byzantine book cover with an ivory icon of the crucifixion. Gilded silver with crystal glass and sapphire cabochons. Constantinople 11th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. 📷 Photo by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. #Byzantine #Book #Byzantium #History #Art https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014435689425682541 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014435689425682541"
X Link 2026-01-22T20:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 Bronze head from an over-life-sized statue of Augustus found in the ancient Nubian site of Mero in Sudan [--] - [--] BCE. On display in the British Museum London. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. #Augustus #Statue #History #Rome #AncientHistory #Sudan"
X Link 2026-01-26T20:31Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Valentine's Day: The Shocking Truth Behind the Romance Before Cupid chocolates and red roses there were animal sacrifices wolves and couples chosen by lot. It has also been claimed that the Roman festival of the Lupercalia was the origin for modern-day Valentine's Day. Lupercalia was thrown in honor of both the fertility god Luperca and the she-wolf Lupus who nurtured the founders of Rome Romulus and Remus. The Luperci who were Roman priests would sacrifice a dog for purification and a goat for fertility at the beginning of the festival at the sacred cave where it was believed that Romulus"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"❄ A Roman marble reclining figure representing Winter. The five cupids are hunting and fishing. 2nd century CE although the head is a later replacement. (Vatican Museums Rome). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Winter #WinterSolstice #Rome #Roman #History #Sculpture"
X Link 2025-12-21T17:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🌙 A 3rd-century CE mosaic from Tusculum a major ancient Roman city in the Latium region of Italy. Athena (Minerva) goddess of war can be seen (middle) with the phases of the moon surrounding her. This mosaic is held in the Greek Cross Room Vatican Museums Rome Italy. 📷 Photo by Mze Biletleri. #Athena #Minerva #Mosaic #Art #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009975230517702819 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009975230517702819"
X Link 2026-01-10T13:06Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏈🥣 In honour of the Super Bowl here are some 'super bowls' from history. 😉 🥣 Over [---] bronze bowls were found in a palace at the city of Nimrud. These bowls were made in Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanese and Syrian coasts) and were brought to Nimrud as tribute or booty by one of the kings who campaigned in the west. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud Northern Mesopotamia modern-day Iraq. (British Museum London). Photo by Osama S.M. Amin. 🥣 A Roman glass bowl or cup with moulded ribs. From the western cemetery of Aosta northern Italy. Mid-1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum Aosta)."
X Link 2026-02-08T21:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🥣 Bowl with Bean and Architectural Motifs [---] BCE / [---] CE. Nazca; south coast Peru. The Art Institute of Chicago Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. Photo by The Art Institute of Chicago. 🥣 Gold bowl depicting Dionysus from Gandhara c. 2nd century BCE. Islamabad Museum Pakistan. Photo by Malyka. 🥣 Bold designs on early Nazca vessels naturalistic and representational featuring motifs from land sea and air. Plants and animals are abundantly illustrated most often on bottles and bowls. Figures are painted with simple outlines containing large areas of color. From Nazca Peru circa [---] CE. (National"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ The bronze Greek sculptures known as the Riace Bronzes or the Riace Warriors c. 460-450 BCE. The statues were rescued from the Ionian Sea near Riace Marina Italy in [----] CE. The bronze figures are around [--] metres tall. (National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria Italy). 📷 Photo by Alexander van Loon. #RiaceBronzes #Sculpture #History #AncientHistory #MaritimeArchaeology https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020966548035305963 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020966548035305963"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📜 Aerial view of the pyramids at Meroe Republic of Sudan. Taken in [----]. Meroe is the most extensive archaeological site in the Republic of Sudan and the ruins of the pyramids palaces and official buildings stand silent where the populous city once thrived. 📷 Photo by B N Chagny. #Meroe #Sudan #Pyramids #BlackHistoryMonth #NorthAfrica #History #HistoricalSite https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022053751314407876 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022053751314407876"
X Link 2026-02-12T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Second Battle of the Marne was in many respects the long-awaited turning point of the First World War. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2899/second-battle-of-the-marne/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2899/second-battle-of-the-marne/"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🏺 The Hellenic world (c. 3000-30 BCE) refers to the long and uneven development of Greek-speaking societies from early Bronze Age communities to a vast cultural sphere spanning the eastern Mediterranean and Near East. Rather than a single state or continuous empire the Hellenic world emerged through shared language religious practices artistic forms and political ideas that evolved over nearly three millennia. Early maritime networks palace-centered economies and regional cultures laid the foundations for later social complexity while periods of collapse and recovery reshaped settlement"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💖 Greek grave stele depicting a couple greeting each other affectionately taking one hand in the other. This grave stele came from the Kerameikos in Athens and is dated to the 5th Century BCE. It is now housed in the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Photo by the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 💞 Wooden figurine depicting an Egyptian couple (c. 1350-1300 BCE): Sementaoy servant of the king and his wife Rouiay singer of Amon. Louvre Museum Paris. Photo by Jan van der Crabben. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022650990785167701 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022650990785167701"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:35Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The #Pantheon (Latin: pantheum) is the best-preserved building from #ancient #Rome and was completed in c. [---] CE in the reign of Hadrian. https://www.ancient.eu/Pantheon/ https://www.ancient.eu/Pantheon/"
X Link 2018-06-12T02:00Z 430.1K followers, [---] engagements
"An #acropolis is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. The name derives from the Greek Akro high or extreme/extremity or edge and Polis city translated as 'High City 'City on the Edge or 'City in the Air. #History https://www.ancient.eu/Acropolis/ https://www.ancient.eu/Acropolis/"
X Link 2018-09-29T18:00Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Homer's Odyssey is an epic poem written in the 8th century BCE which describes the long voyage home of the Greek hero Odysseus. http://ancient.eu/Odyssey/ http://ancient.eu/Odyssey/"
X Link 2020-12-03T01:30Z 430.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Today in #history: Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint Emperors of Rome after the death of Antoninus Pius. (161 CE) #OnThisDay"
X Link 2021-03-07T13:27Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Ereshkigal (also known as Irkalla and Allatu) is the Mesopotamian Queen of the Dead who rules the underworld. Her name translates as 'Queen of the Great Below' or 'Lady of the Great Place.' http://worldhistory.org/Ereshkigal/ http://worldhistory.org/Ereshkigal/"
X Link 2021-05-04T02:00Z 430K followers, [---] engagements
"Spartan women had more rights and enjoyed greater autonomy than women in any other Greek city-state of the Classical Period (5th-4th centuries BCE). http://worldhistory.org/article/123/spartan-women/ http://worldhistory.org/article/123/spartan-women/"
X Link 2021-07-07T02:00Z 419.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Artemis Goddess of the Hunt known as the "Diana of Versailles" as exhibited in the Louvre Museum Paris France. 2nd century CE copied from a Greek original dating to [---] BCE. http://worldhistory.org/image/10157/artemis-goddess-of-the-hunt/ http://worldhistory.org/image/10157/artemis-goddess-of-the-hunt/"
X Link 2021-07-27T18:30Z 424K followers, [---] engagements
"Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated later with Isis and earlier with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. http://worldhistory.org/Hathor/ http://worldhistory.org/Hathor/"
X Link 2021-08-29T08:30Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"It is a breathtaking flight with dramatic sweeps over fertile valleys and blue pine forests. #History #Bhutan #Gho #Himalayas https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1348/bhutan-land-of-the-thunder-dragon/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1348/bhutan-land-of-the-thunder-dragon/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia"
X Link 2023-07-20T13:11Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Silk is a fabric first produced in Neolithic China from the filaments of the cocoon of the silk worm. #History #SilkRoad #Silk https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia"
X Link 2023-08-09T06:07Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"Viking warfare along with its key component of raiding is inextricably connected with the expansion of Scandinavian influence along the North Atlantic and into the Mediterranean in the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) where the https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/1-17050-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/ci/1-17050-en/"
