Epic World History

Taj Mahal There are very few buildings in the world more famous than the Taj Mahal, a queen’s mausoleum in Agra, India. The sense of ro...

Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross Juan de Yepes y Álvarez, later known as John of the Cross, was born in 1542 in Fontiveros, a small...

Thirty Years’ War The Thirty Years’ War was a series of wars, escalating from armed clashes of German princes to military confrontations...

Tobacco in Colonial British America Tobacco is an herb native to the Americas. It is believed to have originated in South America. In 15...

Tokugawa Bakuhan System The Tokugawa shoguns were the de facto rulers of Japan from 1603 to 1867, when emperors, symbolic rulers of the...

The second shogun of the Tokugawa family, Hidetada lived in his powerful father’s shadow until the latter’s death in 1616. He was Tokugawa ...

Tokugawa Ieyasu was granted by the Japanese emperor, the title of shogun in 1603; his family was to rule Japan until 1867. In 1605, his s...