Bumble Dee/Shutterstock March 6, 2024 A US with fewer allies threatens global security William Rees, University of Exeter A world where the US has fewer allies would be an even more dangerous place.
A ceremony to punish people for heresy, called an ‘auto da fe,’ in the town of San Bartolome Otzolotepec, in present-day Mexico. Museo Nacional de Arte/Wikimedia Commons January 19, 2024 Latin America’s colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition’s attempts to police religion Diego Javier Luis, Tufts University Conversion was often a violent affair, but that doesn’t mean it was 100% successful. Colonial Latin America was home to many different spiritual traditions from Indigenous, African and Asian cultures.
Kew Gardens in London was at the centre of a huge colonial plant trade. 'The world's metropolis', Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1855 October 19, 2022 European colonialism has had a lasting legacy on how plants are distributed around the world Bernd Lenzner, Universität Wien and Guillaume Latombe, The University of Edinburgh Scientists have found more ‘alien species’ today in regions that were once key parts of European empires.