X Link 2024-04-25T13:28Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The English Civil Wars (1642-1651) were caused by a monumental clash of ideas between King Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) and his parliament. #History #OliverCromwell #EnglishCivilWars https://whe.to/ci/2-1939-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-1939-en/"
X Link 2024-08-10T11:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Amaterasu Omikami ('the Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven') is the sun goddess and most important deity of the Shinto religion. Amaterasu is the ruler of Takama no Hara (the High Celestial Plain) the domain of the kami or https://whe.to/ci/1-11635-en/ https://whe.to/ci/1-11635-en/"
X Link 2024-10-06T06:28Z 430.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies. (1791 CE). #OnThisDay 🎶 Regarded as one of or perhaps the greatest natural musical talent ever Mozart died penniless aged [--] and was buried in an unmarked grave. ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart/ http://worldhistory.org/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart/"
X Link 2024-12-05T15:45Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Geronimo (Goyahkla l. c. 1829-1909) was a medicine man and war chief of the Bedonkohe tribe of the Chiricahua Apache nation best known for his resistance against the encroachment of Mexican and Euro-American. #History #Geronimo #Apache #ApacheWars https://whe.to/ci/1-23956-en/ https://whe.to/ci/1-23956-en/"
X Link 2025-01-27T20:49Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This map illustrates the Silk Road in the late 8th century a vital network of. #SilkRoad #Silk #Chang'an #AbbasidDynasty #Abbasid #Baghdad #Changan #EconomicHistory #Eurasia #Spice #Tang #TibetanEmpire #Trade #TradeNetwork #Uyghur #History"
X Link 2025-02-06T07:02Z 428K followers, 14.6K engagements
"The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral. #History #Thoth #Set(EgyptianGod) #Qebhet #Osiris #Nephthys #Neith #Ma'at #Isis #Horus #Heka #Hathor #EgyptianReligion #EgyptianMythology #Egypt #Bes #Bastet #Apophis #Apis #Anubis #Amun https://whe.to/ci/2-885-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-885-en/"
X Link 2025-02-11T12:02Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
"According to Christian tradition the Twelve Apostles. #RomanEmpire #Religion #NewTestament #JudasIscariot #JesusChrist #Christianity #Bible #Apostle #Didymes #Evangelist #John #Matthew #Peter #SaintAndrew #SimonTheZealot #TwelveApostles #History"
X Link 2025-02-12T07:25Z 431.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. (1689). #OnThisDay ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Mary_II_of_England/ http://worldhistory.org/William_III_of_England/ http://worldhistory.org/Mary_II_of_England/ http://worldhistory.org/William_III_of_England/"
X Link 2025-02-13T18:00Z 431.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Happy #ValentinesDay ❤ Limestone statue of Pashedu and his wife Ruiu: the two figures are seated on a high-backed chair each with one arm resting on the far shoulder of the other. The monument is in an excellent state of preservation. Much of the original paint is still visible: black on the wigs and red on the bodies fringes of garments and border lines of the front inscription. 18th Dynasty Egypt. British Museum London. http://worldhistory.org/image/6451/egyptian-couple/ http://worldhistory.org/image/6451/egyptian-couple/"
X Link 2025-02-14T12:15Z 431.5K followers, 12.4K engagements
"In [----] CE Europeans had a limited but expanding awareness of the wider world shaped by trade exploration and religious contacts. #Vinland #Vikings #SilkRoad #Cleisthenes #Discoveries #Exploration #Trade #WorldMap #History"
X Link 2025-02-17T07:14Z 431.5K followers, 17.9K engagements
"Chart the course of history through the ages with this collection of oversize foldout charts and timelines. Timeline of World History is a unique work of visual reference from the founders of the Useful Charts website that puts the world's kingdoms empires and civilizations in context with one another. A giant wall chart shows the timelines and key events for each region of the world and four additional foldout charts display the history of the Americas Europe Asia and the Pacific and Africa and the Middle East. #Books #History http://www.worldhistory.org/books/1645174174/"
X Link 2025-02-17T11:49Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: Michelangelo dies in Rome. (1564 CE). #OnThisDay 🎨 He is considered one of the greatest and most influential of all Renaissance figures. His most celebrated works from a breathtaking portfolio of masterpieces include the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and the giant marble statue of David which resides in the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence. ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Michelangelo/ http://worldhistory.org/Michelangelo/"
X Link 2025-02-18T19:40Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Today in #history: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Japanese shgun dies. (1709 CE). #OnThisDay ⚔ He has often been ridiculed as the 'dog shogun' because of the laws he enacted to protect the lives of animals. Economically however the period of his rule was one of prosperity and culturally it was one of the most brilliant in Japanese history. ➡ Read more: http://worldhistory.org/Tokugawa_Tsunayoshi/ http://worldhistory.org/Tokugawa_Tsunayoshi/"
X Link 2025-02-19T15:21Z 431.5K followers, [----] engagements
""Jamaican Art: Then and Now" co-authored by Petrine Archer-Straw and Kim Robinson is a compressive exploration of Jamaicas rich artistic heritage. #History #ArtHistory #Caribbean #Jamaica #JamaicanArt https://whe.to/ci/8-504-en/ https://whe.to/ci/8-504-en/"
X Link 2025-02-24T16:53Z 431.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) leader of Nazi Germany attacked the USSR on [--] June [----] with the largest army ever assembled. #History #AdolfHitler #EasternFront #JosephStalin #SecondWorldWar #WWII https://whe.to/ci/1-24188-en/ https://whe.to/ci/1-24188-en/"
X Link 2025-03-14T16:53Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Built on the ruins of a #Phoenician village called Straton's Tower the city of Caesarea Maritima and its harbor worked jointly to further #Rome's economic and military presence in the region. What is remarkable about the city is its intelligent infrastructure and what it tells us about the aims of Romans. The city temple honouring #JuliusCaesar and the god #Juno was angled specifically to face the harbor and incoming ships thus declaring that the activities of the port were blessed by the gods. The ancient historian #Josephus describes subterranean vaults located near street intersections for"
X Link 2025-05-10T13:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The time of Caesarea's construction represents the zenith and full extent of Rome's military and commercial presence to that point. With #Europe #Anatolia and Northwest #Africa subdued then with the conquest of #Syria and #Phoenicia and finally #Egypt the Mediterranean Sea indeed became Mare Nostrum ("our lake") to the Romans. Caesarea Maritima represented the height of both #AncientRoman engineering and ambition. (3/3) 📷Image credits: Ron Gafni Carole Raddato and DerHexer"
X Link 2025-05-10T13:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This infographic illustrates the five #classical orders of #architectureDoric Ionic Corinthian Tuscan and Compositeas developed in ancient #Greece and #Rome. These column styles each with distinct proportions and decorative features became foundational design systems that continue to shape architectural aesthetics from #antiquity through the #Renaissance and into modern #Neoclassicism. The Doric order is the oldest and most robust marked by sturdy proportions and minimal ornamentation. The Ionic order introduces elegance and scroll-like volutes while the Corinthian showcases elaborate"
X Link 2025-05-22T16:02Z 419.8K followers, 13.5K engagements
"#OnThisDay in [----] the Allied attack on German-occupied #WesternEurope otherwise known as D-Day began. By the end of #DDay [------] men had been landed with relatively few casualties sustained some [----] men. A group of primarily US British and Canadian troops (along with naval and air support) stormed #Normandy an event that has since gone down as a turning point in world history.🧵 📝Read the article by Mark Cartwright here: https://www.worldhistory.org/D-Day/ https://www.worldhistory.org/D-Day/"
X Link 2025-06-06T18:45Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The #Barcid #Dynasty a powerful Carthaginian family that shaped Carthages military and political strategy during the third century BCE. Active from circa [---] to [---] BCE the Barcids played a central role in Carthages expansion into Iberia and its confrontation with #Rome during the First and Second #PunicWars. The dynastys founder Hamilcar Barca (circa [---] - [---] BCE) distinguished himself during the later stages of the First Punic War and laid the foundation for #Carthaginian power in Hispania. His sons Hannibal (circa [---] - [---] BCE) Hasdrubal Barca (circa [---] - [---] BCE) and Mago Barca (circa"
X Link 2025-06-16T16:45Z 419.8K followers, 11.4K engagements
"This #map illustrates the journey home of the Achaean warrior-king #Odysseus after the #Trojan #war. His #travel from #Troy to Ithaca (and his wife Penelope) took innumerable twists and turns and lasted ten years. Ever since Homer's Odyssey was written about [---] BCE (and undoubtedly long before that) people have been trying to plot the #hero's trek on the #Mediterranean map. And for as long other people have considered this an utterly futile exercise. As far as we know - in [----] Abraham Ortelius became the first cartographer to set Odysseus' travels on a map. Many trials later (including the"
