Was the Industrial Revolution the most important event in human history? Dan Snow is joined by economist and journalist ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...

With the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 18th century, came the first wave of technology to transform the economic system. In the centuries that followed were further ...

Some periods in our history are so transformative that they create a clear divide between the world before and after. We attribute the 18th and 19th centuries to such a period. Named the Industrial ...

Source: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. Human history, in many instances, is punctuated by technological revolutions that have fundamentally altered the trajectory of civilization. From the steam ...

I don’t think about ancient Rome every day, but I’ll concede that the sword-and-sandals superpower does invade my thoughts from time to time. And this is the Up Wing question I frequently ponder: Why ...