The modern term “economics” comes from the Greek word “oikonomia,” but the ancient Greeks had a very different way of thinking about material life.

Unlike in the rest of Nazi-occupied Europe, the arrest of Jewish people was largely in the hands of ordinary policemen in France, especially in Paris.

Many amateur “fan fiction” writers on the Chinese internet use real history as a canvas for time-travel stories that often break the fourth wall.

Once popular across the United States, jai alai lives on in American sport culture mostly thanks to its history as a legal option for gambling.

Because of its political structure, Washington became a test case in federally mandated laws that enabled racially discriminatory policing of public space.

The citrus industry in Algeria honed French imperial apparatuses and provided a means for France to define and shape the behavior of its colonial subjects.

In the 1950s, the covers of most jazz records featured abstract designs. By the late 1960s, album aesthetics better reflected the times and the musicians.

The integration of artificial intelligence into public health could have revolutionary implications for the global south—if only it can get online.

The presence of female fighters gives legitimacy to armed rebellions and increases the chances of support from international NGOS and other external actors.

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