X Link 2025-07-18T16:03Z 429.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🧔🏽♂ Today is World Beard Day 🧔🏽 Bust of Septimius Severus (reign [------] CE). White fine-grained marble modern restorations (nose parts of the beard draped bust). Glyptothek Munich. Photo by Bibi Saint-Pol. 🧔🏽♂ This alabaster bas-relief shows a head of a bearded man. The fragment was part of a larger relief which depicts a procession of tribute bearers. The man's turban and his hair style and beard suggest that the man came from the western part of the Assyrian empire probably from modern-day Syrian coast or Turkey. From the palace of King Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (modern-day Khorsabad"
X Link 2025-09-06T13:31Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🧔🏽♂ Bronze head of an Akkadian ruler probably Sargon the Great c. 23rd - 22nd century BCE. Photo by Sumerophile. 🧔🏽 A marble bust of Roman emperor Macrinus r. 217-218 CE. (The Vatican Museums Rome). Photo by Mark Cartwright. 🧔🏽♂ Sargon II (r. 722-705 BCE) one of the most important kings of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and founder of the Sargonid Dynasty with a dignitary on a low-relief from the left wall of the palace of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria now Khorsabad in Iraq c. 716-713 BCE. Photo by Jastrow"
X Link 2025-09-06T13:31Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🧔🏽♂ A marble bust of Roman emperor Commodus r. 180-192 CE. (The Vatican Museums Rome). Photo by Mark Cartwright. 🧔🏽 Marble bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius in a fringed cloak. One of a series of imperial busts from the residence of Jason Magnus a prominent citizen of Cyrene. Roman about 160-170 CE. From Cyrene North Africa. (The British Museum London). Photo by Osama S.M. Amin"
X Link 2025-09-06T13:31Z 430.1K followers, [----] engagements
"🏴☠ Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay #Pirates #History #Historical #Piracy"
X Link 2025-09-19T14:31Z 428.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 Pisistratus (circa 600-527 BCE) or Peisistratus was an ancient Greek tyrant who ruled the city-state of Athens. Initially a student of the lawgiver and political philosopher Solon Pisistratus presented himself as the champion of the poor disenfranchised masses of Athens and used their support to seize power in [---] BCE. Though he was ousted from the city five years later he was twice reinstated and came to power for the third and final time in [---] BCE. He ruled as a tyrant which in the ancient Greek context did not necessarily carry the negative connotation it has today but merely referred"
X Link 2025-09-26T12:03Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"👨🏽⚖ Eustathios Rhomaios was a prominent Byzantine judge and jurist during the late-10th and early-to mid-11th century. He studied Roman Law and began his career under Basil II (reign [---] to 1025) and became the chief judge during the mid-1020s. His legal decisions collected and compiled into a document called the Peira ('Experience') by a younger colleague of his were not only celebrated during his own lifetime but also hailed in later ages as 'the most elegant and valued.' Rhomaios was not the subject of any historical writings but he did leave an impressive career record and a unique"
X Link 2025-10-09T12:02Z 422.1K followers, [----] engagements
"⚔ The RomanParthian conflict (53 BCE217 CE) was a centuries-long struggle for dominance in Western Asia between the Roman Republic later Empire and the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. It began with Romes eastward expansion and Parthias determination to defend its independence producing repeated wars without decisive supremacy. The conflict opened with Crassus crushing defeat at Carrhae in [--] BCE which proved Parthias military strength. Rome responded at Cyrrhestica in [--] BCE and achieved a symbolic propaganda victory in [--] BCE when Augustus recovered the legionary standards lost at Carrhae. Yet"
X Link 2025-10-12T13:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The United States remained neutral in the first three years of the First World War (1914-18) but did finally join the conflict at the end of [----] following the threat of unrestricted submarine warfare on US merchant shipping and a secret telegram which. http. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2823/us-involvement-in-wwi/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2823/us-involvement-in-wwi/"
X Link 2025-10-15T16:42Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The Battle of San Jacinto (21 April 1836) was the decisive engagement of the Texas Revolution in which General Sam Houston (1793-1863) defeated the Mexican Army under President and General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna (1794-1876) in [--] minutes. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_San_Jacinto/ https://whe.to/c https://whe.to/c https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_San_Jacinto/ https://whe.to/c https://whe.to/c"
X Link 2025-10-17T12:29Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was an #American lawyer and #statesman one of the key #political figures of the #Antebellum Era. Initially a nationalist Calhoun spent his early career trying to strengthen and modernise the federal #government but by the 1830s he had become a strong advocate for states' rights and slavery leading South Carolina into the Nullification #Crisis (1832-33). Calhoun served as vice #president under two different presidents and spent decades in #Congress where he became recognised as part of the 'Great Triumvirate' of influential US congressmen alongside Henry Clay"
X Link 2025-10-18T10:02Z 430.1K followers, [----] engagements
"🌸 #Aztec stories tell of their long journey over generations to the site of Tenochtitlan led by their tutelary and supreme god Huitzilopochtli ("Wee-tzeel-o-POCH-tlee") whose name means something like "#hummingbird of the south" "hummingbird on the left" or "left-footed like a hummingbird" in Nahuatl. In the minds of the #Aztecs left-handedness was #special and admirable and taken with the ferocity and grace of a hummingbird Huitzilopochtli's name spoke to the formidable #nature of the god. One of the #legendary leaders of the Aztec #civilization before their arrival at Tenochtitlan was"
X Link 2025-10-20T10:02Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) in the Balkans in the summer of [----] set off a chain of events that led to the First World War (1914-18). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2814/assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2814-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2814/assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2814-en/"
X Link 2025-10-20T12:29Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"Sat faced towards the #Nile these ancient #Egyptian structures hold a special link to the myths of the #TrojanWar and the story of #Achilles famously depicted in #Homer's #Iliad. The #ColossiofMemnon are two monumental 60ft statues representing Amenhotep III of the 18th dynasty of #AncientEgypt showing him as a seated king on a throne ornamented with imagery of his mother his wife the god Hapy and other symbolic engravings. Constructed as guardians for the pharaoh's mortuary complex they are some of the only remaining elements of the original structure. Their name comes from Memnon the king"
X Link 2025-10-20T15:04Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 This map illustrates the early global migrations of Homo sapiensour species remarkable journey from Africa to every inhabitable continent. Tracing movements that began over hundreds of thousands of years ago it highlights how small bands of early humans ventured out of eastern Africa and gradually spread across the globe. These migrations unfolded in waves shaped by shifting climates coastlines and ecosystems. As Homo sapiens encountered new environments they adapted with ingenuitydeveloping tools social structures and symbolic expression. Along the way they also coexisted and occasionally"
X Link 2025-10-23T13:31Z 429.5K followers, 30.9K engagements
"The Battle of Bentonville (19-21 March 1865) was among the last major battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2819/battle-of-bentonville/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2819-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2819/battle-of-bentonville/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2819-en/"
X Link 2025-10-23T21:17Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"From [---] until sometime in the 1400s Greenland was the farthest most isolated outpost of medieval Scandinavian society. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2825-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2825-en/"
X Link 2025-10-24T12:29Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Sherman's March to the Sea (15 November to [--] December 1864) was a significant military campaign in the American Civil War (1861-1865). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25327-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25327-en/"
X Link 2025-10-24T16:42Z 429.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Legend of Ticonderoga is among the most famous ghost stories of the last [---] years and remains a favorite among folklorists and especially around Halloween storytellers at seasonal events. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2815/the-legend-of-ticonderoga/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2815-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2815/the-legend-of-ticonderoga/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2815-en/"
X Link 2025-10-24T21:17Z 430.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Owain Gwynedd (c. 1100-1170) also known as Owain ap Gruffudd was a Welsh leader and ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd best known for his resistance against Henry II of England (reign 1154-1189). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Owain_Gwynedd/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25386-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Owain_Gwynedd/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25386-en/"
