The turn-based strategy game has two Ph.D. historians on the design team and a palpable appreciation of cultures across the ...

Civilization 7 fans aren't happy with the game's new Ages system, as mainly feel like transitions are too jarring and ...

The idea of owning and operating a big house of brands is on the wane as fashion’s traditional consolidators struggle.

Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele points out that Orbán was actually involved in the design of Project 2025.

But Civilization VII, out this month, makes a radical change by firmly segmenting the experience into—here’s that word—eras. At times, the resulting gameplay mirrors the pervasive mood of our present ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

The role of the ultra-wealthy has morphed from one of shared social responsibility and patronage to the freewheeling ...

A study published in the journal Nature highlights a close historical link between periods of drought and political instability in China, demonstrating that climate change played an essential role in ...

In this episode, Ferguson explains why the rise and fall of civilizations do not fit into predictable patterns and cycles. He does not see American decline as inevitable and holds out that America’s ...

James L. Fitzsimmons received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2002. He taught at a number of institutions before coming to Middlebury and has held writing fellowships at Dumbarton Oaks Research ...

The Expanse had plenty of source material to work through as the series is based on a series of nine novels from James S. A. Corey, which is the joint pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. There ...