X Link 2025-10-25T16:42Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Set on the North African coast Tunisia is home to some of the finest Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2811/treasures-of-roman-tunisia/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2811-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2811/treasures-of-roman-tunisia/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2811-en/"
X Link 2025-10-27T12:29Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🟢 From [---] until sometime in the 1400s Greenland was the farthest most isolated outpost of medieval Scandinavian society. For nearly [---] years the Norse Greenlanders built churches kept livestock and wore the same clothes as their contemporaries in faraway Europe. Then for reasons that are still debated today they vanished. The disappearance of the Norse Greenlanders apparently without anyone noticing remains one of history's most tantalizing mysteries. 📝 Article by Brandon M. Bender. 📷 Photos by Brandon M. Bender Number [--] claire rowland and Algkalv. #Greenland #Vikings #VikingAge"
X Link 2025-10-27T12:43Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"Scandinavian explorers led by Erik the Red settled Greenland in the late 10th century and their descendants flourished there for hundreds of years as farmers and hunters. The largest community of Viking Age Greenland known as the Eastern Settlement was in the extreme southwest and consisted of about [---] farms. At its peak it even boasted its own bishop and cathedral. Hundreds of kilometers north was the smaller more marginal Western Settlement near present-day Nuuk. The Western Settlement consisted of about [--] scattered farmsteads but was closer to Disko Bay where the Norse obtained walrus"
X Link 2025-10-27T12:43Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about the Disappearance of Norse Greenland here: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2825/the-disappearance-of-norse-greenland/"
X Link 2025-10-27T12:43Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"📢 WHE is proud to announce our new partnership with Pangram Labs @pangramlabs In [----] we updated our Editorial Policy to address the use of AI: In accordance with our AI Policy all article submissions must be written by humans; we do not accept AI-generated or AI-assisted writing. As AI-based tools are developed and improved over time identifying content written by or with AI has become increasingly difficult. This is why we are happy to announce that we are partnering with Pangram Labs the leading AI detector tool to use their technology to assess the content we receive. Pangrams AI text"
X Link 2025-10-27T21:02Z 429.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👻 Lamia is a female or a hermaphroditic demon found in Greek mythology who devoured children and seduced men. She appears in literature as early as the 6th century BCE and is said to be fearsome to look upon with an ugly face the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a serpent. Her name derives from the Greek laimos ("gullet") and lamyros ("gluttonous") which perfectly describes her thirst for blood and hunger for human flesh. In later classical times she became an early prototype of the vampire seducing men with her beautiful looks and then drinking their blood. Over the years she"
X Link 2025-10-27T23:02Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"Lamia's beauty unsurprisingly caught the attention of Zeus who seduced her and they had several children together. However Hera was angered by her husband's infidelity and killed all of their children except for one Scylla. In other sources Hera cruelly made Lamia kill her own children. Driven mad by her grief Lamia set out to kill other children in a twisted form of revenge. Her outer beauty soon reflected her hatred and anger and she transformed from a beautiful woman into a demonic-looking creature. In a desperate attempt to appease her Zeus gave her the gift of prophecy and the bizarre"
X Link 2025-10-27T23:02Z 430K followers, [----] engagements
"King Williams War (1688-1697) was the first of four major colonial conflicts fought between England France and their respective Native American allies in the 17th and 18th centuries. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/King_William's_War/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25412-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/King_William's_War/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25412-en/"
X Link 2025-10-28T21:17Z 429.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👺 A terracotta mask from Tharros 6th-5th century BCE. These masks were used to ward off evil spirits in Carthaginian culture and are commonly found in Punic tombs. Photo by Carole Raddato. 👹 A bronze figurine of Pazuzu the Assyrian/Babylonian demonic god. 1800-800 BCE. Photo by Museopedia. 👻 Ivory figure of a griffin-headed demon from Altntepe an Urartian fortress and temple located in eastern Anatolia 8-7th BCE. Museum of Anatolian Civilisation Ankara. Photo by Carole Raddato. 👺 A figurine representing a Japanese tengu a form of forest demon Edo Period (17th-18th century) Private"
X Link 2025-10-29T12:15Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"'Relics of War' authored by Jennifer Raab is a fascinating and at the same time poignant book studying the American Civil War through the lens of one photograph. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/535/relics-of-war-the-history-of-a-photograph/ https://whe.to/ci/8-535-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/535/relics-of-war-the-history-of-a-photograph/ https://whe.to/ci/8-535-en/"
X Link 2025-10-29T12:29Z 429.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🎃 Samhain (pronounced SOW-in or SAH-win) was a festival celebrated by the ancient Celts halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. It began at dusk around October 31st and likely lasted three days. Samhain marked the transition between the year's lighter and darker halves and was celebrated throughout the ancient Celtic communities of Europe including Ireland Wales and Scotland. Believed by the ancient Celts to be a liminal time when the veil between the human and spirit realms is lifted Samhain is considered by many to be the precursor to contemporary Halloween"
X Link 2025-10-30T13:14Z 429.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The modern day concept of a ghost is familiar to many thanks to many folktales and popular horror movies. But in the Early #MiddleAges (c.476CE-1000CE) there was no consensus on the meaning of ghostly appearances since following the biblical injunction to "test all spirits" it was usually thought that such an apparition was a demon. As the Church began to emphasize the reality of purgatory however the concept of the ghost-as-soul-in-purgatory gained more ground. In the Early Middle Ages the #Church distanced itself from the concept of ghosts as understood by pagan Rome as the disembodied"
X Link 2025-10-30T23:02Z 429.5K followers, [----] engagements
"👻 The Alamo in #Texas is said to be #haunted by the spirits of the men who fell at the Battle of the Alamo on [--] March [----]. The nearby hotels are also reported to be bristling with all kinds of #paranormal activity. The stories of the Alamo #Ghosts have become part of the site's lore as well as a draw for some who visit primarily in hopes of seeing a #ghost. Learn more about the ghost stories of the Alamo here: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2824/ghosts-of-the-alamo/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2824/ghosts-of-the-alamo/"
X Link 2025-11-01T13:03Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"💀 The Day of the Dead known in Spanish as Da de los Muertos is a holiday that celebrates life and honors the dead through traditions food decorations and activities intended to sustain the connections between the living and the dead. The Day of the Dead originated in Mexico and is celebrated around the world beginning on the last days of October and concluding in early November contrary to the singular "day" implied by its name. While some recognize this celebration as a time of playful skeletons colorful papel picados ("perforated paper") and candlelit graveyards it has been observed in"
X Link 2025-11-02T14:16Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"An infographic showing the #Military #Crusader Orders which emerged as unique institutions blending monastic devotion with martial duty. Founded in the wake of the First Crusade (10961099) their primary purpose was to protect pilgrims and defend the Crusader States in the Holy Land. The most prominent among them the Knights Templar (from c. 1119) the #Knights Hospitaller (military from. c. 1099) and the Teutonic Order (from c. 1190) combined vows of poverty chastity and obedience with a permanent commitment to holy #warfare. Their formation reflected the changing nature of #crusading in which"
X Link 2025-11-03T16:02Z 428K followers, 23.6K engagements
"🖼 The punishment of the [--] daughters of Danaus who for killing their husbands on their wedding night must fill a bowl with water down in Hades - a task which never ends as the bowl leaks. 🎨 Painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917 CE). #JohnWilliamWaterhouse #Art #ArtHistory #GreekMythology #Mythology #History"
X Link 2025-11-04T15:03Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"💥 On this day in 1605: Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. The plot was discovered when one of the conspirators sent an anonymous letter warning a relative who would have been present in the parliament. At midnight on [--] November Guy Fawkes was apprehended beneath Westminster Palace before he had a chance to light the [--] barrels of gunpowder stored in the palaces cellars. 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright. 🖼 Images by Frerk Meyer and David Bjorgen."
X Link 2025-11-05T15:32Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"Under brutal torture in the Tower of London Fawkes revealed the names of his fellow conspirators and their plans to cause such chaos that a coup detat by forces favourable to the Catholic cause would be possible. Rounded up and also tortured the guilty parties including Guy Fawkes were executed by the gruesome method of being hanged drawn and quartered a fate reserved for those guilty of treason against the Crown. Bonfires were lit on the night of [--] November to celebrate the failure of the plot and this tradition continues today in an occasion on that date variously known as Bonfire Night Guy"
X Link 2025-11-05T15:32Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The First World War (1914-18) was the first truly global conflict and the first to be fully mechanised. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2832/eyewitness-accounts-of-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2832-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2832/eyewitness-accounts-of-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2832-en/"
X Link 2025-11-06T13:29Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Have you heard of The Bell #Witch The legend began when John Bell a farmer tried to shoot a strange #creature the size of a large dog with the head of a rabbit but it disappeared on the shot. Said to have disturbed some #spirit with his ungracious welcome Bell began to hear strange noises around his house and an #invisible entity tormented his daughter slapping her and pulling her hair. John Bell was found dead on [--] December [----] #poisoned by some strange liquid in a vial no one in the family had ever seen before. When the contents of the vial were thrown into the #fire it exploded in an"
X Link 2025-11-07T11:02Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"🌊 Full view of the Oseberg Viking ship dating from c. [---] CE discovered in a lavish ship burial setting in Oslo fjord Norway. The ship is housed in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo Norway. 📷 Photo by Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia. #OsebergShip #Ships #Vikings #VikingAge #Norway #History https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986886973521285189 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986886973521285189"
X Link 2025-11-07T20:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This fragment of bone is taken from an oracle bone found in #ShangDynasty #China (1600-1046 BCE). But how did ancient bones like these come to form the #Chinese writing we find across the world today #OracleBones were the shoulder blades of oxen or the plastrons of turtles scraped and cleaned which were inscribed with marks for #divination. People in #AncientChina were very concerned with knowing the future and would go to diviners for guidance on making decisions. The diviner would carve the person's question into the bone and then heat it with a hot poker or place it near a fire. When the"
X Link 2025-11-09T15:31Z 427.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🍾 Meet Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866) though you may know her better by the name of her world famous champagne: Veuve Clicquot ('Widow Clicquot'). It was her father-in-law who founded the #champagne house in [----] but it was Madame Clicquot who took over the #business after her husband's early death and went on to change the world of champagne. Owing to the rights of widows set out in the #Napoleonic Code she was able to run a business in a way that single or married women could not. She was interested in all areas of production and expanded their number of #vineyards"
X Link 2025-11-10T11:01Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Andrew Jackson was the seventh #president of the #UnitedStates serving from [----] to [----]. As a teenager Jackson and his brother Robert aided #Patriot militias in South Carolina where they lived with their mother aunt and uncle. After being captured by #British soldiers in April [----] Jackson refused a humiliating order from the British officer to clean his boots and the officer slashed him with his saber leaving lifelong #scars on the boy's hands and face. Read more about Andrew Jackson here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Andrew_Jackson/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Andrew_Jackson/"
X Link 2025-11-11T16:03Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"🌾 Bodo was a early 9th-century Frankish farmer. He and his family hailed from a manor owned by the monastery of St.-Germain-des-Prs near Paris and worked as its tenants. He ploughed the farmlands while his wife Ermentrude took care of their household. Their lives give us a lively image of what daily life was like as peasants living in a manor in the Carolingian world of the early Middle Ages. Manors formed the very basic economic and social structure of early medieval Europe. A land estate owned by a feudal lord not only was the manor the heart of agricultural production it was also a centre"
X Link 2025-11-13T13:31Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"Along with Bodo were [-----] other names located in [--] different villages detailing their names occupations and most importantly the sort of obligations (rent and labour) owed to the monastery. It was from this fiscal data that we can track and reconstruct the life of Bodo and his wife as well as their three unnamed children. Bodo and his family were attached to the monastery and had a variety of obligations to it. This was what the Polyptych of Irminon recorded. They lived in one of the villages with other peasants of similar status. We know some of Bodo's neighbours names: Frambert Ermoin and"
X Link 2025-11-13T13:31Z 428K followers, [----] engagements
"☀ Abu Simbel is a temple complex originally cut into a solid rock cliff in southern Egypt at the second cataract of the Nile River. The two temples that comprise the site (The Great Temple and The Small Temple) were created during the reign of Ramesses II (c. [----] to c. [----] BCE) either between [----] and [----] BCE or 1244-1224 BCE. The Great Temple was dedicated to the gods Ra-Horakty Ptah and the deified Ramesses II. The Small Temple was dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Queen Nefertari Ramesses' favourite wife. 📷 Photo by Dennis Jarvis. #Egypt #AncientEgypt #AbuSimbel #History"
X Link 2025-11-13T17:05Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Paris Peace Conference held from January [----] to January [----] and attended by the victorious Allied powers debated and agreed the terms of the peace settlement that formally ended the First World War (1914-18). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Paris_Peace_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25118-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Paris_Peace_Conference/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25118-en/"
X Link 2025-11-14T13:29Z 427.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 The Odyssey traditionally attributed to Homer and composed around the 8th7th century BCE recounts the decade-long journey of Odysseus king of Ithaca as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War. Although set in a recognizable Mediterranean world the epic blends myth memory and geography in ways that resist literal mapping. Since antiquity readers have tried to situate Odysseus wanderings from the land of the Cyclopes to the island of Circe on a real-world map but the poem functions less as a travelogue and more as a narrative of human resilience identity and the testing of heroic"
X Link 2025-11-17T20:02Z 419.7K followers, 64.9K engagements
"😷 The Spanish flu (so-named because the Spanish press openly reported on the outbreak while other World War I belligerents suppressed the news) broke out in March [----] at Camp Funston an army camp in Kansas and struck young healthy adults with greater ferocity than any other demographic group. Occurring in three waves (March-September [----] September-December [----] Spring-Summer 1919) and affecting nearly [---] million people worldwide the death toll reached 50-100 million people. The conditions of the First World War poor hygiene overcrowded hospitals poor eating habits and the general lack of"
X Link 2025-11-18T14:27Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Upon exposure to the influenza virus symptoms occurred within 2-3 days. The patient suffered from fever chills fatigue muscle aches headaches cough sore throat nausea and vomiting. Unique to the [----] pandemic was the presence of a bluish tint to the skin (turning to purple near death) known as heliotrope cyanosis. This condition led to the lungs filling with fluid causing the patient to suffocate. Death usually occurred within 3-5 days of the onset of the illness. The mortality rate was highest amongst the poor soldiers health workers and people working in occupations characterized by crowded"
X Link 2025-11-18T14:27Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Already subjected to constant bombardment by artillery enemy sniper fire and the awful living conditions soldiers fighting in the muddy trenches of the First World War did not imagine their situation could get any worse. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2839/the-terrors-of-poison-gas-in-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2839/the-terrors-of-poison-gas-in-wwi/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2839-en/"
X Link 2025-11-19T13:29Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"✨ Scythian pectoral created by Greek masters from Athens or Panticapaea 4th century BCE. Found on [--] June [----] in a mound of the Scythian period near the city of Ordzhonikidze of the Dnipropetrovsk region Ukraine. 📷 Photo by Terminator. #Scythian #Scythia #Art #History #AncientHistory #AncientCultures"
X Link 2025-11-19T15:27Z 422.1K followers, [----] engagements
"James 'Jim' Bowie (1796-1836) was a frontiersman land speculator slave trader and militia officer who became a legendary figure following the Sandbar Fight in [----] an event that also made the Bowie Knife famous and an international hero after his . #history https://www.worldhistory.org/James_Bowie/ https://www.worldhistory.org/James_Bowie/"
X Link 2025-11-19T17:42Z 423.4K followers, [----] engagements
"💭 Happy World Philosophy Day ➡ Read more about Philosophy here: #Philosophy #WorldPhilosophyDay #History #AncientHistory #Wisdom #Aristotle #Socrates #Confucius #LaoTzu https://www.worldhistory.org/philosophy/ https://www.worldhistory.org/philosophy/"
X Link 2025-11-20T14:15Z 425.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Sandbar Fight of [--] September [----] made James 'Jim' Bowie famous as well as the Bowie knife less than [--] years before the Alamo (where he fell alongside the heroes William Barret Travis and David Crockett) but it was essentially just a brawl o. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2838/sandbar-fight/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2838/sandbar-fight/"
X Link 2025-11-20T17:42Z 423.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This interactive world history lesson takes a deep dive into the British East India Company and its expansion across the Indian subcontinent. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/lessonplan/77/british-east-india-company/ https://whe.to/ci/10-77-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/lessonplan/77/british-east-india-company/ https://whe.to/ci/10-77-en/"
X Link 2025-11-22T13:29Z 423.9K followers, 16.8K engagements
"🤭🤭 🖼 Cartoon courtesy of: Gallman Cartoons. #HistoryHumour #Stonehenge"
X Link 2025-11-22T23:02Z 423.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🏺 The ruins of the Great Ziggurat of Ur built by the Sumerian king Ur-Nammu and his son Shulgi of Ur c. 21st century BCE. Photo taken in [----] CE near Ali Air Base in Iraq. 📷 Photo by Hardnfast. #Ziggurat #Ur #Mesopotamia #Iraq #HistoricalSite #History #AncientHistory"
X Link 2025-11-23T17:16Z 420.2K followers, 138.7K engagements
"📖 The Florentine Codex is an encyclopedic accounting of life in 16th-century Mexico and an invaluable resource for understanding the exchange between European and Indigenous cultures during the Spanish conquest. Emerging from a time of societal upheaval the codex was written as an attempt to record the culture and beliefs of the Aztec peoples of Mexico in the areas surrounding the once great city of Tenochtitlan. The work covers a broad array of topics including religion everyday life native flora and fauna and Indigenous perspectives on the conquest itself. Written at a time when Spanish"
X Link 2025-11-24T16:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"It is the product of many minds in collaboration written in two different languages by numerous scribes and illuminated by a number of artists employing a uniquely syncretic style of illustration all of which comes together to create a multifaceted depiction of the culture language and history of Aztec civilization immediately following the fall of the empire. The Florentine Codex was completed sometime between the fall of [----] and the spring of [----] after nearly [--] years in the making. Composed of [--] illuminated books with a total of [----] pages and [----] illustrations it is widely attributed"
X Link 2025-11-24T16:31Z 424.2K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about the Florentine Codex here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Florentine_Codex/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Florentine_Codex/"
X Link 2025-11-24T16:31Z 423.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Gallipoli Campaign took place in Turkey in 1915-16 during the First World War (1914-18). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Gallipoli_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25607-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Gallipoli_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25607-en/"
X Link 2025-11-25T13:29Z 423.6K followers, [----] engagements
"🫒 Happy World Olive Tree Day Olives and olive oil were not only an important component of the ancient Mediterranean diet but also one of the most successful industries in antiquity. Cultivation of the olive spread with Phoenician and Greek colonization from Asia Minor to Iberia and North Africa and fine olive oil became a great trading commodity right through to the Roman period and beyond. The olive also came to have a wider cultural significance most famously as a branch of peace and as the victor's crown in the ancient Olympic Games. 📝 Article and photos by Mark Cartwright."
X Link 2025-11-26T14:23Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The olive was first cultivated around [----] BCE or even earlier on the Carmel coast of ancient Israel. Here simple olive presses have been excavated at the Neolithic site of Kfar Samir. The success of the industry is attested by records of olive oil exports to Greece and Egypt throughout the 3rd millennium BCE. Greece started to produce its own olives on Minoan Crete and Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age and thereafter on the mainland. The Greeks like the peoples of the Levant were soon producing a surplus of olives and olive oil so that they built up a lucrative export industry"
X Link 2025-11-26T14:24Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) has been known since shortly after his death as the "Father of Texas" as he was not only the first to lead Anglo-American settlers to the region and establish colonies but also endured the hardships of organizing . #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Stephen_F._Austin/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Stephen_F._Austin/"
X Link 2025-11-26T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🦃 Happy Thanksgiving The United States holiday of Thanksgiving is generally understood to be inspired by the harvest feast celebrated by the citizens of Plymouth Colony (later known as pilgrims) and the Native Americans of the Wampanoag Confederacy in the fall of [----]. Sarah Josepha Hale (l. 1788-1879) the writer and editor of the popular periodical Godey's Lady's Book (published 1830-1878) campaigned for the national observance of Thanksgiving Day beginning in [----]. She wrote to each sitting president advocating the adoption of the holiday but it was only acted upon in [----] by President"
X Link 2025-11-27T15:47Z 421.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Juan Nepomuceno Segun (1806-1890) was a Tejano soldier in the Texas Revolution commissioned as a captain of cavalry by Stephen F. Austin later a colonel under General Sam Houston participated in the Siege of Bxar in [----] served as a messenger from. htt. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Juan_Seguin/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Juan_Seguin/"
X Link 2025-11-27T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 A bust of Egyptian queen Nefertiti ("The Beautiful One Has Come" c. [----] to c. [----] BCE) the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. By the sculptor Thutmose and rediscovered in [----]. Neues Museum Berlin. 📷 Photo by Philip Pikart. #Nefertiti #Egypt #AncientEgypt #EgyptianHistory #History #AncientHistory #HistoricalWomen https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1994406871772369136 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1994406871772369136"
X Link 2025-11-28T14:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💫 The Nike of Samothrace c. [---] BCE. The statue was dedicated to the Great Gods at the sanctuary on Samothrace (a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea). (Louvre Museum Paris). 📷 Photo by Tory Brown. #Nike #NikeOfSamothrace #Samothrace #AncientGreece #Sculpture #Art #History #AncientHistory"
X Link 2025-11-30T14:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"📚 Books of the Month - http://eepurl.com/jtom1w http://eepurl.com/jtom1w"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Sam Houston (1793-1863) was an American soldier in the War of [----] a statesman a general in the Texas Revolution the first president of the Republic of Texas and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Sam_Houston/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25625-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Sam_Houston/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25625-en/"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. A sacred ceremony held to legitimize Napoleon's reign the coronation signaled the birth of the First French Empire (1804-1814; 1815) and established the imperial Bonaparte Dynasty. 📝 Article by Harrison W. Mark. 🖼 Painting: Napoleon in his coronation robes by Franois Grard c. [----]. #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory #NapoleonBonaparte #France #FrenchHistory #History #Royalty #EmperorNapoleon"
X Link 2025-12-02T17:05Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Khaybar Tayma Dadan Qurh and AlUla Old Town are sites situated in the AlUla region of Saudi Arabia an area on the ancient incense trade routes. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2850/dadan-tayma-khaybar-qurh--old-town-alula/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2850-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2850/dadan-tayma-khaybar-qurh--old-town-alula/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2850-en/"
X Link 2025-12-03T13:29Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🗡 Gladiator's dagger and pair of bronze greaves (leg guards) from Pompeii decorated with reliefs of Jupiter (left) and Neptune (right) 1st century BCE. Archaeological Museum Naples. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. ❓ Who is planning on watching the new Spartacus spin-off House of Ashur We're looking forward to it #Pompeii #Gladiator #History #AncientHistory #Spartacus"
X Link 2025-12-04T17:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I was recently invited to an archaeological symposium at the site of AlUla in Saudi Arabia. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2852/the-alula-world-archaeology-symposium-2024/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2852-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2852/the-alula-world-archaeology-symposium-2024/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2852-en/"
X Link 2025-12-04T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"World History Encyclopedia needs your help Founder & CEO Jan van der Crabben shares how your support powers free history resources for learners everywhere. Donate today and cast your vote in our Donate to Decide campaign: #DonateToDecide #YearEndGiving https://www.worldhistory.org/donate/dec2025/ https://www.worldhistory.org/donate/dec2025/"
X Link 2025-12-05T13:16Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Our year-end giving challenge is heating up Your donation will determine which topic our team develops next. Vote for Mesopotamian Cities to discover the origins of law architecture and community. Please give: #DonateToDecide #YearEndGiving #SupportEducation https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate"
X Link 2025-12-06T15:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Genetics is the study of how genes are transmitted across generations which includes the genetic information that produces an individual's traits physical characteristics and diseases. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2855/a-brief-history-of-genetics/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2855-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2855/a-brief-history-of-genetics/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2855-en/"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:29Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 The royal House of Hanover formally the House of Brunswick-Lneburg Hanover line ruled Britain for nearly two centuries (17141901) shaping the political and constitutional development of the United Kingdom during a period of imperial expansion and industrial transformation. Their unexpected rise began with George I (reigned 17141727) Elector of Hanover who became king under the provisions of the Act of Settlement (1701). Although he had been far down the line of succession (52nd) he was the nearest Protestant heir in a period defined by the British states insistence on a Protestant"
X Link 2025-12-08T23:01Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"💧 Chinampas are human-made islands built in shallow lakebeds that have fed the people of Mesoamerica and shaped local ecosystems for over a thousand years. Sometimes referred to as 'floating gardens' these agricultural feats of engineering survive as a testament to the ingenuity of the Aztec civilization and their lake-dwelling predecessors particularly the ancient peoples of Xochimilco where chinampas are still in use today. The word chinampa derives from the Nahuatl term chinamitl meaning "a fence made of plants" or that which could be enclosed within a fence of plants. The labor-intensive"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Along with the posts laborers planted willow trees such as Mexico's native bonpland willows (Salix bonplandiana) in the corners or along the perimeter where the roots of the trees would give structure to the nascent chinampa. The Florentine Codex depicts a willow tree growing out of blue waves; its simple lance-shaped leaves that alternate along the stem are characteristic of the water-loving Salix genus. With the posts in place to establish the structure of the artificial island laborers wove reeds vines and branches between them to create the enclosure from which the chinampa derives its"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [---] engagements
"📖 From the nomads of the Mongol Empire to the Black Death in Europe the booming trade on the Swahili Coast to the Aztecs and the Mori settlements in New Zealand readers receive a truly diverse introduction to the different cultures that survived thrived and fell amid adversity in the 14th century. Our book 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' is now available to buy on Amazon #History #Books #HistoryBooks #14thCentury #Amazon #Education #GlobalHistory #WorldHistory #GiftIdeas https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5 https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5"
X Link 2025-12-09T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"📖 From the nomads of the Mongol Empire to the Black Death in Europe the booming trade on the Swahili Coast to the Aztecs and the Mori settlements in New Zealand readers receive a truly diverse introduction to the different cultures that survived thrived and fell amid adversity in the 14th century. Our book 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' is now available to buy on Amazon #History #Books #HistoryBooks #14thCentury #Amazon #Education #GlobalHistory #WorldHistory #GiftIdeas https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5 https://amzn.to/4isZ4B5"
X Link 2025-12-09T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"✨ A fresco from the House of the Ladies in Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) c. 17th century BCE. The several women depicted on the walls of the room wear typical Minoan dress. Above the women is a representation of a starry sky. (Museum of Prehistoric Thera Santorini). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Akotiri #Thera #Santorini #Aegean #Greece #History #AncientHistory"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 Carthage (c. [------] BCE) emerged as the leading Phoenician power in the western Mediterranean following its foundation by settlers from Tyre around c. [---] BCE. Built on maritime trade naval dominance and a dense network of colonies across North Africa southern Iberia and Sicily Carthage developed into a commercial empire that controlled key sea lanes and resource flows. Its political system combined aristocratic councils with elected magistrates while its economy relied heavily on long-distance trade and mercenary armies. By the 3rd century BCE Carthage had become Romes principal rival for"
X Link 2025-12-11T13:46Z 419.8K followers, 10.4K engagements
"The Overland Campaign (4 May to [--] June 1864) was a major Union offensive into Virginia launched during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Overland_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25589-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Overland_Campaign/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25589-en/"
X Link 2025-12-11T17:42Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"✊🏽 The Bolshevik Revolution occurred on [--] November [----] (old calendar [--] October) and established a new republic: Soviet Russia. The Bolsheviks were radical socialists led by Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) whose goal was a fairer society where workers and peasants were not exploited by wealthy capitalists. Following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) on [--] March and the inability of the Provisional Government to deal with a series of crises through the summer of [----] the Bolsheviks seized power by force using the Red Guards militia. The Provisional Government was dissolved and"
X Link 2025-12-11T23:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Our Lady of Guadalupe also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is a title for a particular image of Mary Mother of Jesus as she appeared in the New World in the years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25613-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe/ https://whe.to/ci/1-25613-en/"
X Link 2025-12-12T13:29Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Weve passed $3000. Thank you 🙌 to everyone who has donated so far Our next milestone is $5000 by December [--]. Every donation is also a vote that shapes what our team develops next. If you plan to give now is a great time. Donate here: #DonateToDecide #YearEndGiving https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate"
X Link 2025-12-12T13:45Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🪨 One of the terrace gateways of the Inca Sacsayhuaman fortress-temple complex at Cuzco Peru. The structure was begun in the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438 - [----] CE) and completed by his successors. 📷 Photo by Martynas. #Inca #IncaEmpire #Cuzco #Peru #Architecture #History #Cusco"
X Link 2025-12-12T17:03Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"😆😉 🖼 Cartoon courtesy of Dave Blazek/Washington Post Writers Group. #HistoryHumour"
X Link 2025-12-13T22:31Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know that in [----] #Congressman William Stanberry charged Sam Houston (1793-1863) with fraud in attempting to supply rations to the #Cherokee and when Stanberry refused to answer Houston's repeated denials of wrongdoing #Houston found the congressman and beat him with a cane 📷: Sam Houston"
X Link 2025-12-16T17:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🍷 Io Saturnalia 🎉 The Saturnalia was an enduring Roman festival dedicated to the agricultural god Saturn which was held between the 17th and 23rd of December each year during the winter solstice. Originating from archaic agricultural rituals the Roman festivities came to include a general round of gift-giving merrymaking and role-reversals so that it became one of the most popular celebrations in the calendar and certainly the jolliest. The similarities of some of its features and the timing - pushed later into December over time - suggest a strong influence on the Christian celebration of"
X Link 2025-12-17T14:04Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 A map of European empires c. [----]. By the 18th century European power had become truly global through a combination of maritime expansion state-backed commerce and military force. The leading Atlantic empires Spain Portugal the Dutch Republic England and France had transformed overseas trade into an instrument of state power. Spain and Portugal pioneers of early expansion in the 15th16th centuries still controlled vast overseas territories particularly in the Americas and the Indian Ocean. Meanwhile the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Provinces) built a commercial empire"
X Link 2025-12-18T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ See more here: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21446/map-of-european-expansion--mercantile-empires-c-17/ https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21446/map-of-european-expansion--mercantile-empires-c-17/"
X Link 2025-12-18T14:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"How do we do what we do Harrison Mark Historical Researcher and Writer explains how your support fuels our work to create free curriculum-aligned educational resources for everyone. Please donate: #DonateToDecide #YearEndGiving #SupportEducation https://go.whe.to/donate https://go.whe.to/donate"
X Link 2025-12-19T14:46Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know that in [----] Henry Clay #American lawyer and statesman defended former #US vice #president Aaron #Burr (1756-1836) who had been indicted on charges of treason. Clay skillfully convinced a grand #jury to throw out the indictment though he later became convinced of Burr's guilt"
X Link 2025-12-19T17:02Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"♟ A medieval chess game popular across Europe in the Middle Ages illustration from the Codex Manesse produced in Zrich Switzerland 14th century. University Library of Heidelberg Germany. #Chess #Medieval #MiddleAges #MedievalHistory #History #CodexManesse"
X Link 2025-12-20T17:13Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🍷 Roman relief depicting Bacchus or Dionysus the god of wine. Marble. 1st Century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Naples). 📷 Photo by ho visto nina volare. #Bacchus #Dionysus #History #Wine #Sculpture #Mythology"
X Link 2025-12-22T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🎄📖 How we celebrate Christmas today is largely shaped by a small group of authors who recorded festive traditions in the 19th century. These authors include Washington Irving (1783-1859) Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) and Charles Dickens (1812-1870). 19th-century literature sometimes expressly concentrating on Christmas and at other times merely using the holiday as a jovial setting for a fictional story captured what were in many cases fast-disappearing traditions which future generations would return to and update. Thus such activities as carol singing and masque balls returned to"
X Link 2025-12-23T13:04Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Christmas tree gained wide popularity in the 19th century. The husband of Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901) Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha the Prince Consort (l. 1819-1861) introduced to Britain the tradition of the Christmas tree which was popular in his home country. The idea was spread by popular illustrated magazines like the Illustrated London News which revealed the private festivities of the royal family. The young fir tree was decorated with candles and small presents of toys sweets charms and candied fruit all hung from its boughs and destined to be distributed to the Christmas"
X Link 2025-12-23T13:04Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"✨ Egyptian Priestess Takushit. Copper alloy with precious metal inlay statue of Egyptian priestess Takushit. 25th Dynasty c. [---] BCE. Found near Alexandria. (National Archaeological Museum Athens). 📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. #Egypt #AncientEgypt #History #AncientHistory #HistoricalWomen"
X Link 2025-12-23T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"A #map of #Europe displaying important cities that shaped its #history from antiquity to the present. Cities on the map represent key centers throughout history. Each city represents a distinct period from Athens Rome and Constantinople (now Istanbul) in ancient times to Aachen Krakow Prague and Vienna in the medieval era and Florence Genoa and Venice during the #Renaissance. The map includes cities built on colonial riches like London Madrid St. Petersburg and Berlin. It features the capital cities of today and metropolises like Paris Budapest and Helsinki reflecting Europe's changing"
X Link 2025-12-30T17:02Z 419.9K followers, [----] engagements
"For #British monarchs gifts are given not only on #Christmas Day but also on New Year's Day in a #tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. On [--] #January Queen Victoria typically distributed gifts to the poor and needy. These presents were usually such practical items as bread meat blankets and sacks of coal although there could be more #festive items too like plum pudding. These acts of generosity were held for example at the large hall in Windsor Castle's Riding School and they benefited around [----] people each year. Read more about Queen Victoria's festive traditions:"
X Link 2026-01-01T12:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📜 This clay tablet dates back to the reign of the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great who ruled Iran between 550-530 BCE. The cylinder describes the king's peaceful capture of the city of Babylon in the year [---] BCE and how he built the main temple there. The text claims that Cyrus restored temples in the neighboring cities and returned deported people to their homes. With reference to his just and peaceful rule this cylinder has been referred to as an early charter of human rights. From Babylon Mesopotamia Iraq. Mid-6th century BCE. (The British Museum London). 📷 Photo by Osama S.M. Amin."
X Link 2026-01-03T13:16Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"This concise biography by Andreas W. Daum offers an accessible and well-structured introduction to Alexander von Humboldt situating his life within the political scientific and cultural transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. https://whe. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/546/alexander-von-humboldt-a-concise-biography/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/546/alexander-von-humboldt-a-concise-biography/"
X Link 2026-01-05T13:29Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🦅 Alabaster bas-relief showing a vulture attacking a dead enemy soldier who was killed by the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel [--] (bottom) Room B the North Palace Nimrud modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum London). 📷 Photo by Osama S.M. Amin. #Mespotamia #Assyria #Iraq #History #AncientHistory https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008284842841030674 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008284842841030674"
X Link 2026-01-05T21:09Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This is a stunning and daring work. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/544/empress-of-the-nile-the-daredevil-archaeologist-wh/ https://whe.to/ci/8-544-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/544/empress-of-the-nile-the-daredevil-archaeologist-wh/ https://whe.to/ci/8-544-en/"
X Link 2026-01-07T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"💥 The remains of the amphitheatre of Salona (Solin Croatia) erected in the latter half of the 2nd century (c. [---] CE). The fights in the arena could be watched by some [-----] spectators. 📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. #Croatia #Solin #Amphitheatre #Architecture #History #HistoricalSite #Dalmatia https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008902270407041349 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008902270407041349"
X Link 2026-01-07T14:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1536: Catherine of Aragon dies at the age of [--] from cancer. Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE) was a Spanish princess who famously became the Queen of England and the first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). When the marriage did not produce a male heir Henry VIII became desperate to divorce Catherine and find another wife. Catherine refused to cooperate with the king's wishes and the Pope refused to annul the marriage leading Henry to take the drastic step of splitting the Church in England away from Rome. The marriage perhaps the most fateful in English"
X Link 2026-01-07T21:02Z 419.8K followers, [----] engagements
"➡ Read more about Catherine of Aragon here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Catherine_of_Aragon/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Catherine_of_Aragon/"
X Link 2026-01-07T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 This #map tracks the decade-long journey of #Odysseus as recounted in Homer's The #Odyssey. There have been many attempts over the past few centuries to map the #journey with little consensus being achieved. This map draws on these insights illustrating not a definitive itinerary but the enduring fascination with situating Homers imaginative world within the wider #Mediterranean. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009249433846779918 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009249433846779918"
X Link 2026-01-08T13:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔴 Benito Mussolini (18831945) was the founder of fascism and dictator of Italy from [----] to [----]. He led the country into a highly authoritarian regime and then dragged it into the Second World War (1939-45) on the side of Nazi Germany. Mussolini was captured and shot by Italian partisans in April [----]. Fascism is a complex ideology to define. Fascism's main characteristics include a cult of the leader opposition to parliamentary democracy the exaltation of violence and militarism the supremacy of the state over individuals and totalitarian and imperialistic ambitions. Mussolini was the"
X Link 2026-01-11T12:47Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The First World War (1914-18) was the first global conflict the first mechanised conflict and the first to involve civilians far from the fighting front. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/316/the-story-of-wwi-in-50-images/ https://whe.to/ci/9-316-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/316/the-story-of-wwi-in-50-images/ https://whe.to/ci/9-316-en/"
X Link 2026-01-12T17:42Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I would highly recommend Anthony Eastmond's [----] "Tamtas World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/review/540/tamtas-world-the-life-and-encounters-of-a-medieval/ https://whe.to/ci/8-540-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/review/540/tamtas-world-the-life-and-encounters-of-a-medieval/ https://whe.to/ci/8-540-en/"
X Link 2026-01-14T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Monroe Doctrine a significant piece of United States foreign policy was first articulated by President James Monroe in [----] and it essentially warns the powers of Europe from meddling in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere claimed by the US as. htt. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/Monroe_Doctrine/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Monroe_Doctrine/"
X Link 2026-01-14T17:42Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"There was actually only one cause for the American Civil War: slavery. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2880/causes-of-the-american-civil-war/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2880-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2880/causes-of-the-american-civil-war/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2880-en/"
X Link 2026-01-14T22:17Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in 1559: Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey London. Elizabeth's 44-year reign was so long and packed with momentous events that the second half of the 16th century is now known as the Elizabethan era and still regarded as a 'Golden Age' for England. Elizabeth succeeded her elder half-sister Mary I of England (r. 1553-1558). Exasperating ministers and suitors alike with her prevarication the queen was a shrewd and capable ruler who survived plots that threatened her life and the [----] invasion of the Spanish Armada which threatened her"
X Link 2026-01-15T12:32Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"📣 Exciting #news 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' is officially launched as an #eBook on Amazon #Kindle and Google Play Books making it easier than ever to explore this dramatic and pivotal period. This #book is for everyone who loves #history and wants to understand the interconnected forces that reshaped the world during the long overshadowed 14th century. Find out more and start reading today: https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-forsaken-14th-century/en/"
X Link 2026-01-15T16:03Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"For over two centuries ancient Judea was a restless province of the Roman Empire marked by rebellions shifting loyalties and the tensions between imperial might and local identity. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2876/interview-with-barry-strauss-jews-vs-rome/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2876-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2876/interview-with-barry-strauss-jews-vs-rome/ https://whe.to/ci/2-2876-en/"
X Link 2026-01-15T17:42Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 This is a large kneeling statue of Hatshepsut that was found during excavations of her temple at Deir el-Bahri. In this statue Hatshepsut is depicted wearing the nemes headcloth a false beard on her chin and is kneeling with a nemset jar in each hand. The headcloth and false beard was not representative of Hatshepsut trying to be a male it followed traditional depictions of the pharaoh in Egyptian statuary. Interestingly in this statue Hatshepsut is seen kneeling an uncommon pose for a pharaoh since they were considered to be gods on Earth. Here she is depicted kneeling as she makes an"
X Link 2026-01-15T21:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"👑 On this day in [--] BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title 'Augustus' by the Roman Senate marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. The era of Augustus' reign was a golden age in every respect. The peace which Augustus restored and kept (the Pax Romana) caused the economy the arts and agriculture to flourish. An ambitious building program was initiated in which Augustus completed the plans made by Julius Caesar and then continued on with his own grand designs. 📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark. 📷 Photo by Andreas Wahra (original) new version by Till Niermann. #Augustus #Rome"
X Link 2026-01-16T13:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Eridu (present-day Abu Shahrein Iraq) was considered the first city in the world by the ancient Sumerians and is among the most ancient of the ruins from Mesopotamia. #history https://www.worldhistory.org/eridu/ https://whe.to/ci/1-129-en/ https://www.worldhistory.org/eridu/ https://whe.to/ci/1-129-en/"
X Link 2026-01-16T13:29Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🗺 How much do you know about the 14th century - a long overshadowed age of events that shaped our world The 14th century saw transformation on a global scale through plague war shifting power structures and intellectual ferment. From Asia to Africa Europe to the Americas new centres of influence emerged and long-distance connections intensified forging an increasingly intertwinedyet fracturedglobal landscape. Want to know more Check out our new book 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' - available now in both hardback and ebook"
X Link 2026-01-17T16:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"We've got your perfect #Sunday afternoon #reading sorted 📕 Haven't got your copy of 'The Forsaken 14th Century: A Global History' yet Start reading the #ebook today: - Amazon Kindle: - Google Play Books: https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-google-play-books https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-kindle https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-google-play-books https://go.whe.to/forsaken-14th-century-kindle"
X Link 2026-01-18T20:02Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"🔴 John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) was a 19th-century American stage actor who assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln on [--] April [----]. Born to a family of famous actors Booth was a rising star on stages across the United States known for his leading roles in William Shakespeare's plays. He sympathized with the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and denounced Lincoln as a tyrant who sought to subjugate the South. After shooting Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. Booth went on the run and eluded authorities for nearly two weeks. He was finally cornered by Federal"
X Link 2026-01-19T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
"John Wilkes Booth was born on [--] May [----] in a log house on his parents' 150-acre farm near Bel-Air Maryland. He was the ninth of ten children born to Junius Brutus Booth a famous Shakespearean stage actor and his 'wife' Mary Ann Holmes Booth both of whom had moved to the United States from England shortly after eloping in [----]. Named after the radical English politician John Wilkes a distant relative Booth grew into a handsome and athletic if reckless boy often playing pranks on his friends and neighbors. Though he was popular with his classmates at Bel Air Academy he was not a good student"
X Link 2026-01-19T13:04Z 419.7K followers, [----] engagements
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